Synonyms of rolling

rolling 1 of 2

adjective

as in surging

Related Words

• surging
• undulating
• swelling
• knobby
• knurled
• rippled
• knobbly
• nubby
• rippling
• undulant
• undulatory
• billowing
• lopsided
• nubbly
• rutted
• knurly
• wavy
• unbalanced
• pocked
• pitted
• rutty
• unaligned
• inexact

Dissimilar Words

• uniform
• regular
• exact
• true
• aligned
• vertical
• straight
• horizontal
• smooth
• flat
• level
• even
• tabular
• flush
• plumb
• plane

rolling

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verb

present participle of roll

1

as in rounding

to form into a round compact mass

rolled up the wrapper from the straw and threw it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rounding
• balling
• agglomerating
• wadding
• clumping
• lumping
• bunching
• pelleting
• beading
• pelletizing
• sphering
• pearling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opening
• spreading
• unrolling
• unfolding
• flattening
• smoothing

2

as in rumbling

to make a low heavy rolling sound

thunder rolling in the distance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rumbling
• growling
• grumbling
• drumming
• thundering
• booming
• lumbering
• bellowing

3

as in swaying

to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions

the car suddenly was rolling as high winds swept across the bridge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swaying
• rocking
• lurching
• shaking
• tossing
• jerking
• vibrating
• wobbling
• halting
• careening
• tumbling
• seesawing
• pitching
• weaving
• faltering
• stumbling
• staggering
• reeling
• waddling
• wavering
• floundering
• tottering
• hobbling
• vacillating
• bucking
• blundering
• undulating
• oscillating
• hitching
• teetering
• toddling
• jolting
• wagging
• doddering
• waggling

4

as in rotating

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rotating
• turning
• swinging
• spinning
• twirling
• twisting
• swirling
• revolving
• whirling
• swiveling
• pivoting
• wheeling
• winding
• screwing
• cranking
• reeling
• circulating
• coiling
• unscrewing
• twiddling

5

as in flowing

to move in a stream

just lying on the beach, watching the clouds roll by

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flowing
• pouring
• streaming
• running
• dripping
• rushing
• springing
• issuing
• rippling
• racing
• flooding
• emanating
• arising
• trickling
• flushing
• spurting
• coursing
• gushing
• spouting
• inundating
• cascading
• dribbling
• overrunning
• effusing
• engulfing
• swamping
• overflowing
• riffling
• deluging
• sheeting
• fountaining
• disemboguing
• washing out
• guttering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• backing up
• setting
• hardening
• clotting
• coagulating
• congealing
• gelling

6

as in revolving

to move in circles around an axis or center

rolled her head around her shoulders to loosen herself up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rotating
• revolving
• spinning
• turning
• twirling
• whirling
• curling
• circling
• gyrating
• curving
• pirouetting
• wheeling
• swirling
• pinwheeling
• winding
• twisting
• coiling
• spiraling
• ringing
• encircling
• rounding
• pivoting
• circulating
• twining
• orbiting
• swiveling

7

as in drifting

to move or proceed smoothly and readily

once we started rolling, everything went perfectly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flowing
• drifting
• sliding
• gliding
• cruising
• sailing
• sweeping
• brushing
• slipping
• flying
• coasting
• racing
• streaming
• bowling
• speeding
• rushing
• skimming
• breezing
• whisking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• struggling
• floundering
• stumbling
• trudging
• shuffling
• limping
• plodding
• lumbering
• stamping
• stomping
• laboring
• tramping
• toiling
• shambling
• stumping

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rolling

Adjective

South Africa’s energy reforms have attracted billions of dollars in committed private capital, helping to produce enough power for Eskom to end rolling power cuts that have stymied growth in Africa’s largest economy. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 12 Aug. 2026

More recently, a rolling cast of content creators has taken to making day trips to Blackpool’s roughest wards to capitalize on the environs of its impoverished communities. — George Francis Lee, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026

Verb

Reilly’s shot took one hop and struck the pin, rolling off the green, into the fairway and into the rough. — Mercury News Staff, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026

On an 1888 rolling historic Victorian estate just off the bustling South Congress Avenue, Hotel Saint Cecilia offers a lavish collection of 20 bungalows, suites, and studios enveloped in a lush canopy of trees. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026