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rock
Overview of noun rock
The noun rock has 7 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (14) rock, stone -- (a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me")
2. (6) rock, stone -- (material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries")
3. Rock, John Rock -- (United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984))
4. rock -- ((figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable; "he was her rock during the crisis"; "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church"--Gospel According to Matthew)
5. rock candy, rock -- (hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint))
6. rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music -- (a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll.")
7. rock, careen, sway, tilt -- (pitching dangerously to one side)
Overview of verb rock
The verb rock has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (6) rock, sway, shake -- (move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet")
2. rock, sway -- (cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rock
7 senses of rock
Sense 1
rock, stone
=> natural object
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
rock, stone
=> material, stuff
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
Rock, John Rock
INSTANCE OF=> gynecologist, gynaecologist, woman's doctor
=> specialist, medical specialist
=> doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico
=> medical practitioner, medical man
=> health professional, health care provider, caregiver
=> professional, professional person
=> adult, grownup
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
rock
=> good person
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
rock candy, rock
=> candy, confect
=> sweet, confection
=> dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
=> nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
=> food, nutrient
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 6
rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music
=> popular music, popular music genre
=> music genre, musical genre, genre, musical style
=> expressive style, style
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> music
=> auditory communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
rock, careen, sway, tilt
=> lurch, pitch, pitching
=> motion, movement, move, motility
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun rock
3 of 7 senses of rock
Sense 1
rock, stone
=> achondrite
=> bedrock
=> boulder, bowlder
=> calculus, concretion
=> chondrite
=> clastic rock
=> crystal, crystallization
=> intrusion
=> outcrop, outcropping, rock outcrop
=> pebble
=> petrifaction
=> sill
=> stepping stone
=> tor
=> wall rock
=> whinstone, whin
=> xenolith
Sense 2
rock, stone
=> quartzite
=> road metal
=> sedimentary rock
=> sial
=> sima
=> metamorphic rock
=> gravel, crushed rock
=> caliche
=> shingling
=> pumice, pumice stone
=> aphanite
=> claystone
=> dolomite
=> emery stone, emery rock
=> pudding stone, conglomerate
=> fieldstone
=> greisen
=> tufa, calc-tufa
=> magma
=> igneous rock
=> limestone
=> marble
Sense 6
rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music
=> heavy metal
=> progressive rock, art rock
=> psychedelic rock, acid rock
=> punk rock, punk
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rock
7 senses of rock
Sense 1
rock, stone
=> natural object
Sense 2
rock, stone
=> material, stuff
Sense 3
Rock, John Rock
INSTANCE OF=> gynecologist, gynaecologist, woman's doctor
Sense 4
rock
=> good person
Sense 5
rock candy, rock
=> candy, confect
Sense 6
rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music
=> popular music, popular music genre
Sense 7
rock, careen, sway, tilt
=> lurch, pitch, pitching
Antonyms of noun rock
Member Holonyms of noun rock
Substance Holonyms of noun rock
Part Holonyms of noun rock
Member Meronyms of noun rock
Substance Meronyms of noun rock
1 of 7 senses of rock
Sense 2
rock, stone
HAS SUBSTANCE: mineral
Part Meronyms of noun rock
1 of 7 senses of rock
Sense 6
rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music
HAS PART: backbeat
Meronyms of noun rock
2 of 7 senses of rock
Sense 2
rock, stone
HAS SUBSTANCE: mineral
Sense 6
rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music
HAS PART: backbeat
Holonyms of noun rock
Attributes of noun rock
Derived Forms of noun rock
2 of 7 senses of rock
Sense 1
rock, stone
RELATED TO>(adj) rocky#1
=> rocky, bouldery, bouldered, stony
Sense 7
rock, careen, sway, tilt
RELATED TO>(adj) rocky#2
=> rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy
RELATED TO>(verb) rock#2
=> rock, sway
RELATED TO>(verb) rock#1
=> rock, sway, shake
Domain of noun rock
Domain Terms of noun rock
1 of 7 senses of rock
Sense 6
rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music
TOPIC TERM>(noun) backbeat#1
Familiarity of noun rock
rock used as a noun is common (polysemy count =7)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun rock
7 senses of rock
Sense 1
rock, stone
> natural object
=> cocoon
=> body, organic structure, physical structure
=> body, dead body
=> asterism
=> black body, blackbody, full radiator
=> body
=> celestial body, heavenly body
=> consolidation
=> constellation
=> covering, natural covering, cover
=> extraterrestrial object, estraterrestrial body
=> mechanism
=> nest
=> radiator
=> rock, stone
=> sample
=> tangle
=> universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm
=> plant part, plant structure
Sense 2
rock, stone
> material, stuff
=> rind
=> atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck
=> ammunition
=> floccule, floc
=> HAZMAT
=> raw material, staple
=> sorbate
=> sorbent, sorbent material
=> diamagnet
=> mineral
=> rock, stone
=> adhesive material, adhesive agent, adhesive
=> sealing material
=> animal material
=> fluff
=> bimetal
=> abrasive, abradant, abrasive material
=> chemical, chemical substance
=> composite material
=> conductor
=> insulator, dielectric, nonconductor
=> contaminant, contamination
=> particulate, particulate matter
=> dust
=> elastomer
=> earth, ground
=> discharge, emission
=> detritus
=> waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product
=> fiber, fibre
=> filling, fill
=> foam
=> lubricant, lubricator, lubricating substance, lube
=> homogenate
=> humate
=> impregnation
=> paper
=> packing material, packing, wadding
=> coloring material, colouring material, color, colour
=> plant material
=> radioactive material
=> thickening, thickener
=> toner
=> transparent substance, translucent substance
=> undercut
=> builder, detergent builder
=> vernix, vernix caseosa
=> wad
Sense 3
Rock, John Rock
> gynecologist, gynaecologist, woman's doctor
HAS INSTANCE=> Rock, John Rock
Sense 4
rock
> good person
=> benefactor, helper
=> brick
=> giver
=> good egg
=> mensch, mensh
=> plaster saint
=> rock
=> saint, holy man, holy person, angel
=> square shooter, straight shooter, straight arrow
=> sweetheart
=> trouper
Sense 5
rock candy, rock
> candy, confect
=> candy bar
=> carob bar
=> hard candy
=> brandyball
=> patty
=> bonbon
=> brittle, toffee, toffy
=> butterscotch
=> candy cane
=> candy corn
=> caramel
=> cotton candy, spun sugar, candyfloss
=> dragee
=> dragee
=> fondant
=> fudge
=> gumdrop
=> honey crisp
=> mint, mint candy
=> horehound
=> jelly bean, jelly egg
=> kiss, candy kiss
=> licorice, liquorice
=> Life Saver
=> lollipop, sucker, all-day sucker
=> lozenge
=> marshmallow
=> marzipan, marchpane
=> nougat
=> nougat bar
=> nut bar
=> peanut bar
=> popcorn ball
=> praline
=> rock candy
=> rock candy, rock
=> sugar candy
=> sugarplum
=> taffy
=> truffle, chocolate truffle
=> Turkish Delight
=> Easter egg
Sense 6
rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music
> popular music, popular music genre
=> disco, disco music
=> macumba
=> pop music, pop
=> folk music, ethnic music, folk
=> dance music, danceroom music, ballroom music
=> jazz
=> rap, rap music, hip-hop
=> rhythm and blues, R and B
=> rockabilly
=> rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music
=> reggae
=> skiffle
Sense 7
rock, careen, sway, tilt
> lurch, pitch, pitching
=> rock, careen, sway, tilt
Meronyms of noun rock
6 of 7 senses of rock
Sense 1
rock, stone
=> natural object
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 2
rock, stone
HAS SUBSTANCE: mineral
Sense 4
rock
=> good person
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 5
rock candy, rock
=> candy, confect
=> sweet, confection
=> dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
=> nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
=> food, nutrient
HAS PART: food, solid food
Sense 6
rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music
HAS PART: backbeat
Holonyms of noun rock
Grep of noun rock
acid rock
american rock brake
arenaceous rock
argillaceous rock
art rock
bedrock
black rock desert
clastic rock
cock of the rock
crock
crushed rock
emery rock
frock
gritrock
hot-rock penstemon
igneous rock
john rock
little rock
living rock
metamorphic rock
plutonic rock
plymouth rock
porphyritic rock
progressive rock
psychedelic rock
punk rock
purple rock brake
rock
rock'n'roll
rock-and-roll
rock 'n' roll
rock 'n' roll musician
rock and roll
rock band
rock barnacle
rock bass
rock beauty
rock bit
rock bottom
rock brake
rock cake
rock candy
rock climber
rock climbing
rock concert
rock cornish
rock cornish hen
rock crab
rock cress
rock crystal
rock dove
rock drill
rock elm
rock fever
rock garden
rock geranium
rock group
rock gunnel
rock harlequin
rock hind
rock hopper
rock hyrax
rock island
rock kangaroo
rock lobster
rock maple
rock music
rock of gibraltar
rock oil
rock opera
rock outcrop
rock partridge
rock penstemon
rock pigeon
rock pink
rock plant
rock polypody
rock purslane
rock python
rock rabbit
rock rattlesnake
rock rose
rock salmon
rock salt
rock sandwort
rock sea bass
rock snake
rock spikemoss
rock springs
rock squirrel
rock star
rock sunfish
rock wallaby
rock wool
rock wren
rockabilly
rockchuck
rockcress
rockefeller
rocker
rocker arm
rockers
rockery
rocket
rocket base
rocket cress
rocket engine
rocket engineer
rocket firing
rocket fuel
rocket larkspur
rocket launcher
rocket launching
rocket propellant
rocket propellent
rocket propulsion
rocket range
rocket salad
rocket scientist
rocketry
rockfish
rockfoil
rockford
rockies
rockiness
rocking chair
rocking horse
rockingham
rockingham podocarp
rockrose
rockrose family
rockslide
rockweed
rockwell
rockwell kent
rocky-mountain maple
rocky marciano
rocky mountain bee plant
rocky mountain bighorn
rocky mountain bristlecone pine
rocky mountain dogbane
rocky mountain goat
rocky mountain jay
rocky mountain national park
rocky mountain pinon
rocky mountain sheep
rocky mountain spotted fever
rocky mountain whitefish
rocky mountains
rocky mountains cherry
rudaceous rock
sedimentary rock
shamrock
sheetrock
soap-rock
soaprock
volcanic rock
wall rock
water shamrock
Antonyms of verb rock
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb rock
2 senses of rock
Sense 1
rock, sway, shake
=> move back and forth
=> move
Sense 2
rock, sway
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb rock
1 of 2 senses of rock
Sense 1
rock, sway, shake
=> roll
=> nutate
=> swag
=> totter
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb rock
2 senses of rock
Sense 1
rock, sway, shake
=> move back and forth
Sense 2
rock, sway
=> move, displace
'Cause To' of verb rock
Derived Forms of verb rock
2 senses of rock
Sense 1
rock, sway, shake
RELATED TO>(noun) rocker#4
=> rocking chair, rocker
RELATED TO>(noun) rock#7
=> rock, careen, sway, tilt
Sense 2
rock, sway
RELATED TO>(noun) rocker#1
=> rocker
RELATED TO>(noun) rock#7
=> rock, careen, sway, tilt
RELATED TO>(noun) rocker#7
=> rocker
Domain of verb rock
Domain Terms of verb rock
Familiarity of verb rock
rock used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb rock
2 senses of rock
Sense 1
rock, sway, shake
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 2
rock, sway
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb rock
2 senses of rock
Sense 1
rock, sway, shake
> move back and forth
=> rock, sway, shake
=> swing, sway
=> flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver
Sense 2
rock, sway
> move, displace
=> mobilize, mobilise, circulate
=> relocate
=> dislocate, luxate, splay, slip
=> translate
=> station, post, base, send, place
=> agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
=> transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
=> funnel
=> brandish, flourish, wave
=> pull, draw, force
=> transport, carry
=> tug
=> disarrange
=> expel, eject, chuck out, exclude, throw out, kick out, turf out, boot out, turn out
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> engage, mesh, lock, operate
=> propel, impel
=> launch, set in motion
=> wind, wrap, roll, twine
=> unwind, wind off, unroll
=> wedge, squeeze, force
=> work
=> spill, shed, disgorge
=> spill, slop, splatter
=> unseat
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out
=> press down, depress
=> lift
=> flick, ruffle, riffle
=> work
=> take back
=> center, centre
=> pump
=> scan
=> jar, shake up, bump around
=> dandle
=> roll, revolve
=> push, force
=> rock, sway
=> fluctuate
=> pulse
=> shift, dislodge, reposition
=> glide
=> stir
=> play
=> overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over
=> transport, send, ship
=> send, direct
=> transport
=> saltate
=> lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
=> lift, raise
=> raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
=> drop
=> sink
=> advance, bring forward
=> chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
=> transfer, shift
=> displace, force out
=> herd, crowd
=> circulate
=> circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute
=> rout out, drive out, force out, rouse
=> drive
=> race, rush
=> woosh, whoosh
=> pour
=> exteriorize, bring outside
=> upstage
=> swing
=> turn, turn over
=> turn
=> turn
=> slide
=> run
=> whistle
=> beat, flap
=> singsong
=> hustle
=> wash
=> rake
=> blow
=> drag
=> pull, draw
=> lateralize
=> translate
=> hit, strike
=> change hands, change owners
=> transfer
=> expel, throw out, kick out
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb rock
Sense 1
rock, sway, shake
=> move back and forth
Sense 2
rock, sway
=> move, displace
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Grep of verb rock
crock
defrock
frock
rock
rocket
unfrock
Grep of adj rock
rock-bottom
rock-inhabiting
rock-loving
rock-ribbed
rock-steady
rockbound
rocket-propelled
rocklike
rocky
rocky mountain
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