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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb rough Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb rough Entailment of verb rough Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb rough 2 senses of rough Sense 1 rough in rough, rough out => prepare Sense 2 draft, rough, outline => write, compose, pen, indite Familiarity of verb rough rough used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb rough Sense 1 rough in rough, rough out => prepare -------------- Sense 2 draft, rough, outline => write, compose, pen, indite -------------- Grep of noun rough borough breakthrough duke of marlborough first duke of marlborough follow-through gainsborough pocket borough pull-through rotten borough rough rough-and-tumble rough-leaved aster rough-legged hawk rough-skinned newt rough-stemmed goldenrod rough bindweed rough breathing rough bristlegrass rough drawing rough fish rough green snake rough horsetail rough pea rough rider rough water roughage roughcast roughleg roughneck roughness roughrider roughtail stingray run through sloping trough thomas gainsborough trough Overview of noun rough The noun rough has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. rough -- (the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short) Overview of verb rough The verb rough has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) rough in rough, rough out -- (prepare in preliminary or sketchy form) 2. draft, rough, outline -- (draw up an outline or sketch for something "draft a speech") Overview of adj rough The adj rough has 12 senses (first 7 from tagged texts) 1. (13) rough, unsmooth -- (having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "a rough ride"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"; "unsmooth writing") 2. (2) rough -- ((of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners") 3. (2) approximate, approximative, rough, ballpark -- (not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate") 4. (1) rocky, rough -- (full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time") 5. (1) boisterous, fierce, rough -- (violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas") 6. (1) grating, gravel, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough -- (unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice") 7. (1) pugnacious, rough -- (ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men") 8. rough -- ((botany) of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped) 9. uncut, rough -- (not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones") 10. crude, rough -- (not carefully or expertly made "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry") 11. rough -- (not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches") 12. harsh, rough -- (unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous") Overview of adv rough The adv rough has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) roughly, rough -- (with roughness or violence; "he was pushed roughly aside"; (`rough' is informal as in "they treated him rough")) 2. roughly, rough -- (with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough") Antonyms of adj rough 12 senses of rough Sense 1 rough (vs. smooth), unsmooth smooth (vs. rough) => creaseless, uncreased => fast => glassy => glossy, satin(postnominal), satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick => seamless, unlined, unseamed => velvet, velvety => waxlike, waxy, ceraceous => marmoreal, marmorean Sense 2 rough INDIRECT (VIA unrefined) -> refined Sense 3 approximate, approximative, rough, ballpark INDIRECT (VIA inexact) -> exact Sense 4 rocky, rough INDIRECT (VIA difficult) -> easy Sense 5 boisterous, fierce, rough INDIRECT (VIA stormy) -> calm Sense 6 grating, gravel, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough INDIRECT (VIA cacophonous) -> euphonious, euphonous Sense 7 pugnacious, rough INDIRECT (VIA aggressive) -> unaggressive, nonaggressive Sense 8 rough (vs. smooth) smooth (vs. rough) => entire => repand => sinuate => undulate => unnotched, untoothed Sense 9 uncut (vs. cut), rough Sense 10 crude, rough INDIRECT (VIA unskilled) -> skilled Sense 11 rough INDIRECT (VIA unpolished) -> polished Sense 12 harsh, rough INDIRECT (VIA unpleasant) -> pleasant Similarity of adj rough 12 senses of rough Sense 1 rough (vs. smooth), unsmooth => abrasive, scratchy => alligatored, cracked => barky => broken, rugged => bullate => bumpy, jarring, jolting, jolty => chapped, cracked, roughened => corded, pique, twill, twilled => corduroy(postnominal), log(postnominal) => costate, ribbed => cragged, craggy, hilly, mountainous => crushed => homespun(prenominal), nubby, nubbly, slubbed, tweedy => lepidote, leprose, scabrous, scaly, scurfy => squamulose => lined, seamed => pocked, pockmarked, potholed => puckered => rocky, bouldery, bouldered, stony => roughish => rugose => scabby => textured, rough-textured => verrucose, warty, wartlike => imbricate, imbricated => sandpapery => shagged, shaggy Also See-> coarse#1; irregular#1; nonslippery#1; uneven#1; unironed#1, wrinkled#3; unpolished#1 Sense 2 rough => unrefined (vs. refined) Sense 3 approximate, approximative, rough, ballpark => inexact (vs. exact) Sense 4 rocky, rough => difficult (vs. easy), hard Sense 5 boisterous, fierce, rough => stormy (vs. calm) Sense 6 grating, gravel, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough => cacophonous (vs. euphonious), cacophonic Sense 7 pugnacious, rough => aggressive (vs. unaggressive) Sense 8 rough (vs. smooth) => angulate => bidentate => biserrate => ciliate, ciliated => crenate, crenated, scalloped => crenulate, crenulated => crispate => dentate => denticulate => emarginate => erose, jagged, jaggy, notched, toothed => fimbriate => fringed, laciniate => lacerate => pectinate => runcinate => serrate, serrated, saw-toothed, toothed, notched => serrulate => rimose => spinose Also See-> simple#6, unsubdivided#1; compound#1 Sense 9 uncut (vs. cut), rough => unsheared Sense 10 crude, rough => unskilled (vs. skilled) Sense 11 rough => unpolished (vs. polished) Sense 12 harsh, rough => unpleasant (vs. pleasant) Attributes of adj rough Familiarity of adj rough rough used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 12) Grep of adj rough rough rough-and-ready rough-and-tumble rough-spoken rough-textured roughdried roughened roughhewn roughish roughshod see-through thorough through Overview of noun rough The noun rough has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. rough -- (the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short) Overview of verb rough The verb rough has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) rough in rough, rough out -- (prepare in preliminary or sketchy form) 2. draft, rough, outline -- (draw up an outline or sketch for something "draft a speech") Overview of adj rough The adj rough has 12 senses (first 7 from tagged texts) 1. (13) rough, unsmooth -- (having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "a rough ride"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"; "unsmooth writing") 2. (2) rough -- ((of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners") 3. (2) approximate, approximative, rough, ballpark -- (not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate") 4. (1) rocky, rough -- (full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time") 5. (1) boisterous, fierce, rough -- (violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas") 6. (1) grating, gravel, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough -- (unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice") 7. (1) pugnacious, rough -- (ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men") 8. rough -- ((botany) of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped) 9. uncut, rough -- (not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones") 10. crude, rough -- (not carefully or expertly made "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry") 11. rough -- (not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches") 12. harsh, rough -- (unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous") Overview of adv rough The adv rough has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) roughly, rough -- (with roughness or violence; "he was pushed roughly aside"; (`rough' is informal as in "they treated him rough")) 2. roughly, rough -- (with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough")
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