cro

C3R1O1
UK/kɹəʊ/US/kɹoʊ/

noun

Synonym of bro (“a male comrade or friend”).

Less commonScrabble 5

Meanings

cro1

nouncro (plural cros)

plural cros

  1. Synonym of bro (“a male comrade or friend”).

    Every night, late night like I'm Jimmy Fallon / Cro shoot from anywhere like he Ray Allen

    2022 November 11, Drake, 21 Savage, “Circo Loco”, in Her Loss

    Synonyms: bro

cro2

nouncro (uncountable)
  1. Multicultural London EnglishslanguncountableSynonym of marijuana.

    Oh no, here we go, but I'm busy bagging my cro / Gotta go to my drum, but I got buds / So let me just have a quick smoke (quick smoke)

    2017 March 26, SL, “Gentleman”

    Synonyms: bhang, benj, boo, broccoli, bud, buddha, cannabis, cheeba

CRO3

proper noun
  1. abbreviationhobbiesAbbreviation of Croatia.
nounCRO (plural CROs)

plural CROs

  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope.
  2. abbreviationinitialismlife sciencesInitialism of Contract research organization.

    This thesis deals in general with mergers & acquisitions in the CRO industry, and more specifically with reasons for M&A, success factors during the M&A process, and why M&A can fail in the Contract Research Organization industry.

    2013, Jakob Miera, Mergers & Acquisitions in the Contract Research Organization Industry, GRIN Verlag, →ISBN, page 1
  3. abbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of COMSEC responsible officer.
  4. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of conversion rate optimization.
  5. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of chief risk officer.

    The chief risk officer (CRO) title first appeared in a 1988 Peat Marwick study on global capital markets. The first CRO was James Lam of GE Capital, in 1993.

    2009, John Hampton, Fundamentals of Enterprise Risk Management […] , AMACOM, →ISBN, page 265
  6. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of chief research officer.
  7. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of chief revenue officer.
  8. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of chief reputation officer.
  9. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of chief restructuring officer.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of bro (“a male comrade or friend”).

Similar

More synonyms by meaning

nounelectronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities

Similar
oscilloscopescopecathode-ray oscilloscope
Broader
electronic equipment

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

cro · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*grebʰ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*grébʰ-ōn ~ *grbʰ-n-ōs
  4. Proto-Germanic*krebô
  5. Proto-Germanic*kribjǭ
  6. Proto-West Germanic*kribbjā
  7. Old Englishcribb
  8. Middle Englishcrib
  9. Englishcrib
  10. EnglishCrip
  11. Englishc-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*bʰréh₂tēr
  13. Proto-Germanic*brōþēr
  14. Proto-West Germanic*brōþer
  15. Old Englishbrōþor
  16. Middle Englishbrother
  17. Englishbrotherclip.
  18. Englishbro
  19. Englishcro

From c- (“Crip”) + bro.

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cro · noun

Clipping of chronic (“marijuana”).

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Translations

Spanish OIC
  • OICContract Research Organization

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APA

cro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cro

MLA

“cro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cro. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cro,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cro.

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