| Noun | 1. | rough - the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut shortland site, site - the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school" | |
| Verb | 1. | rough - prepare in preliminary or sketchy formprepare - to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech" | |
| Adj. | 1. | rough - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "a rough ride"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"; "unsmooth writing"uneven - not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain" unironed, wrinkled - (of linens or clothes) not ironed; "a pile of unironed laundry"; "wore unironed jeans" unpolished - not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing; "dull unpolished shoes" irregular - contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice; "irregular hiring practices" coarse - of texture; large-grained or rough to the touch; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave" smooth - having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror" | |
| 2. | rough - (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"unrefined - used of persons and their behavior; not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?" | |
| 3. | rough - not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" | |
| 4. | rough - full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"difficult, hard - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "a difficult child"; "found himself in a difficult situation"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?" | |
| 5. | rough - violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"stormy - (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas" | |
| 6. | rough - unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" | |
| 7. | rough - 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"aggressive - having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers" | |
| 8. | rough - of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scallopedunsubdivided, simple - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions compound - of leaf shapes; of leaves composed of several similar parts or lobes smooth - of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth | |
| 9. | rough - not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones" | |
| 10. | rough - not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry"unskilled - not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship" | |
| 11. | rough - not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches"unpolished - not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing; "dull unpolished shoes" | |
| 12. | rough - unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"unpleasant - not pleasant; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors" | |
| Adv. | 1. | rough - with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough"colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | |
| 2. | rough - with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough" | |