ROARING
Dictionary entry overview: What does roaring mean?
• ROARING (noun)
The noun ROARING has 2 senses:
1. a deep prolonged loud noise
2. a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
Familiarity information: ROARING used as a noun is rare.
• ROARING (adjective)
The adjective ROARING has 2 senses:
1. very lively and profitable
2. loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
Familiarity information: ROARING used as an adjective is rare.
• ROARING (adverb)
The adverb ROARING has 1 sense:
1. extremely
Familiarity information: ROARING used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ROARING (noun)
Meaning:
A deep prolonged loud noise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
thunder; roaring; roar; boom
Hypernyms ("roaring" is a kind of...):
noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))
Meaning:
A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
bellow; yowl; holloa; hollo; hollering; holler; holla; bellowing; roar; roaring
Context example:
his bellow filled the hallway
Hypernyms ("roaring" is a kind of...):
call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)
• ROARING (adjective)
Meaning:
Very lively and profitable
Synonyms:
thriving; roaring; prospering; palmy; booming; prosperous; flourishing
Context 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
Similar:
successful (having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome)
Meaning:
Loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
Synonyms:
thundery; thunderous; earsplitting; deafening; roaring
Similar:
loud (characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity)
• ROARING (adverb)
Meaning:
Extremely
Context example:
roaring drunk
