roaring

1. 1.

   very lively and profitable

   “flourishing businesses”

   “a palmy time for stockbrokers”

   “a prosperous new business”

   “doing a roaring trade”

   “a thriving tourist center”

   “did a thriving business in orchids”

   Synonymsboomingflourishingpalmyprosperingprosperousthriving

   Similarsuccessful

1. 1.

   extremely

   “roaring drunk”

Other forms of roaring

plural

roarings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about roaring

What does roaring mean?

roaring means "a deep prolonged loud noise". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in roaring?

roaring has 2 syllables: roa-ring. The stress falls on "roa". In IPA it is /ˈɹɔɹɪŋ/.

What is another word for roaring?

Close synonyms include boom, roar, thunder, bellow, bellowing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is roaring a common word?

roaring is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.