ROLLED Synonyms: 166 Similar and Opposite Words

rolled

verb

Definition of rolled next

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 Takaoka played a long arcing ball-ahead to Ocampo, who avoided goalkeeper James Pantemis — who had charged off his line — and rolled a shot from the edge of the penalty area inside the back post and into a wide-open net. —

ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026 Pereira had rolled the ankle jumping into the right-field wall while trying to go after a fly ball during the March 30 game in Miami. —

Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026 Michigan suffered a major scare when star forward and leading scorer Yaxel Lendeborg rolled his ankle and went down in the first half of the 91-73 blowout of Arizona Saturday night. —

Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026 The next day, the eggs bonded tightly to the metal and could be neither folded nor rolled nor, indeed, actually extracted from the pan or even scraped from it. —

Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026 The sky cleared just as Nasdaq's opening anthem rolled across the yard, and Cook stepped forward to ring the bell. —

Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026 But Rodríguez struck out Olson on a check swing, and Austin Riley weakly rolled a change-up to shortstop to end the threat. —

Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 4 Apr. 2026 The ball instead rolled into center field, which allowed Cronenworth to run home. —

Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026 Lendeborg scored 27 points, Cadeau had 10 assists and the deep, unselfish Wolverines rolled into the Final Four, overwhelming Tennessee for a 95-62 victory in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. —

Jay Cohen, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2026

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The group is rounded out by singer Jon Davison, bassist Billy Sherwood, drummer Jay Schellan, and keyboardist Geoff Downes, a member of the Buggles who was briefly in Yes during the 1980 Drama period before rejoining on a more permanent basis in 2011.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
Lilah Pate, Maximo Salas, Kelley Pereira, Marley Aliah, Mark Wystrach, Brooklyn Decker, Hayes MacArthur and Shea Pritchard rounded out the season one cast.

— McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026