Synonyms for Rough

Top synonyms for “rough”: approximate, approximative, boisterous, bumpy, crude, fierce, grating, gravelly, and 72 more below.

Definitions

1. (noun)the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
2. (verb)prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
3. (adjective)ready and able to resort to force or violence
   “pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance”
4. (adjective)unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
   “a gravelly voice”
5. (adjective)violently agitated and turbulent
   “boisterous winds and waves”
6. (adjective)not shaped by cutting or trimming
   “an uncut diamond”
7. (adjective)full of hardship or trials
   “the rocky road to success”
8. (adjective)not quite exact or correct
   “the approximate time was 10 o'clock”
9. (adjective)unkind or cruel or uncivil
   “had harsh words”
10. (adjective)unpleasantly stern
    “wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus”
11. (adjective)not perfected
    “a rough draft”
12. (adjective)(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
    “she was a diamond in the rough”

Definitions sourced from Princeton WordNet (BSD license).