Roar

//ɹɔː//

Synonyms for "roar" (276 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (56)

bellow boom howl thunder assault attack bang barbarize bark batter battle cry bawl bay be in stitches be noisy bedlam bedlam let loose bell blare blast

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Noun(3 words)

bellow bellowing boom

Verb(1 words)

bellow

Strong matches (82)

Related words (138)

miaow milk moan moo mug mumble murmur mutter nearly die laughing neigh nicker noise noise and shouting out out-herod herod outburst outcry overact overdramatize pandemonium

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Noun(4 words)

roaring rut thunder yowl

Verb(5 words)

thunder ululate wail yaup yawl

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

30 entries

call continue cry emit express joy express mirth go forward holler hollo laugh let loose let out make noise move ahead

Showing 16 of 30 words.

Synonyms

4 entries

bellow boom howl thunder

Related terms

1 entries

uproar

derived

25 entries

aroar die roaring die roaring for a priest hell-roaring outroar rip-roaring roar ahead roar away roar back roar off roar on roar out roarer roaring boy roaring cat roaring drunk

Showing 16 of 25 words.

is a

1 entries

cry

manner of

3 entries

laugh make noise proceed

related to

29 entries

anger boisterous breathing bull call cry deep disease disorderly emotion horse laugh lion lion noise lions lions call

Showing 16 of 29 words.

Translations

264 translations across 59 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

gjëmoj verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

βρύχημα noun (cry of the lion)
βρυχάομαι verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)
βρυχάομαι verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Arabic

4 entries

زَئِير noun (cry of the lion)
أَنَّ verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)
زَأَرَ verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
قَهْقَهَ verb (to laugh in a particularly loud manner)

Aramaic

1 entries

ܢܗܡܬܐ verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

anqırtı noun (deep cry of the bull)

Belarusian

4 entries

роў noun (deep cry of the bull)
гы́ркаць verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)
раўці́ verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)
раўці́ verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Bulgarian

4 entries

бучене noun (loud resounding noise such as sound of a motorbike or a similar engine)
вик noun (long, loud, deep shout)
рев noun (cry of the lion)
буча verb (to make a loud resounding noise)

Catalan

3 entries

bram noun (cry of the lion)
rugit noun (cry of the lion)
rugir verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

نەڕاندن verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

吼 verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
咆哮 verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)
怒吼 verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)

Czech

3 entries

řev noun (long, loud, deep shout)
řev noun (cry of the lion)
řvát verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)

Danish

4 entries

brøl noun (long, loud, deep shout)
brøl noun (cry of the lion)
brøl noun (deep cry of the bull)
brøl noun (loud resounding noise such as sound of a motorbike or a similar engine)

Dutch

3 entries

brul noun (cry of the lion)
brullen verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)
brullen verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Esperanto

3 entries

roro noun (cry of the lion)
muĝi verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
rori verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Finnish

4 entries

jyrinä noun (loud resounding noise such as sound of a motorbike or a similar engine)
karjaisu noun (long, loud, deep shout)
karjunta noun (cry of the lion)
mylvintä noun (deep cry of the bull)

French

4 entries

rugissement noun (cry of the lion)
vrombissement noun (loud resounding noise such as sound of a motorbike or a similar engine)
hurler verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)
rire aux éclats verb (to laugh in a particularly loud manner)

Galician

4 entries

bramido noun (loud resounding noise such as sound of a motorbike or a similar engine)
brúo noun (long, loud, deep shout)
brúo noun (deep cry of the bull)
ruxido noun (long, loud, deep shout)

Georgian

4 entries

ბრდღვენა verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
ღმუილი verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
ღრიალი verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)
ღრიალი verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

German

4 entries

Aufheulen noun (loud resounding noise such as sound of a motorbike or a similar engine)
Brüllen noun (cry of the lion)
Tosen noun (long, loud, deep shout)
brüele verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌾𐍉𐌽 verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Greek

4 entries

αλαλάζω noun (long, loud, deep shout)
αναφωνώ noun (long, loud, deep shout)
βουίζω noun (loud resounding noise such as sound of a motorbike or a similar engine)
βρυχηθμός noun (cry of the lion)

Hawaiian

2 entries

kūwō verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
kūō verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Hebrew

1 entries

שְׁאָגָה noun (long, loud, deep shout)

Ido

4 entries

bramo noun (long, loud, deep shout)
bramo noun (cry of the lion)
bramo noun (deep cry of the bull)
bramo noun (loud resounding noise such as sound of a motorbike or a similar engine)

Indonesian

1 entries

mengaum verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Irish

4 entries

géim noun (cry of the lion)
géim noun (deep cry of the bull)
tormán noun (loud resounding noise such as sound of a motorbike or a similar engine)
búir verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Italian

4 entries

muggito noun (deep cry of the bull)
rombo noun (loud resounding noise such as sound of a motorbike or a similar engine)
ruggito noun (cry of the lion)
ruggìto noun (cry of the lion)

Japanese

3 entries

咆哮 noun (cry of the lion)
吠える verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
怒鳴る verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)

Korean

1 entries

으르렁거리다 noun (long, loud, deep shout)

Latin

4 entries

rudor noun (long, loud, deep shout)
rudor noun (cry of the lion)
rudor noun (deep cry of the bull)
rudō verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Latvian

1 entries

rēkt verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

ricaś verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)
ricaś verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Macedonian

1 entries

рик noun (cry of the lion)

Malay

3 entries

aum noun (cry of the lion)
ngauman noun (cry of the lion)
mengaum verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Malayalam

2 entries

അലർച്ച noun (long, loud, deep shout)
ഗർജനം noun (cry of the lion)

Mpade

1 entries

swe verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)

Māori

4 entries

haruru noun (loud resounding noise such as sound of a motorbike or a similar engine)
horu noun (loud resounding noise such as sound of a motorbike or a similar engine)
rarā noun (loud resounding noise such as sound of a motorbike or a similar engine)
haruru verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)

Norwegian

4 entries

brøl noun (long, loud, deep shout)
brøl noun (cry of the lion)
brøl noun (loud resounding noise such as sound of a motorbike or a similar engine)
brøle verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Occitan

4 entries

bramar verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)
bramar verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
cridar verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)
rugir verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)

Persian

4 entries

غرش noun (cry of the lion)
فریاد noun (long, loud, deep shout)
نعره noun (cry of the lion)
نعره noun (deep cry of the bull)

Polish

4 entries

ryk noun (long, loud, deep shout)
ryk noun (cry of the lion)
ryk noun (loud resounding noise such as sound of a motorbike or a similar engine)
ryczeć verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)

Portuguese

4 entries

rugido noun (cry of the lion)
uivo noun (long, loud, deep shout)
rugir verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)
rugir verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Rarotongan

1 entries

ngurunguru verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Romanian

4 entries

mugi verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
rage verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
urla verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)
zbiera verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Russian

4 entries

вопль noun (long, loud, deep shout)
рык noun (long, loud, deep shout)
рык noun (cry of the lion)
рык noun (loud resounding noise such as sound of a motorbike or a similar engine)

Sanskrit

1 entries

गर्जति verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

rika noun (long, loud, deep shout)
rikati verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)
rikati verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
riknuti verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)

Spanish

4 entries

bramido noun (long, loud, deep shout)
bramido noun (deep cry of the bull)
bramido noun (loud resounding noise such as sound of a motorbike or a similar engine)
rugido noun (long, loud, deep shout)

Swedish

4 entries

dån noun (loud resounding noise such as sound of a motorbike or a similar engine)
vrål noun (long, loud, deep shout)
vrål noun (cry of the lion)
ryta verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)

Tagalog

1 entries

ungol noun (cry of the lion)

Tahitian

2 entries

ʻuʻuru verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
ʻūʻuru verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Tongan

1 entries

ngungulu verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Turkish

2 entries

kükreme noun (cry of the lion)
kükremek verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Ukrainian

4 entries

рев noun (deep cry of the bull)
рича́ння noun (cry of the lion)
гарча́ти verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)
ревти́ verb (to make loud, deep cry of emotion)

Urdu

1 entries

گونج noun (cry of the lion)

Uzbek

1 entries

qahqaha verb (to laugh in a particularly loud manner)

Vietnamese

1 entries

gầm verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Walloon

1 entries

groûler verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Welsh

1 entries

rhuo verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

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The cheers swelled to a roar.

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Leo started to roar when he was two years old.

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Did you hear the roar of the lions?

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When the All Blacks came out onto the field a roar like 'woooaahh' swept over the crowd.

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