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Rock

🔄 Synonyms of "Rock"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
careenverb	(intransitive) To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
tiltnoun	(transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant.
stonenoun	(uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
cradlenoun	A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
shakeverb	(transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
rock and rollnoun	(music) A genre of popular music that evolved in the 1950s from a combination of rhythm and blues and country music, characterized by electric guitars, strong rhythms, and youth-oriented lyrics.
rock candynoun	(US) A form of confectionery made by crystallizing sugar around a string.
rock musicnoun	(music) A broad genre of popular music, including especially those styles ultimately derived from rock and roll, employing electrical amplification, heavy use of guitars, 4/4 time with strong percussive rhythm on beats two and four (backbeat), and usually themes of bold wildness, rebellion, and sexuality.
swaynoun	(intransitive) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Rock"

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Word	Definition
stonenoun	(uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
careennoun	(nautical) The position of a ship laid on one side.
cradlenoun	A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
rock candynoun	(US) A form of confectionery made by crystallizing sugar around a string.
tiltnoun	A slope or inclination.
swaynoun	Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
shakenoun	The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
rock and rollnoun	(music) A genre of popular music that evolved in the 1950s from a combination of rhythm and blues and country music, characterized by electric guitars, strong rhythms, and youth-oriented lyrics.
rock musicnoun	(music) A broad genre of popular music, including especially those styles ultimately derived from rock and roll, employing electrical amplification, heavy use of guitars, 4/4 time with strong percussive rhythm on beats two and four (backbeat), and usually themes of bold wildness, rebellion, and sexuality.
bedrocknoun	(figurative) A basis or foundation.
rochenoun	(UK, regional) One of various types of rock or geological strata.
orenoun	Rock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems for which it is typically mined and processed.
mineralnoun	(geology) Any naturally occurring material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties; especially, an inorganic one.
bouldernoun	A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.
granitenoun	(petrology) A group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed primarily of feldspar and quartz. Usually contains one or more dark minerals, which may be mica, pyroxene, or amphibole. Granite is quarried for building stone, road gravel, decorative stone, and tombstones. Common colors are gray, white, pink, and yellow-brown.
rockynoun	Rocky Balboa, a fictional boxer in a series of films.
pebblenoun	A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
moonstonenoun	(mineralogy) A translucent gemstone, an orthoclase feldspar, that has a pearly lustre.
tailingsnoun	(mining) The waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; the waste from coal mining.
diamondnoun	A gemstone made from this mineral.