RUMBLE Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ˈrəm-bəl

Definition of rumble

as in to growl

to make a low heavy rolling sound when thunder rumbled in the distant sky, we wisely began packing up our picnic

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as in rumbling

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Above the village of Dorohusk in eastern Poland, vapor trails cut across the pale blue sky and military helicopters rumbled overhead. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 After the catch, Kelce rumbled another 25 yards to set up the Chiefs at the 19. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026

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Evans felt a deep rumble as the boxing champion came into view. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 Thanks to the coffered and baffled wood ceilings, noise levels are buffered and kept to a pleasant rumble. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rumble

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This past spring, the singer-guitarist announced that hernia repair surgery left him with a six-and-a-half–inch scar and doctors’ orders never to growl again.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2026
Dogs and cats may be triggered by this distinctive smell and show unusual behavior when skunks are nearby, such as sniffing or pawing the dirt around the burrow or becoming more protective by growling or hovering near the entrance.

— Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of growl

Noun

In today’s world of rumbling, thunderous Dolby surround sound, the concept of silent cinema can feel very distant.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2026
Once the rumbling stopped, Armas -- in gym shorts and a T-shirt with his gear clipped to his belt -- and Buckley led a group of civilians and FDNY members outside.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of rumbling

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Voters are not going to make legislators do a better job by grumbling and complaining.

— Scott Warren, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
Know More Waters is one of a number of senior members of Congress that fellow Democrats are grumbling about in private for being delinquent on their dues to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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