- booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving - 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"
Antonym: unsuccessful (indirect, via successful)
- deafening, earsplitting, roaring, thunderous, thundery - loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
Antonym: soft (indirect, via loud)
- boom, roar, roaring, thunder - a deep prolonged loud noise
--1 is a kind of noise
Derived form: verb roar1 - bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl - a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway"
--2 is a kind of cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation
Derived forms: verb roar5, verb roar2, verb roar3
- roar, howl - make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute"
--1 is one way to make noise, resound, noise
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun roar1, noun roaring1
Cars roar in the streets
The streets roar with cars
- thunder, roar - utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared"
--2 is one way to shout
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun roar2, noun roarer1, noun roaring2
Sam and Sue roar
They roar that there was a traffic accident
- howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl - emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"
--3 is one way to shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun roar2, noun roaring2
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- roar - act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way; "desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town"-R.A.Billington
--4 is one way to proceed, go forward, continue
Sample sentence:
They roar up the hill
- bellow, roar - make a loud noise, as of animal; "The bull bellowed"
--5 is one way to utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun roar3, noun roarer1, noun roaring2
The animals roar
- roar, howl - laugh unrestrainedly and heartily
--6 is one way to laugh, express joy, express mirth
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun roar2
Somebody ----s
- bellow, roar - make a loud noise, as of animal; "The bull bellowed"