roughness
Definitions
Noun
- A texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
- The quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
- An unpolished unrefined quality
- Used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
- Rowdy behavior
- The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
- Harsh or severe speech or behavior
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "roughness".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roughness | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | thoroughness | 3 | 1 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "roughness".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | previous | 3 | 86 |
| 2 | christmas | 2 | 27 |
| 3 | francis | 2 | 21 |
| 4 | brightness | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | greatness | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | radius | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | reckless | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | rigorous | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | ruthless | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | treacherous | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | breathless | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | fruitless | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | priceless | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | richness | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | erroneous | 4 | 4 |
| 16 | freshness | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | rightness | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | riotous | 3 | 2 |
| 19 | rootless | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | brashness | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | fractious | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | greenness | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | grimness | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | rastus | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | rudeness | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | ruinous | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | traitorous | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | artemus | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | brosious | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | brountas | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | christmas' | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | erasmus | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | erastus | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | francis' | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | graceless | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | ortegas | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | preakness | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | priestess | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | redness | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | rimkus | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | rothfuss | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | ruhrgas | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | shrewdness | 2 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "roughness".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | brightness | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | toughness | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | rightness | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | thoroughness | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | roughest | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | roughneck | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | troughs | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | rougher | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | roughed | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | robustness | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | groundless | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | runes | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | rogness | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | roughnecks | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | oshaughnessy | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | rough's | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | truthiness | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | frothiness | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | o'shaughnessy | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | ruess | 1 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "roughness" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "roughness" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "roughness".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 7
Fragments: 2
Sound Alikes: 43
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
Imaging Science Thesis Defense: Macroscopic Roughness Modeling of Satellite Multi-Layer Insulation Reflectance
May 29, 2025 Rochester Institute of Technology
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Impact of Substrate Roughness on the Thermal Boundary Conductance in 2D Materials
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Non-Sticky Display Eliminates Surface Roughness and Interface Adhesion: Enabling Large-Scale LCD-Based 3D Printing
Apr 10, 2025 Wiley Online Library
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