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rock group

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A group of musicians who regularly perform rock music together.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a band of musicians who play rock'n'roll music

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rock band

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dance band, band, dance orchestra

Narrower terms: Beatles

History

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Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَجْمُوعَة رُوك (majmūʕat rok) — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Belarusian: рок-гру́па (rok-hrúpa) — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Belarusian: рок-гу́рт (rok-húrt) — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Bulgarian: рок гру́па (rok grúpa) — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Chinese Mandarin: 搖滾樂團 /摇滚乐团 (yáogǔn yuètuán) — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Dutch: rockband — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Dutch: rockgroep — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Finnish: rock-yhtye — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Finnish: rokkibändi — musical group specializing in rock music
  • French: groupe de rock — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Galician: grupo de rock — musical group specializing in rock music
  • German: Rock-Gruppe — musical group specializing in rock music
  • German: Rockgruppe — musical group specializing in rock music
  • German: Rockband — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Hungarian: rockegyüttes — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Japanese: ロックグループ (rokkugurūpu) — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Japanese: ロック・グループ (rokku-gurūpu) — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Japanese: ロックバンド (rokkubando) — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Japanese: ロック・バンド (rokku-bando) — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Korean: 락 그룹 (rak geurup) — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Korean: 락 밴드 (rak baendeu) — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Korean: 록 그룹 (rok geurup) — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Korean: 록 밴드 (rok baendeu) — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Luxembourgish: Rockband — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rockeband — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rockeband — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Polish: kapela — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Portuguese: grupo de rock — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Portuguese: banda de rock — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Russian: рок-гру́ппа (rok-grúppa) — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Spanish: grupo de rock — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Spanish: banda de rock — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Swedish: rockband — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Ukrainian: рок-гру́па (rok-hrúpa) — musical group specializing in rock music
  • Ukrainian: рок-гу́рт (rok-húrt) — musical group specializing in rock music