Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rock_and_roll

1 sense of rock and roll

Sense 1
rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music -- (a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll.")
       => popular music, popular music genre -- (any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time))