The Meaning of roar

• (v. i.) To cry with a full, loud, continued sound.
• (v. i.) To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or other beast.
• (v. i.) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.
• (v. i.) To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or the like.
• (v. i.) To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
• (v. i.) To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers roared at his jokes.
• (v. i.) To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a certain disease. See Roaring, 2.
• (v. t.) To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
• (n.) The sound of roaring.
• (n.) The deep, loud cry of a wild beast; as, the roar of a lion.
• (n.) The cry of one in pain, distress, anger, or the like.
• (n.) A loud, continuous, and confused sound; as, the roar of a cannon, of the wind, or the waves; the roar of ocean.
• (n.) A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in mirth.

Synonyms

boom , roaring , thunder , bellow , bellowing , holla , holler , hollering , hollo , holloa , roaring , yowl , howl , thunder , howl , ululate , wail , yawl , yaup , bellow , howl

Homophones

roehr , rohr

Rhymes

aancor , abhor , accor , ador , adore , albacore , antiwar , anymore , ardmore , armentor , ashore , backdoor , balthazor , baltimore , bangalore , bangor , barrymore , bator , baur , before , boar , boer , bogor , bohr , bookstore , bore , borre , c4 , carnivore , cat-4 , cavalli-sfor , centaur , chore , claymore , clore , coar , cohr , commodore , cor , core , corps , corr , crore , damore , decor , delore , deplore , devor , dinosaur , dior , doerr , dohr , door , dore , dorr , drawer , drugstore , ecuador , el-salvador , elnore , elsinore , encore , espectador , evermore , explore , eyesore , faure , floor , folklore , for , fore , four , frore , furthermore , gabor , galore , glor , glore , goar , gore , gorr , guarantor , hardcore , herbivore , heretofore , hoar , hoare , hors , humidor , ignore , igor , implore , indoor , inshore , jacor , jambor , kenmore , knorr , kohr , labore , labrador , lahore , lakeshore , lamaur , laur , laure , lazor , lenore , livermore , livor , loar , loehr , lohr , longcor , longshore , lor , lore , m4 , matador , mazor , melor , mentor , meritor , mevacor , mohr , montefiore , montemayor , moore , more , morr , nevermore , ngor , nohr , nor , oar , offshore , ohr , oncor , onshore , or , ore , orr , outdoor , outpour , outscore , paramore , phosphor , por , pore , porr , postwar , pour , prewar , rapport , restore , roehr , rohr , salvador , salvatore , san-salvador , saur , schnorr , schor , schorr , scor , score , seashore , sedor , senor , shor , shore , singapore , snore , soar , sophomore , sor , sore , sotomayor , spaur , splore , spore , stevedore , stoehr , stohr , store , storr , swarthmore , swore , sycamore , tambocor , tenore , theodore , therefor , therefore , thor , timor , tor , tore , torr , torre , tracor , troubadour , underscore , uproar , villasenor , vore , war , warr , whore , woehr , wor , wore , yore , your