roar
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a deep prolonged loud noise
Types & categories
- noise hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
The wind was howling in the trees
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
his bellow filled the hallway
Types & categories
- cry hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
utter words loudly and forcefully
`Get out of here,' he roared
Types & categories
- shout hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
the sound made by a lion
Types & categories
- cry hypernym
Related & opposite
- bellow derivation
Sense 6 verb
emit long loud cries
wail in self-pity
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- wailing derivation
- bellow derivation
- howl derivation
- lamentation derivation
- wailer derivation
Sense 7 verb
act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way
desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town
Types & categories
- go forward hypernym
Sense 8 verb
make a loud noise, as of animal
The bull bellowed
Types & categories
- let out hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 9 verb
laugh unrestrainedly and heartily
Types & categories
- laugh hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | thunder |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | roar |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | thunder |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | thunder |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | boom out |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | din |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | thunderous |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | noise |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | thunder |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | howl |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | noise |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | vroom |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | yawp |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | thunder |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | howl |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scream |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hollo |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | caterwaul |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | holler |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | thunder |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | yawl |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | yowl |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bellow |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bellow |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cry |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bellow |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | thunder |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | screamer |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | shout |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | bellow |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | cry |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | wailing |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | bellow |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | howl |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | lamentation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | wailer |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | scream |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | squall |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | go forward |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | bellow |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | roar |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | screamer |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | let out |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | howler |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | bellow |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | howl |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | laugh |