Usually means: Stir up, disturb, or agitate.
Definitions Related words Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!) Easter eggs (New!)
We found 26 dictionaries that define the word roil:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. roil: Merriam-Webster
  2. roil: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. roil: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. roil: Collins English Dictionary
  5. roil: Vocabulary.com
  6. Roil, roil: Wordnik
  7. roil: Wiktionary
  8. roil: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. roil: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. roil: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Roil, roil: Dictionary.com
  12. roil: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Roil: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. roil: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. roil: Rhymezone
  16. roil: Grandiloquent Dictionary
  17. Roil: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. roil: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. roil: FreeDictionary.org
  20. roil: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. roil: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. roil: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. roil: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ROIL: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

(Note: See roiled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (roil)

verb:  (transitive, of a fluid, especially a liquid) To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
verb:  (transitive, of a person or group of people) To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.
verb:  (intransitive) To bubble, seethe.
verb:  (obsolete, intransitive) To wander; to roam.
verb:  (intransitive) To romp.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    charcoal,     soot,     graphite,     storm,     smoke, more...



Word origin

Words similar to roil

Usage examples for roil

Idioms related to roil

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Words that often appear near roil

Rhymes of roil

Invented words related to roil

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    charcoal,     soot,     graphite,     storm,     smoke, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.



List phrases that spell out roil 




Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux