ROCKY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ROCKY?

Need another word that means the same as “rocky”? Find 27 synonyms for “rocky” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Rocky” are: rough, bouldered, bouldery, stony, bumpy, jolting, jolty, jumpy, pebbly, shingly, rugged, hard, unsteady, shaky, unstable, wobbly, tottery, rickety, flimsy, difficult, up and down, problematic, precarious, uncertain, unsure, unreliable, undependable

Rocky as an Adjective

Definitions of "Rocky" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “rocky” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Difficult and full of problems.
• Relating to or characteristic of rock music.
• Liable to rock.
• Abounding in rocks or stones.
• Full of hardship or trials.
• Tending to rock or shake; unsteady.
• Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
• Consisting or full of rock or rocks.

Synonyms of "Rocky" as an adjective (27 Words)

bouldered	Abounding in rocks or stones.
bouldery	Abounding in rocks or stones. Bouldery beaches.
bumpy	(of a journey or other movement) involving sudden jolts and jerks. The car jolted on the bumpy road.
difficult	Hard to control. She had a difficult decision to make.
flimsy	(of a pretext or account) weak and unconvincing. A flimsy barrier.
hard	Unfortunate or hard to bear. Hard liquor.
jolting	Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
jolty	Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
jumpy	Being in a tense state. He was tired and jumpy.
pebbly	Abounding in small stones.
precarious	Fraught with danger. He made a precarious living as a painter.
problematic	Open to doubt or debate. If you ever get married which seems to be extremely problematic.
rickety	Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality. Rickety limbs and joints.
rough	Not quite exact or correct. Rough blankets.
rugged	Very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution. A rugged coastline.
shaky	Not safe or reliable; liable to fail or falter. Seemed shaky on her feet.
shingly	Abounding in small stones. Landed at a shingly little beach.
stony	Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings. Stony steps.
tottery	Unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age. A tottery old man.
uncertain	(of a person) not completely confident or sure of something. Changes of great if uncertain consequences.
undependable	Not worthy of reliance or trust. An undependable generalization.
unreliable	Lacking a sense of responsibility. An unreliable trestle.
unstable	Highly or violently reactive. The unstable cliff tops.
unsteady	Liable to fall or shake; not steady in position. Nathan pushed the mug into her unsteady hand.
unsure	Lacking self-confidence. Unsure of himself and his future.
up and down	In readiness.
wobbly	(of a person or voice) tending to move out of tone or slightly vary in pitch. The car had a wobbly wheel.

Usage Examples of "Rocky" as an adjective

• Older types of sash windows are a bit rocky.
• On high rocky heels.
• Hillsides of dry, rocky soil.
• Rocky fields.
• The rocky road to success.
• Rocky and acoustic folk bands.
• A rocky crag above the village.
• The marriage seemingly got off to a rocky start.