Synonyms for roll
roʊl

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1. axial rotation, axial motion, roll(noun)

   rotary motion of an object around its own axis

   "wheels in axial rotation"

   Synonyms:
   rolling wave, scroll, curlicue, bankroll, pealing, curl, paradiddle, cast, drum roll, axial rotation, peal, ringlet, coil, bowl, roster, axial motion, whorl, gyre, rolling, roller, bun

2. roll, roster(noun)

   a list of names

   "his name was struck off the rolls"

   Synonyms:
   rolling wave, scroll, curlicue, bankroll, pealing, curl, paradiddle, cast, drum roll, axial rotation, peal, ringlet, coil, bowl, roster, axial motion, whorl, gyre, rolling, roller, bun

3. roller, roll, rolling wave(noun)

   a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore

   Synonyms:
   rolling wave, scroll, curlicue, bankroll, pealing, curl, cast, coil, paradiddle, drum roll, curler, crimper, axial rotation, tumbler, peal, hair curler, tumbler pigeon, ringlet, roster, bowl, axial motion, whorl, gyre, rolling, roller, bun

4. roll(noun)

   photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light

   Synonyms:
   rolling wave, scroll, curlicue, bankroll, pealing, curl, paradiddle, cast, drum roll, axial rotation, peal, ringlet, coil, bowl, roster, axial motion, whorl, gyre, rolling, roller, bun

5. coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll(noun)

   a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

   Synonyms:
   curl, scroll, curlicue, bankroll, pealing, cast, helix, coil, paradiddle, rolling wave, drum roll, peal, ringlet butterfly, axial rotation, volute, spiral, ringlet, roster, bowl, squiggle, lock, axial motion, whorl, gyre, rolling, roller, bun

6. bankroll, roll(noun)

   a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)

   "he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag"

   Synonyms:
   rolling wave, scroll, curlicue, bankroll, pealing, curl, paradiddle, cast, drum roll, axial rotation, peal, ringlet, coil, bowl, roster, axial motion, whorl, gyre, rolling, roller, bun

7. bun, roll(noun)

   small rounded bread either plain or sweet

   Synonyms:
   rolling wave, scroll, curlicue, bankroll, pealing, curl, paradiddle, cast, drum roll, axial rotation, peal, ringlet, coil, bowl, roster, axial motion, whorl, gyre, rolling, roller, bun

8. peal, pealing, roll, rolling(noun)

   a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)

   Synonyms:
   rolling wave, scroll, curlicue, bankroll, pealing, curl, paradiddle, wheeling, cast, drum roll, axial rotation, peal, ringlet, coil, bowl, roster, axial motion, whorl, gyre, rolling, roller, bun

9. paradiddle, roll, drum roll(noun)

   the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously

   Synonyms:
   rolling wave, scroll, curlicue, bankroll, pealing, curl, paradiddle, cast, drum roll, axial rotation, peal, ringlet, coil, bowl, roster, axial motion, whorl, gyre, rolling, roller, bun

10. scroll, roll(noun)

    a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)

    Synonyms:
    curl, scroll, curlicue, bankroll, pealing, coil, paradiddle, rolling wave, cast, drum roll, axial rotation, peal, ringlet, roster, bowl, axial motion, whorl, gyre, rolling, roller, bun

11. roll(noun)

    anything rolled up in cylindrical form

    Synonyms:
    rolling wave, scroll, curlicue, bankroll, pealing, curl, paradiddle, cast, drum roll, axial rotation, peal, ringlet, coil, bowl, roster, axial motion, whorl, gyre, rolling, roller, bun

12. cast, roll(noun)

    the act of throwing dice

    Synonyms:
    plaster cast, scroll, form, bankroll, axial rotation, curl, mould, coil, axial motion, rolling wave, cast, plaster bandage, drum roll, shape, mold, peal, cast of characters, ringlet, roster, bowl, dramatis personae, stamp, hurl, whorl, paradiddle, gyre, rolling, casting, pealing, roller, curlicue, bun

13. roll(noun)

    walking with a swaying gait

    Synonyms:
    rolling wave, scroll, curlicue, bankroll, pealing, curl, paradiddle, cast, drum roll, axial rotation, peal, ringlet, coil, bowl, roster, axial motion, whorl, gyre, rolling, roller, bun

14. roll(noun)

    a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude

    Synonyms:
    rolling wave, scroll, curlicue, bankroll, pealing, curl, paradiddle, cast, drum roll, axial rotation, peal, ringlet, coil, bowl, roster, axial motion, whorl, gyre, rolling, roller, bun

15. roll, bowl(verb)

    the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)

    Synonyms:
    rolling wave, scroll, curlicue, bankroll, pealing, curl, bowling ball, arena, trough, paradiddle, bowlful, cast, drum roll, axial rotation, stadium, peal, ringlet, coil, sports stadium, bowl, roster, axial motion, whorl, gyre, rolling, roller, pipe bowl, bun

16. roll, turn over(verb)

    move by turning over or rotating

    "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"

    Synonyms:
    turn, vagabond, consider, wind, ramble, dig, debate, flip, wrap, pass on, seethe, stray, rove, reach, wave, twine, cast, flap, tump over, moot, wander, hustle, give, deliberate, cut into, overturn, bowl over, revolve, delve, pass, pluck, tip over, roll up, swan, roll out, upset, tramp, flip over, turn over, undulate, wheel, drift, knock over, roam, hand, range

17. wheel, roll(verb)

    move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle

    "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"

    Synonyms:
    wave, wrap, rove, hustle, range, turn over, stray, ramble, cast, pluck, revolve, wheel, wind, flap, swan, wander, cycle, wheel around, drift, roll out, seethe, pedal, undulate, twine, tramp, bicycle, roam, vagabond, roll up, bike

18. roll, undulate(verb)

    occur in soft rounded shapes

    "The hills rolled past"

    Synonyms:
    ripple, wave, wrap, rove, hustle, range, turn over, wheel, ramble, cast, pluck, revolve, wind, roll up, flap, swan, wander, stray, roam, drift, roll out, seethe, ruffle, twine, tramp, cockle, riffle, vagabond, undulate

19. roll out, roll(verb)

    flatten or spread with a roller

    "roll out the paper"

    Synonyms:
    wave, wrap, rove, hustle, range, turn over, wheel, ramble, cast, pluck, vagabond, wind, straighten, swan, wander, stray, roam, flap, roll out, seethe, twine, tramp, revolve, drift, roll up, undulate

20. roll(verb)

    emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound

    "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums"

    Synonyms:
    wave, wrap, rove, hustle, range, turn over, wheel, ramble, cast, pluck, revolve, wind, roll up, flap, swan, wander, stray, roam, drift, roll out, seethe, twine, tramp, vagabond, undulate

21. wind, wrap, roll, twine(verb)

    arrange or or coil around

    "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"

    Synonyms:
    vagabond, intertwine, wind, meander, nose, hoist, thread, wrap, twist, range, interlace, stray, rove, wave, swan, lift, twine, scent, wind up, flap, enfold, wander, hustle, entwine, wrap up, cast, enwrap, curve, distort, lace, pluck, revolve, roll up, envelop, roll out, wreathe, turn over, tramp, undulate, ramble, drift, weave, seethe, enclose, enlace, roam, wheel

22. roll(verb)

    begin operating or running

    "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling"

    Synonyms:
    wave, wrap, rove, hustle, range, turn over, wheel, ramble, cast, pluck, revolve, wind, roll up, flap, swan, wander, stray, roam, drift, roll out, seethe, twine, tramp, vagabond, undulate

23. roll(verb)

    shape by rolling

    "roll a cigarette"

    Synonyms:
    wave, wrap, rove, hustle, range, turn over, wheel, ramble, cast, pluck, revolve, wind, roll up, flap, swan, wander, stray, roam, drift, roll out, seethe, twine, tramp, vagabond, undulate

24. roll(verb)

    execute a roll, in tumbling

    "The gymnasts rolled and jumped"

    Synonyms:
    wave, wrap, rove, hustle, range, turn over, wheel, ramble, cast, pluck, revolve, wind, roll up, flap, swan, wander, stray, roam, drift, roll out, seethe, twine, tramp, vagabond, undulate

25. hustle, pluck, roll(verb)

    sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

    Synonyms:
    vagabond, hook, wind, ramble, cull, wrap, range, rob, pick, stray, rove, wave, pluck, deplumate, twine, surcharge, soak, overcharge, pull off, cast, flap, pull, wander, gazump, hustle, plunk, plume, bustle about, revolve, roll up, swan, deplume, roll out, pick off, tramp, turn over, bustle, undulate, tear, drift, tweak, seethe, displume, fleece, roam, wheel

26. roll, undulate, flap, wave(verb)

    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

    "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"

    Synonyms:
    vagabond, wind, ramble, pother, wrap, seethe, beat, stray, rove, wave, twine, cast, flap, beckon, ruffle, wander, riffle, hustle, cockle, brandish, pluck, revolve, roll up, swan, roll out, tramp, turn over, flourish, dither, undulate, ripple, drift, curl, roam, wheel, range

27. roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond(verb)

    move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

    "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"

    Synonyms:
    roam, project, hustle, wrap, verify, spue, redact, affirm, drift, draw, cast off, wave, array, assert, wander, cheat on, mold, float, cast, put, twine, slog, turn over, avow, cheat, throw away, frame, place, roll up, seethe, pasture, crop, vomit up, browse, chuck, mould, throw up, contrive, retch, purge, rate, betray, tramp, disgorge, swear, plod, meander, flap, blow, lay out, pad, shed, wheel, shake off, barf, graze, weave, stray, wind, range, vagabond, swan, rank, grade, couch, thread, pluck, freewheel, rove, be adrift, ramble, regurgitate, cuckold, throw off, straddle, throw, cat, vomit, ramble on, revolve, order, hurtle, spew, honk, roll out, regorge, drop, set out, aver, run, jog, hurl, trudge, err, upchuck, footslog, be sick, undulate, digress, sick, divagate, puke

28. roll(verb)

    move, rock, or sway from side to side

    "The ship rolled on the heavy seas"

    Synonyms:
    wave, wrap, rove, hustle, range, turn over, wheel, ramble, cast, pluck, revolve, wind, roll up, flap, swan, wander, stray, roam, drift, roll out, seethe, twine, tramp, vagabond, undulate

29. roll, revolve(verb)

    cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis

    "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words"

    Synonyms:
    wave, wrap, rove, hustle, range, rotate, turn over, wheel, ramble, cast, pluck, revolve, wind, roll up, flap, swan, wander, stray, roam, drift, roll out, seethe, go around, orbit, orb, twine, tramp, vagabond, undulate

30. roll(verb)

    pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/

    "She rolls her r's"

    Synonyms:
    wave, wrap, rove, hustle, range, turn over, wheel, ramble, cast, pluck, revolve, wind, roll up, flap, swan, wander, stray, roam, drift, roll out, seethe, twine, tramp, vagabond, undulate

31. seethe, roll(verb)

    boil vigorously

    "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled"

    Synonyms:
    boil, wave, wrap, rove, hustle, range, flap, stray, ramble, hum, cast, pluck, wheel, wind, revolve, swan, buzz, wander, seethe, roam, drift, roll out, twine, tramp, turn over, vagabond, roll up, undulate

32. roll(verb)

    take the shape of a roll or cylinder

    "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well"

    Synonyms:
    wave, wrap, rove, hustle, range, turn over, wheel, ramble, cast, pluck, revolve, wind, roll up, flap, swan, wander, stray, roam, drift, roll out, seethe, twine, tramp, vagabond, undulate

33. roll, roll up(verb)

    show certain properties when being rolled

    "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly"

    Synonyms:
    pile up, vagabond, wind, ramble, bundle up, furl, wrap, seethe, amass, stray, rove, wave, bundle, twine, cast, flap, accumulate, wander, compile, wrap up, hoard, pluck, revolve, roll up, swan, roll out, tramp, turn over, undulate, drift, hustle, collect, roam, wheel, range

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1. roll

   A memorial is any object, whether a writing, a monument, or other permanent thing that is designed or adapted to keep something in remembrance. Record is a word of wide signification, applying to any writing, mark, or trace that serves as a memorial giving enduring attestation of an event or fact; an extended account, chronicle, or history is a record; so, too, may be a brief inventory or memorandum; the inscription on a tombstone is a record of the dead; the striæ on a rock-surface are the record of a glacier's passage. A register is a formal or official written record, especially a series of entries made for preservation or reference; as, a register of births and deaths. Archives, in the sense here considered, are documents or records, often legal records, preserved in a public or official depository; the word archives is also applied to the place where such documents are regularly deposited and preserved. Muniments (Latin munio, fortify) are records that enable one to defend his title. Compare HISTORY; STORY.

   Synonyms:
   account, archive, catalogue, chronicle, document, enrolment, entry, enumeration, history, inscription, instrument, inventory, memorandum, memorial, muniment, record, register, schedule, scroll

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1. roll(v)

   Synonyms:
   revolve, wheel, rotate, turn over and over, rock, trundle wallow

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1. roll(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   turn (on an axis), make revolve

2. roll(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   wrap round (one part on another)

3. roll(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   wheel, trundle

4. roll(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   revolve, rotate, turn, wheel, whirl, gyrate, whirl round, go round, turn round

5. roll(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   run, flow, glide

6. roll(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   rock from side to side

7. roll(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   wallow, welter, tumble about

8. roll(n.)

   Synonyms:
   volume, scroll

9. roll(n.)

   Synonyms:
   chronicle, record, history, annals

10. roll(n.)

    Synonyms:
    list, register, catalogue, inventory, schedule

11. roll(n.)

    Synonyms:
    loaf of bread (small, and rolled up while in the dough)

12. roll(n.)

    Synonyms:
    rocking (as of a vessel in a heavy sea)

13. roll(n.)

    Synonyms:
    rub-a-dub, rat-a-tat, TATTOO, beat of drum

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1. roll(n)

   Synonyms:
   scroll, roster, record, convolution, trundle, coil

2. roll(v)

   Synonyms:
   wheel, whirl, revolve, rotate, turn, gyrate, spin, trundle, circumgyrate, inwrap, infold, convolve, wallow, welter, rock, sway, lurch, titubate, fluctuate

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1. List of paraphrases for "roll":

   rouleau, rollo, roller, padrón, 'n'roll, coil, wobble, role, nominal, roster, register, bread, scroll, rollup, stabilizer

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1. Ringo Starr:

   They were all surprised that I wasn't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and [Paul] talked to somebody and they're going to put me in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he's going to give me away like I'm the bride and I will accept.

2. Stefan Worrall:

   There were extraordinary expectations that the Bank of Japan had to roll out something really big when they met in late April, but they didn't, since then I think there has been a realization that policy reactions in Japan are perhaps not to be expected anymore - big, market-moving policy reactions. Once the market begins to accept this, and to lower expectations for fireworks and bazookas, we can start the process of re-calibrating Japan based on its relationship with global fundamentals.

3. Jonas Jgermeyr:

   It primarily hits the northern breadbasket regions, while basically happening overnight compared to a gradual, long-term, systemic climate change where societies have potential for adaptation. In this case, cooling happens within a year, and we dont have the capacity to roll out new varieties of crops to adapt to a changed environment.

4. Neichelle Guidry:

   Let justice roll. Roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

5. Andersen Brower:

   There was no outreach from the Trump East Wing staff to find out how the Easter Egg Roll had been run in the past as of February, when these discussions should have been well underway.

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