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

3 senses of rolling

Sense 1
peal, pealing, roll, rolling -- (a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells))
       => sound -- (the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them")

Sense 2
rolling -- (the act of robbing a helpless person; "he was charged with rolling drunks in the park")
       => robbery -- (larceny by threat of violence)

Sense 3
wheeling, rolling -- (propelling something on wheels)
       => propulsion, actuation -- (the act of propelling)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb roll

18 senses of roll

Sense 1
roll, turn over -- (move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side")
       => turn -- (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs")
          Phrasal Verb-> roll down#1; roll over#1

Sense 2
wheel, roll -- (move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds")
       => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")

Sense 3
roll, undulate -- (occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past")

Sense 4
roll out, roll -- (flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper")
       => flatten -- (make flat or flatter; "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises")

Sense 5
roll -- (emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums")
       => sound, go -- (make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'")

Sense 6
wind, wrap, roll, twine -- (arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child")
       => move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")
          Phrasal Verb-> roll up#6

Sense 7
roll -- (begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling")
       => function, work, operate, go, run -- (perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore")

Sense 8
roll -- (shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette")
       => shape, form -- (give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character")

Sense 9
roll -- (execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped")
       => tumble -- (do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully)

Sense 10
hustle, pluck, roll -- (sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity)
       => steal -- (take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation")

Sense 11
roll, undulate, flap, wave -- (move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach")
       => move -- (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right")

Sense 12
roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond -- (move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town")
       => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")

Sense 13
roll -- (move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas")
       => rock, sway, shake -- (move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet")

Sense 14
roll, revolve -- (cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words")
       => move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")

Sense 15
roll -- (pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r's")
       => pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say -- (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?")

Sense 16
seethe, roll -- (boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled")
       => churn, boil, moil, roil -- (be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm")

Sense 17
roll -- (take the shape of a roll or cylinder; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well")
       => change shape, change form, deform -- (assume a different shape or form)

Sense 18
roll, roll up -- (show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly")
       => change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")

Antonyms of adj rolling

1 sense of rolling

Sense 1
rolled, rolling, trilled -- (uttered with a trill; "she used rolling r's as in Spanish")

INDIRECT (VIA pronounceable) -> unpronounceable -- (impossible or difficult to pronounce correctly)

Similarity of adj rolling

1 sense of rolling

Sense 1
rolled, rolling, trilled -- (uttered with a trill; "she used rolling r's as in Spanish")
       => pronounceable (vs. unpronounceable) -- (capable of being uttered or pronounced; "a pronounceable group of letters")


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"The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side") => turn -- (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs") Phrasal Verb-> roll down#1; roll over#1 Sense 2 wheel, roll -- (move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds") => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast") Sense 3 roll, undulate -- (occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past") Sense 4 roll out, roll -- (flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper") => flatten -- (make flat or flatter; "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises") Sense 5 roll -- (emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums") => sound, go -- (make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'") Sense 6 wind, wrap, roll, twine -- (arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child") => move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant") Phrasal Verb-> roll up#6 Sense 7 roll -- (begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling") => function, work, operate, go, run -- (perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore") Sense 8 roll -- (shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette") => shape, form -- (give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character") Sense 9 roll -- (execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped") => tumble -- (do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully) Sense 10 hustle, pluck, roll -- (sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity) => steal -- (take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation") Sense 11 roll, undulate, flap, wave -- (move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach") => move -- (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right") Sense 12 roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond -- (move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town") => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast") Sense 13 roll -- (move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas") => rock, sway, shake -- (move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet") Sense 14 roll, revolve -- (cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words") => move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant") Sense 15 roll -- (pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r's") => pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say -- (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?") Sense 16 seethe, roll -- (boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled") => churn, boil, moil, roil -- (be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm") Sense 17 roll -- (take the shape of a roll or cylinder; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well") => change shape, change form, deform -- (assume a different shape or form) Sense 18 roll, roll up -- (show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly") => change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night") Antonyms of adj rolling 1 sense of rolling Sense 1 rolled, rolling, trilled -- (uttered with a trill; "she used rolling r's as in Spanish") INDIRECT (VIA pronounceable) -> unpronounceable -- (impossible or difficult to pronounce correctly) Similarity of adj rolling 1 sense of rolling Sense 1 rolled, rolling, trilled -- (uttered with a trill; "she used rolling r's as in Spanish") => pronounceable (vs. unpronounceable) -- (capable of being uttered or pronounced; "a pronounceable group of letters")
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