Associations to the word «Riley»

Wiktionary

RILEY, proper noun. A surname​ of origin, variant of Reilly.
RILEY, proper noun. An English habitational surname​ from Ryley in Lancashire, from ryge +leah.
RILEY, proper noun. A manufacurer of British motorcars (1907-1969) named after William Riley Jr.
RILEY, proper noun. A male given name, transferred use of the surnames since the nineteenth century.
RILEY, proper noun. A female given name used since the 1990s.

Dictionary definition

RILEY, noun. United States poet (1849-1916).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats