Synonyms for roast
Definitions
- v. 1
To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
Related words
- Word family
- roastery
- Phrases
- roast up pork roast roast pork roast beef curtains
- Is a kind of
- cut
Forms
- Past participle
- roasted
e.g. roasted → ribbed, teased, ridiculed, guyed…
Example sentences
- rib We only serve the prime rib dinner on weekends.
- jape Her jape was not appreciated.
- bake I'm going to bake a cake for Tom's birthday party.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| roast | rising | |
| rib | steady | |
| blackguard | rising | |
| jape | steady | |
| bake | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- guy1, rib1
- 4 letters
- mock1, bake1, jest1, twit, jibe1, jeer1, gibe1, jape
- 5 letters
- tease1, taunt1, scoff1, chaff1, parch1
- 6 letters
- banter2, scorch1, deride2
- 7 letters
- torrefy
- 8 letters
- ridicule3
- 10 letters
- blackguard
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (banter2 = 2 syllables).