ROLLER COASTER
Dictionary entry overview: What does roller coaster mean?
• ROLLER COASTER (noun)
The noun ROLLER COASTER has 2 senses:
1. anything characterized by abrupt and extreme changes (especially up and down)
2. elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines)
Familiarity information: ROLLER COASTER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ROLLER COASTER (noun)
Meaning:
Anything characterized by abrupt and extreme changes (especially up and down)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
the economy has been on a roller coaster all year
Hypernyms ("roller coaster" is a kind of...):
Sturm und Drang; turbulence; upheaval (a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally))
Meaning:
Elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
chute-the-chute; big dipper; roller coaster
Hypernyms ("roller coaster" is a kind of...):
el; elevated; elevated railroad; elevated railway; overhead railway (a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level)
ride (a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roller coaster"):
hypercoaster (a roller coaster that goes up 200 feet or higher and can catapult riders from 0 to 70 mph in 4 seconds by motors originally designed to launch rockets)
