rocky
English Thesaurus
1. full of hardship or trials (adj.all)
| similar | : | difficult, hard, |
| definition | : | not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure (adj.all) |
2. abounding in rocks or stones (adj.all)
| similar | : | rough, unsmooth, |
| definition | : | having or caused by an irregular surface (adj.all) |
3. liable to rock (adj.all)
| similar | : | unstable, |
| definition | : | lacking stability or fixity or firmness (adj.all) |
4. abounding in rocks or stones (adj.all)
| derivation | : | rockiness, |
| definition | : | the quality of abounding in rocks and stones (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | boulder, bowlder, |
| definition | : | a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin (noun.object) |
| derivation | : | rock, stone, |
| definition | : | a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter (noun.object) |
5. causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements (adj.all)
| antonym | : | smooth, |
| definition | : | of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | careen, rock, sway, tilt, |
| definition | : | pitching dangerously to one side (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | jump, start, startle, |
| definition | : | a sudden involuntary movement (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | blow, bump, |
| definition | : | an impact (as from a collision) (noun.event) |
6. abounding in rocks or stones (adj.all)
| derivation | : | rockiness, |
| definition | : | the quality of abounding in rocks and stones (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | boulder, bowlder, |
| definition | : | a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin (noun.object) |
| derivation | : | rock, stone, |
| definition | : | a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter (noun.object) |
7. causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements (adj.all)
| antonym | : | smooth, |
| definition | : | of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | careen, rock, sway, tilt, |
| definition | : | pitching dangerously to one side (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | jump, start, startle, |
| definition | : | a sudden involuntary movement (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | blow, bump, |
| definition | : | an impact (as from a collision) (noun.event) |
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