Thesaurus:rough

Thesaurus

rough

English

Adjective

Sense: having a texture that has much friction

Synonyms

• abrasive
• asperous
• coarse
• gimped
• harsh
• irregular
• jagged
• jaggy
• rough
• rugged
• rugose
• salebrous (obsolete)
• scabrous
• scraggy
• shagged
• squarrose
• uneven
• unsmooth

Antonyms

• even
• polished
• smooth    [⇒ thesaurus]
• velvety

Hyponyms

• bumpy
• choppy
• corrugated
• cragged
• craggy
• creased
• gnarled
• gnarly
• knaggy
• knotted
• knotty
• knurly
• notched    [⇒ thesaurus]
• unbrushed
• ungroomed
• unshaven
• unpolished
• ridged
• scabby    [⇒ thesaurus]
• scaly    [⇒ thesaurus]
• shaggy
• wrinkled    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• textured

Various

• rough-hewn

Further reading

• “256. roughness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “rough” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.