Standard Lemma guide

vro

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • General-American: /vɹoʊ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /vɹəʊ/
  • rhymes with -əʊ

1

noun

Meaning 1

Synonym of bro (term of address to a male friend).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

Qualifier: African-American Vernacular; hiphop slang; African-American Vernacular; hiphop slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bro

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Initialism of violence restraining order.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, Western, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Coined by American rapper XXXTentacion in 2015 (see quotation below) as a modification of bro, referencing his group "Very Rare".