Synonyms for roughness
Most common
rowdiness rowdyism disorderliness indentation pitting coarseness
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Rowdiness
2. Indentation
3. Coarseness
coarseness, harshness, unevenness, crudeness, severity, bluntness, violence, rudeness, hoarseness, asperity formal, gruffness, acerbity, inclemency, churlishness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The property of being rough, coarseness.
The roughness of the road made me wonder if my car would fall apart.
- n. 2
Something that is rough; a rough spot.
- n. 3
Roughage; coarse fodder.
Forms
- Plural
- roughnesses → rowdinesses, rowdyisms, indentations, pittings…
Example sentences
- roughage Roughage is the part of food the body can't digest.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| roughness | steady | |
| coarseness | falling | |
| roughage | falling | |
| choppiness | steady | |
| raggedness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- pitting2
- 8 letters
- violence3, severity4, rudeness2, roughage, asperity4, rowdyism, acerbity
- 9 letters
- harshness2, bluntness2, crudeness, rowdiness3, gruffness
- 10 letters
- unevenness, coarseness, hoarseness2, choppiness, inclemency, raggedness
- 11 letters
- indentation4
- 12 letters
- churlishness
- 14 letters
- disorderliness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pitting2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- rugosité