The cheers swelled to a roar.
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Roar
/ɹɔː/
Synonyms for "roar" (343 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (69)
Strong matches (103)
Adjective(1 words)
cheering shout
chirmchirpchortlechuckleclamorclangorclapclattercommotioncoocrowcrydeclaimdestroydindiscorddonnybrookdrawldrunken brawldustup
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exclaimflapflutefracasfree-for-allgalegaspgigglegive tonguegive voicego into convulsionsgo ongrimacegroangrowlgrowlinggrumblegruntguffawha haha-hahailhalloohamham it uphammerhee-hawhee-heehell broke loosehissho hoho-hohollerhollohoothorselaughhowlhubbubhue and cryhullabaloohurrahjanglekeenlaughlaugh it uplaugh outrightlay wasteliltlootloud noiselowmaffickmake a noise
Noun(24 words)
Interjection(1 words)
Related words (171)
make a racketmake an uproarmaulmeowmewmewlmiaowmilkmoanmoomugmumblemurmurmutternearly die laughingneighnickernoisenoise and shoutingout
Show 116 more words
out-herod herodoutburstoutcryoveractoverdramatizepandemoniumpantpealpillagepipepulepulsateracketrageraise a clamorraise cainraise hellraise the devilraise the roofrallying cryramprampagerantraperattleravereboundrepercussreverberaterhubarbriotroar with laughterroaringrollroutrowruckusructionruinrumblerumpussacksavagescreakscreamscreechshake like jellyshake with laughtershindyshivareeshoutshrieksibilatesighsingslaughtersloshsnapsnarlsnarlingsnickersniggersnortsobsoughsow chaossplitsplit with laughterspoutsquallsquawksqueaksquealstormteartear aroundtee heetee-heeterrorizethrow awaythunderthunderclaptintamarretittertroattrumpettumulttwangululateunderactuproarvandalizeviolatevociferatewailwar crywar whoopwarblewhickerwhinewhinnywhisperwhistlewhoopwhoop it upwreckyammeryapyawlyawpyellyelpyipyo-hoyowlyuk-yuk
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
33 entriesShowing 16 of 33 words.
More specific
10 entriesCollocations
10 entriescrowd roarcrowd roarsdeep roarengine roarlion roarloud roarroar of approvalroar of enginesroar of thunderroar with pride
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
78 translations across 46 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- βρυχάομαι verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Arabic
2 entries- زَأَرَ verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- هَرْهَرَ verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܢܗܡܬܐ verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Belarusian
2 entries- раўці́ verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- ры́каць verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Bulgarian
2 entries- буча verb (to make a loud resounding noise)
- рева verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Catalan
1 entries- rugir verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 吼 verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Danish
1 entries- brøle verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Dutch
1 entries- brullen verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Esperanto
2 entries- muĝi verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- rori verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Finnish
4 entries- jyristä verb (to make a loud resounding noise)
- karjahtaa verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- karjaista verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- karjua verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
French
2 entries- rugir verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- rugir verb (to make a loud resounding noise)
Galician
4 entries- bramar verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- bruar verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- ruxir verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- ruxir verb (to make a loud resounding noise)
Georgian
3 entries- ბრდღვენა verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- ღმუილი verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- ღრიალი verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
German
1 entries- brüllen verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌾𐍉𐌽 verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Greek
2 entries- βρυχιέμαι verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- βρυχώμαι verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Hawaiian
2 entries- kūwō verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- kūō verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Ido
2 entries- bramar verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- bramar verb (to make a loud resounding noise)
Indonesian
1 entries- mengaum verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Irish
2 entries- búir verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- géim verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Italian
1 entries- ruggire verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Japanese
1 entries- 吠える verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Latin
1 entries- 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
1 entries- ricaś verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Malay
1 entries- mengaum verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Māori
4 entries- haruru verb (to make a loud resounding noise)
- ngunguru verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- pararā verb (to make a loud resounding noise)
- rarā verb (to make a loud resounding noise)
Norwegian
1 entries- brøle verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Occitan
2 entries- bramar verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- rugir verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Persian
1 entries- غرش verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Polish
2 entries- ryczeć verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- zaryczeć verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Portuguese
2 entries- rugir verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- uivar verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Rarotongan
1 entries- ngurunguru verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Romanian
3 entries- mugi verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- rage verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- zbiera verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Russian
2 entries- реве́ть verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- рыча́ть verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- rikati verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- рикати verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Spanish
2 entries- bramar verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- rugir verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Swedish
1 entries- ryta verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
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
1 entries- kükremek verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
Ukrainian
3 entries- ревти́ verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- реві́ти verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
- рича́ти verb (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
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.
Leo started to roar when he was two years old.
Source: tatoeba (29528)
Did you hear the roar of the lions?
Source: tatoeba (29850)
When the All Blacks came out onto the field a roar like 'woooaahh' swept over the crowd.
Source: tatoeba (65118)
Showing 4 of 26 available sentences.