rough out

1. 1.

   prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

   Synonymsrough inrough

   Broaderprepare

Questions about rough out

What does rough out mean?

rough out means "prepare in preliminary or sketchy form".

What is another word for rough out?

Close synonyms include rough in, rough. 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 rough out a common word?

rough out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.