Antonyms for rough

Antonyms for (adj) rough

Main entry: unsmooth, rough

Definition: having or caused by an irregular surface

Usage: trees with rough bark; rough ground; rough skin; rough blankets; his unsmooth face

Antonyms: smooth

Definition: having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities


Antonyms: unlined

Definition: not having a lining or liner


Antonyms: unbroken

Definition: not broken; whole and intact; in one piece


Antonyms: unbroken, kept

Definition: (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded


Antonyms: unbroken

Definition: marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence


Antonyms: delicate

Definition: exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury


Antonyms: ribless

Definition: having no ribs or no visible ribs


Antonyms: seamless

Definition: not having or joined by a seam or seams


Main entry: rough, jolting, jolty, jumpy, bumpy, rocky

Definition: causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

Usage: a rough ride

Antonyms: smooth

Definition: of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence


Main entry: rough

Definition: of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

Antonyms: smooth

Definition: of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth


Antonyms: toothless

Definition: lacking teeth


Main entry: rough, uncut

Definition: not shaped by cutting or trimming

Usage: an uncut diamond; rough gemstones

Antonyms: cut

Definition: fashioned or shaped by cutting


Antonyms: sheared, shorn

Definition: having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers


Main entry: pugnacious, rough

Definition: ready and able to resort to force or violence

Usage: pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance- Herman Melville; they were rough and determined fighting men

Antonyms: unaggressive, nonaggressive

Definition: not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness


Main entry: grating, gravelly, rough, scratchy, rasping, raspy

Definition: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

Usage: a gravelly voice

Antonyms: euphonious, euphonous

Definition: having a pleasant sound


Main entry: boisterous, fierce, rough

Definition: violently agitated and turbulent

Usage: boisterous winds and waves; the fierce thunders roar me their music- Ezra Pound; rough weather; rough seas

Antonyms: calm

Definition: (of weather) free from storm or wind


Main entry: rough, rocky

Definition: full of hardship or trials

Usage: the rocky road to success; they were having a rough time

Antonyms: easy

Definition: posing no difficulty; requiring little effort


Antonyms: soft

Definition: yielding readily to pressure or weight


Antonyms: soft

Definition: compassionate and kind; conciliatory


Antonyms: soft

Definition: (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')


Antonyms: diffuse, diffused, soft

Definition: (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected


Main entry: rough

Definition: not perfected

Usage: a rough draft; a few rough sketches

Antonyms: polished

Definition: perfected or made shiny and smooth


Main entry: rough, approximate, approximative

Definition: not quite exact or correct

Usage: the approximate time was 10 o'clock; a rough guess; a ballpark estimate

Antonyms: exact

Definition: marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact


Main entry: crude, rough

Definition: not carefully or expertly made

Usage: managed to make a crude splint; a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them; rough carpentry

Antonyms: skilled

Definition: having or showing or requiring special skill


Main entry: harsh, rough

Definition: unkind or cruel or uncivil

Usage: had harsh words; a harsh and unlovable old tyrant; a rough answer

Antonyms: kind

Definition: having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior


Main entry: harsh, rough

Definition: unpleasantly stern

Usage: wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus; the nomad life is rough and hazardous

Antonyms: pleasant

Definition: affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings


Main entry: rough

Definition: (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

Usage: she was a diamond in the rough; rough manners

Antonyms: refined

Definition: (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel


Antonyms: processed, refined

Definition: freed from impurities by processing


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