/ Thesaurus / R Synonyms of reticular activating system Find synonyms for: Noun1. reticular activating system, RAS, neural network, neural netusage: the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal functionWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: aversion Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language