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rough
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- pronunciation:
- ruhf
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun, adverb, transitive verb
- phrases:
- rough it
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, verb), Homophone Note, Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
rougher, roughest |
| definition 1: |
having an uneven surface; not smooth; coarse.
rough groundrough cloth- synonyms:
- coarse, irregular, uneven
- antonyms:
- smooth, soft
- similar words:
- bumpy, corrugated, craggy, grainy, gritty, harsh, jagged, ragged, rocky, rugged, scratchy
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| definition 2: |
characterized by difficult conditions.
The rough sea rocked the ship.Lots of snow made for a rough winter.- synonyms:
- difficult, harsh, violent
- antonyms:
- gentle, smooth
- similar words:
- hard, rigorous, rude, rugged, severe, tempestuous, turbulent
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| definition 3: |
characterized by rudeness, violence, or disorderliness.
His so-called friends are a rough bunch of people.His rough manner made many people fear him.- synonyms:
- tough
- antonyms:
- gentle, nice, tender
- similar words:
- aggressive, bad, boisterous, coarse, dangerous, disorderly, heavy, raucous, rowdy, unruly, violent, wild
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| definition 4: |
without the comforts of ordinary daily life.
Life was rough for the family during those hard economic times.A prison is a rough place.- similar words:
- crude, primitive, rough-and-ready
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| definition 5: |
unfinished or imperfect.
Over the summer, she managed to put together a rough draft for her new book.We didn't want to pay the painters for the rough job they did on our house.I had only a rough idea of what he was talking about.- synonyms:
- draft, imperfect, incomplete, unfinished
- antonyms:
- finished
- similar words:
- crude, partial, preliminary, ragged, sketchy
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| definition 6: |
approximate.
The carpenter gave us a rough estimate for the work to be done.- synonyms:
- approximate, proximate, rude
- antonyms:
- exact, nice
- similar words:
- close, comparable, comparative, crude, imprecise, inexact, near, sketchy, vague
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| definition 7: |
requiring physical strength or stamina.
Clearing the field of rocks was rough work.- synonyms:
- arduous, strenuous
- similar words:
- demanding, difficult, hard, laborious, physical, toilsome, tough
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| definition 8: |
unpleasant to the sense of hearing or sense of taste.
Her voice was judged to be too rough to make the recording.- synonyms:
- acrid, bitter, discordant, harsh, hoarse, husky, raspy, strident
- antonyms:
- smooth
- similar words:
- biting, inharmonious, ragged, raucous, sharp, sour, tart
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| related words: |
abrasive, abusive, barbarian, churlish, draft, grueling, gruff, herculean, hoarse, irregular, manuscript, raw, rude, stony, terrible, unsophisticated, wavy, wrong |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
uneven ground.
The ball was hit badly and landed in the rough.- synonyms:
- irregular
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| definition 2: |
anything in an unrefined or unfinished state, such as a draft or sketch.
- synonyms:
- draft, outline, sketch
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| related words: |
drawing |
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| inflections: |
rougher, roughest |
| definition: |
in a rough manner.
He's a bully who treats even his friends rough.- synonyms:
- hard, harshly
- similar words:
- sharply
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
roughs, roughing, roughed |
| definition 1: |
to cause to be uneven or coarse; roughen (often fol. by "up").
You'll need to rough up the surface before you paint.- synonyms:
- coarsen, roughen
- antonyms:
- smooth
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| definition 2: |
to physically abuse, usually for the purpose of threatening or gaining information (often fol. by "up").
We had to rough him up a bit before he'd talk.- synonyms:
- batter, beat, slap around
- similar words:
- abuse, manhandle, misuse, pummel, thrash
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| definition 3: |
to create in a preliminary form; sketch (sometimes fol. by "out").
Together we roughed out a new design.- synonyms:
- draft, outline, sketch
- similar words:
- adumbrate, delineate, skeletonize
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| phrase: |
rough it |
| derivations: |
roughly (adv.), roughness (n.) |
Are you looking for the word ruff (a collar)? Rough and ruff sound alike but have different meanings.
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