Rock

/ɹɒk/

Synonyms for "rock" (338 found)

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Closest matches (68)

Noun(16 words)

rock musicstone sway ace afrikaner aggregates batu bedrock blackstone boulders bowlders careen clint cocainecrack cocainecraigie

Verb(3 words)

shake swaycopulate with

acid rockadamant adamantine affect agitate amaze appease astonish astoundavant-garde jazzballroom musicbankrupt basalt bebop bedrock blunder bob bobble bola bolt

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boneboogie woogieboogie-woogie boomerang bop boulder breccia brick brickbat broken-down calmcalm downcareen career cement champion cogglecome home tocompose concert concrete conglomerate convulse cool countermissilecountry rockcradle crag

Adjective(1 words)

common rock

Strong matches (101)

dancedance musicdances dangle daze defender destitute destroyed diamond discombobulate discompose disconcert disquiet disturb dollar dramatico-musical dulcify dumbfound ease electrify

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error escarpment eveneven outfalter finished flint flintlike flinty flounce flounder fluctuate flurry fluster flutterfolk rockfoundation fuss gentle gibraltar gneiss granite granitelike granitichard rockheart of oakheave hithit the markhobbyhorse horsehot jazzhurriedness hush impact impressimpress forciblyin ruinsindigent instrumentalirish confettiiron jar jazz jazzy jewel jive jolt labor lava librate lion lithic lull lurchmainstream jazzmake an impressionmake heavy weathermarble marblelike missile mollify monolithmusical suite

Verb(7 words)

dandle dandled dandles dandling hit judderkick ass

Adjective(1 words)

dutch steen

Noun(9 words)

earth materialexcelgeologic materialgeological materialjar lorelei mirfak mountain move

Related words (169)

nail nails nutate oakon iceon the rocksorchestral oscillate outcrop outcropping overwhelm ox pacify patron patroness pendulate penniless perturb petrified petrogenic

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pillar pitchpitch and plungepitch and tossplunge poundpour balm intopoverty-stricken projectile protector protectress quell quiet rag ragtime rattle rear reel resonate restrhythm-and-bluesrock to sleeprock-and-rollrocket roll rubble ruffle ruined safekeeper sandstone saprolite scarp scend schist scoria scree seesaw seethe shakeshake upshocksink inslaty smite smoothsmooth downsmooth oversmoothen soothe stabilize stagger steady steel still stir stone strikestrike hardstrike homestruggle stumble stun stupefy subdue suitesuite of dancessurprise swag sway swing swinging symphonic syncopatedsyncopated musicsyncopation teeter tellthe new musicthrash aboutthrowthrow stickthrowing-stick tor torpedo tosstoss and tumbletoss and turntotter towertower of strengthtranquilize traumatize tremble trouble tumble unnerve unsettle upset vacillate vibrate volutation waddy wag waggle wallop wallow wave waver welter wobble yaw

Noun(28 words)

natural mineral aggregateoscillate pebbles petra pierre porphyry quakes rocherock 'n' rollrock and rollrock candyrock surfacerock'n'rollrock-and-rollshine shock slate stalwarts steen stein

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stones stun swagging swaying sways tilt tost wavering

Verb(9 words)

rule rules seesawed slaysleep withsway opinionsswayed teeter twerked

Adjective(1 words)

sedimentary rock

Related word relations

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

6 relation types

More general

23 entries

candy confect displaceemotional impactexcel genregeological materialgood personlurch material movemove back and forthmusic genrenatural objectpitch

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More specific

10 entries

ace bob excel granitehard rockjar limestonesoft rockstun swing

Collocations

12 entries

bedrockigneous rockmetamorphic rockrock a babyrock back and forthrock cyclerock formationrock musicrock outrock steadyrock the boatrock the world

Inflections

3 entries

rocked rocking rocks

Derivations

8 entries

rocker rockery rockier rockiest rockily rockiness rocking rocky

similar

2 entries

shake sway

Sample sentences

69 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Passing through the strong wind, the planes rock like this, but don't worry.

Source: tatoeba (19183)

Look out for rock slides.

Source: tatoeba (20782)

The rock rolled down the hillside.

Source: tatoeba (20785)

Sitting on the rock, she sang a sweet song as she combed her hair.

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