1
[ noun ] a deep prolonged loud noise

Synonyms

roar thunder boom

Used in print

(L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)

Their onrush and retreat , he reported , was accompanied by a great hissing , roaring and rattling .

Related terms

noise roar thunder boom

2
[ adjective ] very lively and profitable

Synonyms

thriving prosperous prospering flourishing palmy booming

Examples

"flourishing businesses" "a palmy time for stockbrokers" "a prosperous new business" "doing a roaring trade" "a thriving tourist center" "did a thriving business in orchids"

Related terms

successful

3
[ adjective ] loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss

Synonyms

thunderous deafening earsplitting thundery

Related terms

loud

4
[ adverb ] extremely

Examples

"roaring drunk"

5
[ noun ] a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

Synonyms

hollering bellow roar holler yowling yowl hollo holloa holla bellowing

Examples

"his bellow filled the hallway"

Related terms

cry shout bawl thunder howl holler bellow howl roar hollo

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Rhymes with

goring boring warring pouring offering soaring poring shoring towering wiring firing barring tiring rearing flooring storing scoring snoring hiring jarring retiring earring airing adoring suffering sparring covering starring outpouring imploring ring wring firing overpowering gearing caring veering during wearing turing paring daring behring bering bearing touring mooring baring tearing pairing perspiring cheering jeering herring hearing sharing shearing uninspiring expiring aspiring admiring acquiring inspiring offspring bring glaring flaring steering during curing childbearing clearing blaring staring sparing sneering swearing reassuring rehearing maturing differing appearing alluring feathering assuring overbearing interfering hamstring uncaring endearing enduring engineering electioneering racketeering despairing disappearing comparing domineering bioengineering maturing unsparing string spring lingering remembering ministering shoestring wellspring

Phonetic and Homophones

R AO1 R IH0 NG

Similar Spelling

raring rearing

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