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Synonyms for rolling

14 synonyms
3 antonyms
2 meanings

adjective
noun

Most common

rolled rotating undulating

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Chequerwise — staggered in time and space

spaced-out informal, chequerwise rare

Other

rolled, undulating, rotating, hilly, mellow, drunk, rich

Noun

1. Pealing

Other

wheeling, rotation, circumrotation rare

Antonyms

sober, threadbare, penurious

All antonyms of rolling →

Definitions

adj. 1
Staggered in time and space.
a 90-day rolling business plan
n. 1
The act by which something is rolled.

Related words

Phrases: rolling stone rolling paper rolling average rolling mill rolling skin disease rolling stock rolling stop

Forms

Plural: rollings → pealings, peals, wheelings, rotations…

Choose the right word

Rolling, Roll or Rolls?

Any object that is in contact with or connected with a rolling body is often said to roll; as, the car rolls smoothly along the track.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

rolled Tom rolled up the string and put it in his pocket.
rotating Mercury is the fastest rotating planet around the Sun.
undulating The ocean swells like an undulating mirror of the bowl of heaven.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
rolling		steady
rolled		rising
rotating		falling
undulating		falling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: rich¹, peal¹
5 letters: drunk¹, hilly²
6 letters: rolled¹, mellow²
7 letters: pealing
8 letters: rotation³, rotating³, wheeling²
10 letters: undulating⁴
11 letters: chequerwise
14 letters: circumrotation

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hilly² = 2 syllables).