ROLLED Synonyms: 166 Similar and Opposite Words

rolled

verb

past tense of roll

as in rounded

to form into a round compact mass rolled up the wrapper from the straw and threw it

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as in rumbled

to make a low heavy rolling sound thunder rolling in the distance

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as in lurched

to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions the car suddenly was rolling as high winds swept across the bridge

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as in turned

to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis in order to knock your opponent off balance, you have to roll the log when he least expects it

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as in flowed

to move in a stream just lying on the beach, watching the clouds roll by

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as in rotated

to move in circles around an axis or center rolled her head around her shoulders to loosen herself up

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as in drifted

to move or proceed smoothly and readily once we started rolling, everything went perfectly

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Recent Examples of rolled Cooked in copper kettles, then hand-rolled, cut, and wrapped on a vintage machine in Boston, these treats are beautifully boxed and ready to enjoy or gift. — ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026 Spigarelli passed for 278 yards and three touchdowns to set a school record, and Newport Harbor’s defense made two key stops on fourth down as the host Sailors rolled to a 28-7 victory. — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2026 Lane Kiffin is now at LSU, but quarterback Trinidad Chambliss returned to Oxford, and the Rebels just rolled Auburn 45-15. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026 Eli Gillman ran for 196 yards and four touchdowns — setting the Big Sky Conference career record for touchdowns with 78 — and Montana rolled to a 57-24 win over Portland State. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026 In non-playoff action, Tommy Pham rushed for 252 yards and four touchdowns to go along with 106 passing yards and a touchdown pass as Boston Latin rolled to a 39-0 win over Medford. — Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2026 Once the entire edge is rolled, place the index finger and thumb of one hand on the inside edge of the ridge and use the index finger of your other hand to push the outside edge toward the center of the pie, forming a V or U shape. — Melissa Weller, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026 The actors also helped shape their characters before cameras rolled. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026 The doc, The Emissary of Light, has rolled cameras and will document the transformative leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026

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Verb

The hardware is rounded out by a 13-MP forward camera, four microphones, and two downward-facing speakers.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2026
Anja Rubik Rubik rounded out the quartet with warm-toned blush and a darker brown lid, paired with eyeliner that rimmed her upper and lower waterlines.

— Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of rounded

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Mahomes completed a short pass to the Chiefs tight end, who rumbled down the field, rolling down at the Chargers’ 20-yard line for a 24-yard gain.

— Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2026
Chez Fonfon sits at the crux of Five Points South, a neighborhood named for five streets that converge in a star shape where streetcars connecting the then suburb of Highland to the city once rumbled.

— Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of rumbled

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The insurrection drew immediate and obvious parallels to the United States, which, during much of the past decade, has lurched alongside Brazil through a strange hall of mirrors.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
And there was a frenzy as one man, grimacing and sweating, lurched along pulling a truck with a rope.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of lurched

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The ambush-style attack turned into an eight-hour standoff with law enforcement.

— Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026
The Chiefs entered 2026 hoping to rebound from a 6-11 season and return to the Super Bowl conversation, but their loss to Denver has turned simply winning the division into a dogfight.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of turned

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The selling comes amid a massive stock market drawdown as traders rotated out of technology.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
Auriemma rotated 10 players in and out of the game during the first quarter, and whatever the combination, Cornell couldn’t get a good look at the basket.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of rotated

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But as the boat drifted nearby under a vast, cloudless sky, a pod of pink river dolphins broke the glassy, reflective surface just yards away, their rosy dorsal fins glistening in the late-afternoon sun.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
The big rig traveling in the far right northbound lane of the highway drifted, for unknown reasons, into the right shoulder and hit both vehicles.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of drifted

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The Heat had one final chance to come away with the victory, but Conwell air-balled a three-pointer as the final buzzer sounded.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
Those guys came in and really stepped up, Dohnte, Mitch, Tanner (Hudson) and Mike and really Tee for a good part of the game, too, balled as well.

— Zak Keefer, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026