Synonyms for rough

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1. Not smooth

   unequal, broken, coarse, choppy, ruffled, uneven, ridged, rugged, scabrous, irregular, unsanded, needing sanding, needing finishing, needing smoothing, not sanded, not smoothed, not finished, unfinished, lacking the finishing touches, bumpy, rocky, stony, jagged, grinding, knobby, sharpening, cutting, sharp, crinkled, crumpled, rumpled, scraggly, scraggy, hairy, shaggy, hirsute, bushy, tufted, bearded, woolly, nappy, unshaven, unshorn, gnarled, knotty, nodose, bristly.

   Antonyms smooth, level*, even.

2. Not gentle

   harsh, strict, stern; see severe 2.

3. Crude

   boorish, uncivil, uncultivated; see coarse 2, rude 1.

4. Not quiet

   buffeting, stormy, tumultuous; see stormy 1, turbulent.

5. Unfinished

   incomplete, imperfect, unpolished; see crude 1, unfinished 1.

6. Approximate

   inexact, imprecise, estimated; see approximate.

noun

1. Any roughness

   unevenness, irregularity, bumpiness; see roughness 1.

2. In golf, any unkempt part of the course

   tall grass, weeds, brush, stoniness, off the fairway, fog*, jungle*.

in the rough