Definitions

rocky

[rok-ee] / ˈrɒk i /

ADJECTIVE

rugged, stony

Synonyms

STRONGEST

craggy jagged rough

WEAK

bouldered flinty hard inflexible lapidarian lithic pebbly petrified petrous rock-ribbed rockbound solid stonelike

Antonyms

STRONGEST

even smooth

WEAK

dependable flat flexible happy healthy steady yielding

ADJECTIVE

unyielding, inflexible

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rough rugged tough

WEAK

adamant bloodless firm flinty hard impassible insensate insensible insensitive obdurate pitiless rocklike solid steady

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm courteous easy even facile gentle level mild moderate nice refined smooth sophisticated weak

WEAK

dependable flat flexible happy healthy yielding

ADJECTIVE

doubtful, undependable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

shaky tricky unstable unsteady

WEAK

dizzy ill rickety sick sickly staggering ticklish tottering uncertain unreliable unwell weak wobbly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

stable steady

WEAK

dependable flat flexible happy healthy smooth yielding

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Slugger Colavito, starting fast, already has nine home runs, 27 RBIs, and his own fan club of teen-age-girl bleacherites, who wear sweaters emblazoned ROCKY.

From Time Magazine Archive

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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -y

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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -y