ROLLS Synonyms: 199 Similar and Opposite Words

rolls 1 of 3

verb

present tense third-person singular of roll

as in rounds

to form into a round compact mass rolled up the wrapper from the straw and threw it

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as in rumbles

to make a low heavy rolling sound thunder rolling in the distance

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as in rocks

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 turns

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 flows

to move in a stream just lying on the beach, watching the clouds roll by

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as in rotates

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 glides

to move or proceed smoothly and readily once we started rolling, everything went perfectly

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rolls

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noun (1)

plural of roll

as in lists

a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system called the roll of people supposed to be in the class

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rolls

3 of 3

noun (2)

plural of roll

as in rotations

a rapid turning about on an axis or central point the squirrel did a quick roll and vanished up a tree

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Customers can do the treatment fully clothed as the water rolls under them, powered by a series of hydro-jets. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026 While brittle Christina rolls her eyes at being stuck with an analog guy to cover Big Tech, Jeff’s editor Andy (Gbenga Akinnagbe) is a far more chill ally. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026 Every time a new Ford truck rolls off a Michigan assembly line by the end of 2027, it will have been built entirely on sunshine and wind. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026 Gertrude’s, down the street, is a playful bistro with duck pastrami and challah-bread Parker House rolls. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026 On a cloudy August Sunday, Drew Desbordes—best known as Druski—rolls his ebike into the hallway of his temporary Manhattan apartment. — Lucy Feldman, Time, 30 Sep. 2026 Maine-style lobster rolls traditionally consist of cold lobster meat, either tossed in mayo or served with mayo on the side. — Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 For the handful of teams chasing a pennant this month, life rolls merrily along. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2026 The rainy season returns on Tuesday and rolls through most of next week. — Scott Withers, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026

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Battles over voter rolls, citizenship and federal authority There are secretary of state contests in 26 states this November. — Thom Reilly, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026 As the camera rolls, Holmes works overtime to convince the filmmakers, and us, of her innocence, with Evans butting in frequently to add his 3,268 cents—2 would never be enough. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Oct. 2026 That same month, the Republican administration claimed Nevada had 1,500 noncitizen voters on its voter rolls. — Safiyah Riddle, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026 In July, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin claimed that his office identified as many as than 191,000 noncitizens on California’s voter rolls. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division has filed 31 lawsuits in an effort to force states to hand over unredacted copies of their voter rolls. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Since June 2025, the SIR has tagged roughly 130 million names for removal from the voter rolls. — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026 As part of its project to find noncitizens on the voter rolls, the Justice Department has been seeking detailed voter information — including dates of birth, addresses, driver's license numbers and partial Social Security numbers — from the states. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 California was also a target of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which sent a letter in July to the state along with three others claiming that collectively the four states had some 250,000 noncitizens on their voter rolls. — Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2026

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Brewers third baseman David Hamilton rounds the bases after hitting a home run in the ninth inning.

— Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
Wildlife advocates are coordinating care, mapping turtles’ origins through genetics and attempting releases, while a federal funding bill rounds its way through committees.

— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of rounds

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To cover other basic bases, this laptop rocks a standard 60Hz refresh rate, 16GB of memory, and 512GB of storage, which is typical for a laptop at this price point.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026
Her shrunken two-piece skirt suit—the jacket cropped to reveal her abs, the skirt extra-mini—perfectly encapsulated the cartoonish silhouette that Barbie so often rocks.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of rocks

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More than 99 percent of international data flows through submarine telecommunications cables, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Important information flows back to the people responsible for moving the relationship forward.

— Karen Cochran, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of flows

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This divergence reflects both short-term irregularities in how fast Earth rotates, and a very gradual, long-term slowdown of Earth’s rotation, caused primarily by the Moon’s gravitational pull on Earth’s oceans.

— Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
The café rotates beans from young farmers across Colombia, allowing guests to experience the country’s diverse growing regions through different filter coffees.

— Nikkita Nair, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

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Modi’s government remains electorally strong, and anger over voter lists may not necessarily translate into support for the opposition, which has used the issue to criticize his Hindu nationalist government.

— Sheikh Saaliq, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Currently, going direct to consumer through email lists on platforms like Punchup Live is one option.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

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