| Main Entry: | rough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uneven, irregular |
Synonyms: |
asperous, bearded, brambly, bristly, broken, bumpy, bushy, chapped, choppy, coarse, cragged, craggy, cross-grained, disheveled, fuzzy, hairy, harsh, jagged, knobby, knotty, nappy, nodular, not smooth, ridged, rocky, ruffled, rugged, scabrous, scraggy, shaggy, sharp, stony, tangled, tousled, tufted, unequal, unfinished, unlevel, unshaven, unshorn, woolly, wrinkled, wrinkly |
Antonyms: |
even, level, polished, regular, smooth |
| Main Entry: | rough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stormy; not quiet |
Synonyms: |
agitated, blustering, blustery, boisterous, buffeting, cacophonous, choppy, coarse, discordant, dry, furious, grating, gruff, harsh, hoarse, husky, inclement, inharmonious, jarring, raging, rasping, raucous, rugged, squally, stridulent, tempestuous, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, unmusical, wild |
Antonyms: |
calm, mild, moderate, temperate |
| Main Entry: | rough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rude, impolite |
Synonyms: |
bearish, bluff, blunt, boisterous, boorish, brief, brusque, churlish, coarse, crass, crude, cruel, crusty, curt, discourteous, drastic, extreme, gross*, hairy*, hard, harsh, ill-mannered, improper, inconsiderate, indecorous, indelicate, inelegant, loud, loutish, mean, nasty, raw, rowdy, severe, sharp, short, tough, unceremonious, uncivil, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unfeeling, ungracious, unjust, unmannerly, unpleasant, unpolished, unrefined, untutored, violent, vulgar |
Antonyms: |
courteous, nice, polite, refined, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | rough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, incomplete |
Synonyms: |
austere, crude, cursory, formless, hard, imperfect, raw, rough-and-ready, roughhewn, rudimentary, shapeless, sketchy, spartan, uncompleted, uncut, undressed, unfashioned, unfinished, unformed, unhewn, unpolished, unprocessed, unrefined, unwrought |
Antonyms: |
accurate, complete, definite, precise |
| Main Entry: | rough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approximate |
Synonyms: |
amorphous, estimated, foggy, general, hazy, imprecise, inexact, proximate, rude, sketchy, uncertain, unprecise, vague |
Antonyms: |
accurate, complete, definite, precise |
| Main Entry: | abrasive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritating in manner |
Synonyms: |
annoying, biting, caustic, cutting, galling, hard to take, hateful, hurtful, nasty, rough, rubbing the wrong way, sharp, spiky, unpleasant |
Antonyms: |
likeable, pleasant, pleasing |
| Main Entry: | abrasive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scraping or wearing |
Synonyms: |
cutting, erosive, grinding, polishing, rough, scratching, scratchy, scuffing, sharpening, smoothing |
Antonyms: |
smooth, soft |
| Main Entry: | abrupt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rude or brief in manner |
Synonyms: |
blunt, brusque, crude, crusty, curt, direct, discourteous, gruff, impetuous, impolite, matter-of-fact, rough, short, snappy, snippy, uncivil, ungracious |
Antonyms: |
calm, kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | approximate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | almost accurate, exact |
Synonyms: |
almost, close, comparative, near, proximate, relative, rough |
Antonyms: |
accurate, clear, definite, exact, precise |
| Main Entry: | approximate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inexact |
Synonyms: |
estimated, guessed, imperfect, imprecise, loose, rough, surmised, uncertain, unprecise, unscientific |