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 Anyone who could look Bob Dylan dead in the eyes as a 10-year-old and sing one of his most famous songs, as film cameras rolled, is no stranger to pressure. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026 South Carolina visited last week, and Alabama rolled to a 31-point victory. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 The company then rolled it out globally for one weekend in August. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 Congresspeople from both sides of the aisle rolled their eyes. — Shane O’Neill, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026 Crew rolled gear in plastic bins to a nearby empty storefront. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026 The plane rolled past the departure end of the runway and struck navigation equipment and airport lights at about 115 mph. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 By the time cameras rolled, roughly 80% of the score had been written from the script. — Ben Croll, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026 The minivan tumbled off the cliff and rolled multiple times, falling more than four hundred feet. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

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Netflix has rounded out the series regular cast for its college hockey romance drama series Icebreaker, based on Hannah Grace‘s bestselling novel.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
The collection was rounded out by footwear provided by fellow niche label Michel Piza, designed by Mexican talent Paola Michel Piza.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of rounded

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Pardo watched as another adult elephant, likely Matisse’s sister, rumbled from a distance before the family came together, uniting with another series of rumbles, as if saying hello.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026
The plane rumbled down the runway, picking up speed towards the roiling sea.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of rumbled

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Star67, a private-dining concept, kept the crowd snacking on birthday cake bites and ice cream sundaes as the drinks flowed.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
Material from both sides of this line flowed together to assemble the parent objects of Bennu, Ryugu and CI chondrites, with ice acting like glue to bond the fine dust particles together.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of flowed

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For most of the history of these tours, Ringo rotated in a new crew of All Starrs every time out.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of rotated

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After the young widow stepped back behind the black curtains, where scoops of mint chocolate chip in disposable bamboo bowls drifted through a room of donors and White House staffers, the evening moved from celebration to wake.

— Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026
Now Alicia, a New York dame, drifted over to the orange jackets.

— Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of drifted

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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

Definition of balled

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