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 Of those, only five rolled off the line equipped with a six-speed manual. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2026 Crean Lutheran 1-0 (59) The Saints rolled to a 31-6 win over Loyola. — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 24 Aug. 2026 Nussmeier stepped up in the pocket, rolled to his left and threw back to his right to find Royals for a 17-yard gain into Tampa territory. — Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026 More than 20,000 people are still without power in northwest Indiana after severe storms rolled through the area nearly two weeks ago. — Chandelis Duster, NPR, 23 Aug. 2026 When tanks rolled into the heart of Beijing on the night of June 3-4 to quell the protests, Tang didn’t sleep. — Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 Then, naturally, a vintage cherry-red Cadillac rolled onto the stage. — Jesús Triviño Alarcón, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2026 As smartphones rolled, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms confronted Republican Rick Jackson outside the National Business League event with a blunt message. — Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Brigance recorded the first tackle in Super Bowl XXXV as the Ravens rolled to a 34-7 victory over the New York Giants. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

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For motorists with electric vehicles, the average kilowatt hour cost at charging stations in Florida on Sunday rounded down to 41 cents, a rate mostly unchanged since early March.

— News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2026
United Airlines rounded out the top four, with Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines in fifth place (Alaska acquired Hawaiian in 2024).

— Nathan Diller, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of rounded

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Things became all-too familiar for Kimya Williams after storms rumbled through Gary, Indiana, earlier this month leaving big chunks of the mostly-Black city in the dark for two weeks.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
San Francisco rumbled to a 41-17 win after scoring just 13 points last week against the Tennessee Titans.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of rumbled

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From Corona Extra to Michelob Ultra, beer flowed on the National Mall this weekend as tens of thousands of fans watched IndyCar drivers race through the heart of Washington DC.

— Mike Stunson, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
The family fracture began when Baker and Emily sought an audit of millions of dollars that had flowed unauthorized from their accounts into businesses connected to Baker’s father and brother.

— Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of flowed

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Benson and Moore have not only rotated at right tackle in camp but have each trialed other positions.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026
On top of Putin’s likely request for more troops, some 25,000 North Koreans have so far been deployed or rotated through Russia’s military, Skibitskiy added.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of rotated

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Washington instead drifted to his right as Mendoza threw, allowing Woodaz to undercut and intercept.

— Sam Warren, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
But now, Wright says Wendy’s has drifted from some of those qualities, telling investors that decisions made in the interest of cost and efficiency had degraded some of the food quality that set the chain apart.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of drifted

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Instead of being grateful, Quiggle balled his fist, continued to yell and fought with the deputy before being arrested, Linhardt said.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
The rayon-spandex knit is soft, stretchy, and virtually wrinkle-proof, so it can be balled into the corner of a tote bag as a backup outfit and still look fine at dinner.

— Robin Raven, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026