1. rough - noun
· the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
2. rough - verb
· prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
Synonym(s): rough_in, rough_out
Hypernym(s): prepare
3. rough - adjective
· having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
Synonym(s): unsmooth
Antonym(s): smooth
4. rough - adjective
· (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"
5. rough - adjective
· not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"
Synonym(s): approximate, approximative
6. rough - adjective
· full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"
Synonym(s): rocky
7. rough - adjective
· violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"
Synonym(s): boisterous, fierce
8. rough - adjective
· unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
Synonym(s): grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, scratchy
9. rough - adjective
· ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men"
Synonym(s): pugnacious
10. rough - adjective
· of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
Antonym(s): smooth
11. rough - adjective
· causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a rough ride"
Synonym(s): rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy
Antonym(s): smooth
12. rough - adjective
· not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones"
Synonym(s): uncut
13. rough - adjective
· not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry"
Synonym(s): crude
14. rough - adjective
· not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches"
15. rough - adjective
· unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"
Synonym(s): harsh
16. rough - adjective
· unkind or cruel or uncivil; "had harsh words"; "a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"; "a rough answer"
Synonym(s): harsh
17. rough - adverb
· with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough"
Synonym(s): roughly
18. rough - adverb
· with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough"
Synonym(s): roughly
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