Definition of Riley

1. Noun. United States poet (1849-1916).

Exact synonyms: James Whitcomb Riley
Generic synonyms: Poet

Definition of Riley

1. Proper noun. (surname from=Irish dot=) of (etyl ga) origin, variant of Reilly. ¹

2. Proper noun. (surname A=An English habitational from=Old English dot=) from Ryley in Lancashire, from (etyl ang) (term ryge rye lang=ang) +(term leah clearing, meadow lang=ang). ¹

3. Proper noun. A manufacurer of British motorcars (1907-1969) named after William Riley Jr. ¹

4. Proper noun. (surnames male given name), transferred use of the surnames since the nineteenth century. ¹

5. Proper noun. (surnames female given name) used since the 1990s. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Riley

1. angry [adj] - See also: angry

Lexicographical Neighbors of Riley

Rigellians
Riggs' disease
Right Bank
Rightpondia
Rightpondian
Rightpondians
Rigil
Rigil Kent
Rigveda
Rigvedic
Rihanna
Riism
Rijeka
Riksdag
Riksmal
Riley (current term)
Riley B King
Rilke
Rilkean
Rilla
Rimactane
Rimbaud
Rimini
Rimini's test
Rimski-Korsakov
Rimsky-Korsakov
Rin-Tin-Tin
Rin Tin Tin
Rindfleisch's cells
Rindfleisch's folds

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