Roughness Synonyms and Antonyms

The quality of being rough on the surface
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. raggedness
  2. unevenness
  3. coarseness
  4. brokenness
  5. bumpiness
  6. break
  7. crack
  8. ragged edge
  9. scarification
  10. irregularity
  11. scratch
  12. nick
  13. jaggedness
  14. crinkledness
  15. pitting
  16. wrinkledness
  17. shagginess
  18. bushiness
  19. beardedness
  20. hairiness
  21. bristling
  22. woolliness
  23. indentation
Antonyms:
  1. smoothness
  2. regularity
  3. evenness
The quality of being rough in conduct
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. harshness
  2. coarseness
  3. irregularity
  4. crudity
  5. unevenness
  6. asymmetry
  7. severity
  8. hardness
  9. crookedness
  10. acrimony
  11. asperity
  12. inequality
  13. rudeness
  14. bumpiness
  15. crudeness
  16. brusqueness
  17. incivility
  18. jaggedness
  19. gruffness
  20. wooliness
Antonyms:
  1. kindness
  2. gentility
  3. courtesy
  4. regularity
  5. smoothness
  6. evenness
Rowdy behavior
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. choppiness
  2. rowdiness
  3. rowdyism
  4. disorderliness
  5. rough-water

Words Related to Roughness

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Roughness Sentence Examples

  • Any roughness was levelled by polishing with ivory or a smooth shell.

  • The roughness of the surface of the cavity serves to retard it.

  • It must be observed, however, that the agreement is rather more perfect than the comparative roughness of the method would appear to warrant.

  • In practice there are often terrain roughness changes near the site which have an important effect on the length scales.

  • Early movie roles for Bateman included Teen Wolf Too (1987), Necessary Roughness (1991) and Breaking the Rules (1992).

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