roaring

adjective

1. (of a business) very successful; lively; profitable; thriving; prosperous.

- doing a roaring trade

Similar word(s): successful, booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, thriving

2. very intense or loud.

- roaring laughter

adverb

1. extremely

- roaring drunk

noun

1. a deep prolonged loud noise

Similar word(s): boom, roar, thunder

Definition categories: event, noise

2. a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

Similar word(s): bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, yowl

Definition categories: communication, call, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell

verb

1. present participle of roar