roar

/rɔər/

/rɔ/

Other forms: roared; roaring; roars

To roar is to make a ferociously loud sound, like a lion or a tiger. If you go to a football game, you'll hear the crowd roar whenever their team scores a goal.

A wild animal roars when it makes its long, full cry, and a person (or a thing) can emit a similar roar. Your boisterous uncle roars with laughter, and the frustrated substitute teacher might roar angrily at the class. Motorcycles sometimes roar down the street, and a judge might silence a courtroom when she roars, "Order!" Roar can also act as a noun, meaning the sound itself — like the roar of the crowd that drowns out your voice. Roar comes from an imitative Old English root.

Definitions of roar

1. verb

   make a loud noise, as of an animal
   synonyms: bellow

   type of:

   emit, let loose, let out, utter

   express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
2. verb

   emit long loud cries
   synonyms: howl, ululate, wail, yaup, yawl

   types:

   squall, waul, wawl

   make high-pitched, whiney noises

   type of:

   call, cry, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell

   utter a sudden loud cry
3. verb

   laugh unrestrainedly and heartily
   synonyms: howl

   type of:

   express joy, express mirth, laugh

   produce laughter
4. verb

   make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
   “The water roared down the chute”

   synonyms: howl

   types:

   vroom

   make a loud, roaring sound, as of a car engine, while moving

   bawl, yawp

   make a raucous noise

   thunder

   make or produce a loud noise

   type of:

   make noise, noise, resound

   emit a noise
5. verb

   utter words loudly and forcefully
   “`Get out of here,' he roared”

   synonyms: thunder

   type of:

   shout

   utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)
6. noun

   a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
   synonyms: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roaring, yowl

   type of:

   call, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell

   a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
7. noun

   the sound made by a lion
   type of:

   cry

   the characteristic utterance of an animal
8. noun

   a deep prolonged loud noise
   synonyms: boom, roaring, thunder

   type of:

   noise

   sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
9. verb

   act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way
   “"desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town"-R.A.Billington”

   type of:

   continue, go forward, proceed

   move ahead; travel onward in time or space