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As a verb, roar means make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion. As a noun, it means a long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.

Meanings of roar

20 meanings

verb

  1. To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.

  2. To laugh in a particularly loud manner.

    “The audience roared at his jokes.”

  3. Of animals (especially a lion), to make a loud deep noise.

    “The lioness roared to scare off the hyenas.”

  4. Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.

  5. figurativelyTo proceed vigorously.

  6. To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.

  7. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.

  8. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.

  9. british yorkshirenorth midlandsinformalTo cry

  10. Utter words loudly and forcefully

    “‘Get out of here,’ he roared”

    Similar: thunder
  11. Emit long loud cries

    “wail in self-pity”

    “howl with sorrow”

    Similar: howl, ululate, wail, yawl, yaup
  12. Act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way

    “desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town”

  13. Laugh unrestrainedly and heartilybody

    Similar: howl

noun

  1. A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.

  2. The cry of the lion.

  3. The deep cry of the bull.

  4. A loud resounding noise.

    “the roar of a motorbike”

  5. A show of strength or character.

  6. A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

    “his bellow filled the hallway”

    Similar: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo
  7. The sound made by a lion

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

All synonyms for roar →
noun: a deep prolonged loud noise
noun: a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
verb: make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
verb: utter words loudly and forcefully
verb: emit long loud cries
verb: make a loud noise, as of animal

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