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 Then Underwood dropped back, stepped up, rolled right and threw a long touchdown pass to Buchanan for a 19-14 lead. — Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026 All the while, camera crews rolled outside the home, per Esquire. — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026 The Panthers rolled past the Atlanta Falcons 34-3, powered by a dominant defensive performance. — Neil Nakahodo, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2026 Miami rolled through Stanford and Florida A&M in the first two games and took down Wake Forest on the road. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026 As the credits rolled and the movie theater lights came up, in the audience fell silent. — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026 That missed opportunity rolled right into a sloppy fifth inning for the Dodgers’ defense. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 SpaceX rolled the mission's Super Heavy booster (Booster 21) to Pad 2 at the company's Starbase, Texas, facility earlier this week, where its Ship upper stage (Ship 41) was delivered also last night. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Johnathan Madruga rolled 258 and 246 games as Hagerty improved to 9-1. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026

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But Kyle Isbel rounded out the bottom of the order with a 2-run blooper to left to give the Royals a 2-1 lead.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
Huntington, West Virginia; Shreveport, Louisiana; Gulfport, Mississippi; and Brownsville, Texas, rounded out the bottom five.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of rounded

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The ball popped into the air and landed in the hands of 305-pound defensive lineman Hyrum Vaeono, who rumbled 77 yards before being caught at the KU 2.

— Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2026
Defensive lineman Hyrum Vaeono rumbled toward the end zone more like a truck.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of rumbled

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Your eyes feast on the yellows, golds, and oranges smattered with some greens that haven’t turned yet.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
One of London’s historic Arts & Crafts houses has just been turned into six apartments—one of which is distinguished by a chic, designer interior.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of turned

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Using a technique called principal component analysis, the team examined subtle brightness changes taking place as SIMP 0136 rotated, distilling down a complicated dataset into a few patterns responsible for most of the variation.

— Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Freshman tight end Kendre Harrison scored his first career touchdown on a 10-yard reception as Oregon rotated through its depth chart in the final three quarters.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of rotated

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Dixon-Wyatt is deservedly locked in that spot, while Simms balled it in his 20 snaps, catching four passes for 72 yards despite missing some time during the game due to injury.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Two duel threat QBs that both struggled early and then balled out in the second half!

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026