Rose

/ɹoʊz/

Synonyms for "rose" (215 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (43)

achievementalerionanimal chargeannuletargentarmorial bearingsarmoryarmsazurebadgebadge of officebadgesbandeaubarbar sinisterbatonbearingsbendbend sinisterbib nozzle
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Strong matches (65)

Related words (107)

Choosing the right synonym

  • Closest matches in this entry: achievement, alerion, amaranth, animal charge, annulet.
  • Sentence evidence is available for rose, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
  • Ranking signals come from moby, derived_reverse, opengloss, wordnet, and related lexical sources.

Synonym selection checklist

  • Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
  • Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
  • Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "rose".
  • Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.

When not to replace "rose"

Keep "rose" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.

If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.

Replacement workflow

1. Preserve meaning

Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "rose" intact in the sentence you are editing.

2. Tune tone

Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.

3. Re-read context

Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.

Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.

Final fit check

After choosing a replacement for "rose", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.

If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "rose" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.

Related word relations

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

6 relation types

More general

12 entries

More specific

11 entries
advanceariseemergerose pinkrose redshrub rosespikestandsurgetea rosewild rose

Collocations

11 entries
garden roserose above the restrose bushrose fragrancerose in pricerose petalsrose plantrose quicklyrose to famerose to the toptea rose

Inflections

4 entries

Derivations

5 entries

similar

1 entries

Translations

168 translations across 136 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • roos noun (flower)

Albanian

1 entries
  • trëndafil noun (flower)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ጽጌ ረዳ noun (flower)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ῥόδον noun (flower)

Arabic

3 entries
  • ورد بلدي noun (flower)
  • وردة بلدي noun (flower)
  • وَرْدَة noun (flower)

Aramaic

2 entries
  • וַרְדָּא noun (flower)
  • ܘܪܕܐ noun (flower)

Armenian

1 entries
  • վարդ noun (flower)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • trandafilã noun (flower)

Assamese

1 entries
  • গোলাপ noun (flower)

Asturian

1 entries
  • rosa noun (flower)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • gül noun (flower)

Basque

2 entries
  • arrosa noun (flower)
  • larrosa noun (flower)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • ру́жа noun (flower)

Bengali

1 entries
  • গোলাপ noun (flower)

Breton

2 entries
  • roz noun (flower)
  • rozenn noun (flower)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • ро́за noun (flower)

Burmese

1 entries
  • နှင်းဆီ noun (flower)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • ружа noun (flower)

Catalan

1 entries
  • rosa noun (flower)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • شیلان noun (flower)

Chakma

1 entries
  • 𑄉𑄧𑄣𑄛𑄴 noun (flower)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎶᏏ noun (flower)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 玫瑰花 noun (flower)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 玫瑰 noun (flower)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 月季 noun (flower)
  • 玫瑰 noun (flower)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries
  • Caxtīllān xōchitl noun (flower)

Cornish

1 entries
  • rosen noun (flower)

Czech

1 entries
  • růže noun (flower)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • ruosa noun (flower)

Danish

1 entries
  • rose noun (flower)

Dutch

1 entries
  • roos noun (flower)

Elfdalian

1 entries
  • ruos noun (flower)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • rozo noun (flower)

Estonian

1 entries
  • roos noun (flower)

Faroese

1 entries
  • rósa noun (flower)

Finnish

1 entries
  • ruusu noun (flower)

French

1 entries
  • rose noun (flower)

Friulian

1 entries
  • garoful noun (flower)

Gagauz

1 entries
  • gül noun (flower)

Galician

1 entries
  • rosa noun (flower)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ვარდი noun (flower)

German

2 entries
  • Roos noun (flower)
  • Rose noun (flower)

Greek

3 entries
  • βρόδον noun (flower)
  • ρόδο noun (flower)
  • τριαντάφυλλο noun (flower)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • ruusa noun (flower)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • ગુલાબ noun (flower)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • roz noun (flower)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • loke noun (flower)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • וֶרֶד noun (flower)

Hindi

2 entries
  • गुल noun (flower)
  • गुलाब noun (flower)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • rózsa noun (flower)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • rós noun (flower)

Ido

1 entries
  • rozo noun (flower)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • bunga mawar noun (flower)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • rooza noun (flower)

Irish

1 entries
  • rós noun (flower)

Istriot

1 entries
  • roza noun (flower)

Italian

1 entries
  • rosa noun (flower)

Japanese

2 entries
  • バラ noun (flower)
  • バラの花 noun (flower)

Javanese

1 entries
  • mawar noun (flower)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಗುಲಾಬಿ noun (flower)

Kashmiri

1 entries
  • گُلاب noun (flower)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • раушан noun (flower)

Khmer

1 entries
  • កុលាប noun (flower)

Konkani

2 entries
  • ಗುಲೊಬ್ noun (flower)
  • ಗುಲೊಬ್ ಪುಲ್ noun (flower)

Korean

1 entries
  • 장미 noun (flower)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • гюл noun (flower)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • атыргүл noun (flower)

Lao

1 entries
  • ດອກກຸຫຼາບ noun (flower)

Latin

1 entries
  • rosa noun (flower)

Latvian

1 entries
  • roze noun (flower)

Laz

2 entries
  • dadali noun (flower)
  • gyuli noun (flower)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • rêuza noun (flower)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • rožė noun (flower)

Lombard

1 entries
  • rosa noun (flower)

Low German

3 entries
  • Rausen noun (flower)
  • Reose noun (flower)
  • rause noun (flower)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Rous noun (flower)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • ро́за noun (flower)
  • ружа noun (flower)
  • трендафил noun (flower)
  • ѓул noun (flower)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • mavokely noun (flower)

Malay

2 entries
  • mawar noun (flower)
  • ros noun (flower)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • റോസ noun (flower)

Maltese

1 entries
  • warda noun (flower)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠵᠠᠮᡠ noun (flower)

Marathi

1 entries
  • गुलाब noun (flower)

Marshallese

1 entries
  • rooj noun (flower)

Mauritian Creole

1 entries
  • roz noun (flower)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • сарнай цэцэг noun (flower)

Mòcheno

1 entries
  • roas noun (flower)

Māori

1 entries
  • rōhi noun (flower)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • ruvsu noun (flower)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • rose noun (flower)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • rose noun (flower)

Occitan

1 entries
  • ròsa noun (flower)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଗୋଲାପ noun (flower)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • oginii-waabigwan noun (flower)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • уарди noun (flower)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • ружа noun (flower)

Persian

3 entries
  • رز noun (flower)
  • ورد noun (flower)
  • گل سرخ noun (flower)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • reusa noun (flower)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Roos noun (flower)

Polish

1 entries
  • róża noun (flower)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • craveiro noun (flower)
  • cravina noun (flower)
  • rosa noun (flower)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਗੁਲਾਬ noun (flower)

Romanian

2 entries
  • roză noun (flower)
  • trandafir noun (flower)

Romansch

2 entries
  • rosa noun (flower)
  • rösa noun (flower)

Russian

1 entries
  • ро́за noun (flower)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • षतपुष्पि noun (flower)

Santali

1 entries
  • ᱜᱩᱞᱟᱹᱯ noun (flower)

Sardinian

3 entries
  • arrosa noun (flower)
  • orrosa noun (flower)
  • rosa noun (flower)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • ròs noun (flower)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • ruža noun (flower)
  • ружа noun (flower)

Seychellois Creole

1 entries
  • roz noun (flower)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • rosa noun (flower)

Silesian

1 entries
  • rōłza noun (flower)

Sindhi

1 entries
  • گلاب noun (flower)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • රෝස මල noun (flower)

Slovak

1 entries
  • ruža noun (flower)

Slovene

1 entries
  • vrtnica noun (flower)

Spanish

1 entries
  • rosa noun (flower)

Swahili

1 entries
  • waridi noun (flower)

Swedish

1 entries
  • ros noun (flower)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • rosas noun (flower)

Tajik

2 entries
  • гул noun (flower)
  • гулоб noun (flower)

Tamil

1 entries
  • ரோஜா noun (flower)

Telugu

2 entries
  • గులాబి noun (flower)
  • గులాబిపువ్వు noun (flower)

Thai

1 entries
  • กุหลาบ noun (flower)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • རྒྱ་སེ noun (flower)

Turkish

1 entries
  • gül noun (flower)

Tày

1 entries
  • bjoóc coi noun (flower)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • ро́за noun (flower)
  • троя́нда noun (flower)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • róža noun (flower)

Urdu

1 entries
  • گلاب noun (flower)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • hoa hồng noun (flower)

Volapük

2 entries
  • lol noun (flower)
  • rosad noun (flower)

Welsh

1 entries
  • rhosyn noun (flower)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • roas noun (flower)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • רויז noun (flower)

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The plane rose sharply before leveling off as it left the coast.

Source: tatoeba (20499)

The sun rose from the sea.

Source: tatoeba (22266)

The surface of the earth rose due to the volcanic activity.

Source: tatoeba (23842)

There is a yellow rose.

Source: tatoeba (25602)

Showing 4 of 25 available sentences.

Common questions

What are the closest synonyms for "rose"?

Closest matches include achievement, alerion, amaranth, animal charge, annulet.

How should I check whether a synonym fits "rose"?

Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.

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