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Synonyms for rocky
ˈrɒk irock·y

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  1. rocky, bouldery, bouldered, stonyadjective

    abounding in rocks or stones

    "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches"

    Synonyms:
    rocklike, bouldery, stony, jumpy, flinty, rough, granitic, jolty, bumpy, granitelike, obdurate, jolting, flint, bouldered

    Antonyms:
    easy, stable, smooth

  2. rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpyadjective

    causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

    "a rough ride"

    Synonyms:
    bumpy, approximative, rough, highly strung, pugnacious, jolting, bouldered, approximate, gravelly, bouldery, edgy, uptight, fierce, harsh, overstrung, high-strung, restive, nervy, scratchy, stony, crude, jumpy, boisterous, grating, jolty, raspy, unsmooth, jittery, uncut, rasping

    Antonyms:
    easy, stable, smooth

  3. rockyadjective

    liable to rock

    "on high rocky heels"

    Synonyms:
    bouldery, stony, jumpy, rough, jolty, bumpy, jolting, bouldered

    Antonyms:
    stable, smooth, easy

  4. rocky, roughadjective

    full of hardship or trials

    "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"

    Synonyms:
    bumpy, rough, raspy, jolting, pugnacious, bouldered, jolty, crude, gravelly, bouldery, fierce, harsh, unsmooth, scratchy, stony, jumpy, boisterous, grating, approximate, approximative, uncut, rasping

    Antonyms:
    easy, smooth, stable

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "rocky":

    rock, rocko, balboa, roque

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How to use rocky in a sentence?

  1. Mitt Romney:

    – and his vows to work with the president if elected. The two have had a rocky relationship at times, though President Trump publicly mulled making Mitt Romney Mitt Romney secretary of state after the 2016 election. If I get to Washington, I will work with President Trump with policies I think are right, I will oppose those things I think are wrong for the country or for the state, and I will speak my mind on issues of conscience. But do n’t expect him to weigh in on every comment made by the president.

  2. Slobodan Jovicic:

    Please bear in mind that A$ AP Rocky is an international, very well-known artist.

  3. The Omani Shed:

    Love is a rocky ride for whom don’t know how to be in love

  4. Coming to America:

    Clarence Oh there they go. There they go, every time I start talkin 'bout boxing, a white man got to pull Rocky Marciano out their ass. That's their one, that's their one. Rocky Marciano. Rocky Marciano. Let me tell you something once and for all. Rocky Marciano was good, but compared to Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano ain't shit.

  5. Daniel Swain:

    Everything from the Rocky Mountain continental divide westward, including Colorado, Utah, Sierra Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico have fire conditions that look really, potentially explosive. The drought is even worse in those places than in Southern California, it looks pretty likely that it will be a severe fire season across most of West Linn.


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