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

7 senses of roller

Sense 1
roller -- (a grounder that rolls along the infield)
       => grounder, ground ball, groundball, hopper -- ((baseball) a hit that travels along the ground)

Sense 2
roller, roll, rolling wave -- (a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore)
       => wave, moving ridge -- (one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water))

Sense 3
roller -- (a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate))
       => wheel -- (a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines))

Sense 4
roller -- (a cylinder that revolves)
       => cylinder -- (a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases))

Sense 5
curler, hair curler, roller, crimper -- (a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it; "a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight")
       => mechanical device -- (mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles)

Sense 6
roller -- (Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers)
       => coraciiform bird -- (chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes)

Sense 7
roller, tumbler, tumbler pigeon -- (pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground)
       => domestic pigeon -- (domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food)