Rough synonyms

267 synonyms for rough such as model, bristly, abrasive, agitated, basic, basic, cacophonous, acid, approximate, bad, awful, bovver boy, draft, and mock-up. Rough is an adjective, and its antonyms are flat, smooth, and sleek.

Another word for rough

1. uneven

Bristly, broken, bumpy, bushy, calloused, chafed, chapped, coarse, craggy, dry, furfuraceous, fuzzy, gnarled, hairy, hirsute, irregular, jaggy, knobbly, knotty, leathery, lumpy, nodose, nodular, nodulous, pitted, prickly, rocky, rugged, rutted, rutty, scabrous, scaly, scratchy, shaggy, stony, uneven, and weather-beaten.

2. violent

Abrasive, aggressive, belligerent, blunt, boisterous, boorish, brusque, brutal, brutish, careless, churlish, clumsy, coarse, crude, cruel, curt, discourteous, disorderly, extreme, hard, harsh, heartless, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impolite, inconsiderate, inept, insensitive, loutish, merciless, nasty, oafish, pugnacious, radge, riotous, rough-hewn, roughcast, rowdy, rude, savage, severe, sharp, stern, thuggish, tough, ugly, uncivil, uncouth, uncultured, undisciplined, unfair, unfeeling, ungentlemanly, ungracious, unjust, unkind, unladylike, unmanageable, unmannerly, unrefined, unrelenting, unrestrained, unruly, unskilful, unsympathetic, vicious, violent, vulgar, and wild.

3.turbulent

Agitated, blustery, choppy, disagreeable, filthy, foul, heaving, heavy, inclement, nasty, raging, rainy, rolly, squally, storm-tossed, stormy, tempestuous, turbulent, unpleasant, violent, wet, wild, and windy.

4. plain

Basic, crude, plain, primitive, rough and ready, rude, rustic, simple, spartan, and uncomfortable.

5. preliminary

Basic, crude, cursory, hasty, incomplete, preliminary, quick, raw, rough and ready, rudimentary, sketchy, uncompleted, unfinished, unpolished, and unrefined.

6. gruff

Cacophonous, discordant, dissonant, grating, gravelly, gruff, guttural, harsh, hoarse, husky, inharmonious, jarring, rasping, raspy, raucous, strident, throaty, unmelodious, and unmusical.

7. sharp-tasting

Acid, acidic, acidulous, sharp, sharp-tasting, sour, and vinegary.

8. approximate

Approximate, ballpark, coarse-grained, estimated, general, hazy, imprecise, inexact, and vague.

9. difficult

Arduous, bad, demanding, difficult, hard, tough, and unpleasant.

10. ill

Awful, bad, below par, crook, crummy, dizzy, dreadful, faint, funny, giddy, green around the gills, grotty, ill, indisposed, light-headed, liverish, lousy, nauseated, nauseous, not oneself, not up to par, off, off colour, out of sorts, peaked, peakish, peaky, peculiar, peely-wally, poorly, queasy, ropy, rotten, run down, seedy, sick, terrible, under the weather, unwell, wabbit, and washed out.

11. ruffian

Bovver boy, brawler, bruiser, bully boy, chav, gorilla, hoodlum, hooligan, keelie, lager lout, larrikin, lout, ned, radge, roughie, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, thug, tough, yahoo, yob, and yobbo.

12. preliminary sketch

Artist's impression, draft, mock-up, model, outline, and preliminary sketch.

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