rough
Definitions
Noun
- The part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
Adjective
- Having or caused by an irregular surface
- Of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
- Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- Not shaped by cutting or trimming
Verb
- Prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
Adverb
- With roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
- With rough motion as over a rough surface
Fragment
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "rough".
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "rough".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "rough".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | through | 1 | 971 |
| 2 | brought | 1 | 253 |
| 3 | tough | 1 | 36 |
| 4 | roughly | 2 | 25 |
| 5 | drought | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | borough | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | trough | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | wrought | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | troughs | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | rougher | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | roughed | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | rought | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | prough | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | crough | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | brough | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | rugh | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | strough | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | rough's | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | dorough | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | routh | 1 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "rough" in a sentence.
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|---|
Words That Precede
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "rough" in the same piece of text.
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "rough".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rough's | 1 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 8
Fragments: 79
Sound Alikes: 4
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 2
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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