Meanings
plural rollercoasters · alternative roller coaster · alternative roller-coaster
- An amusement ride consisting of a train on a track that rises, falls, twists and turns.
Synonyms: big dipper, switchback, coaster, 🎢
- broadlyfigurativelyA situation characterized by significant fluctuations in direction, emotion or intensity.
1 more example
Morgan's men reversed their fortunes and swept into the final with three successive victories, including a memorable semi-final demolition of Australia. In the final, the rollercoaster continued, only for the heroics of Stokes to leave England as worthy champions, matching the achievement of the England women's team on the same ground two years ago.
2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport, LondonSynonyms: rollercoaster ride, merry-go-round, ride, saga, seesaw, soap opera, stir, yo-yo
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn amusement ride consisting of a train on a track that rises, falls, twists and turns.
nounA situation characterized by significant fluctuations in direction, emotion or intensity.
Origin
A univerbation of roller coaster, after the rolling and coasting motions to which the riders are subjected.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أُفْعُوَانِيَّة
- أُفْعُوَانِيَّة (ʔufʕuwāniyya)amusement ride
Bulgarian увеселително влакче, влакче
- увеселително влакче (uveselitelno vlakče)amusement ride
- влакче (vlakče)amusement ride
Catalan muntanyes russes
- muntanyes russesamusement ride
Chinese Cantonese 過山車 /过山车
- 過山車 /过山车 (gwo³ saan¹ ce¹)amusement ride
Chinese Mandarin 過山車 /过山车, 雲霄飛車 /云霄飞车
- 過山車 /过山车 (guòshānchē)amusement ride
- 雲霄飛車 /云霄飞车 (yúnxiāo fēichē)amusement ride
- 空中飛車 /空中飞车 (kōngzhōng fēichē)amusement ride
Czech horská dráha
- horská dráhaamusement ride
Danish rutschebane
- rutschebaneamusement ride
Dutch achtbaan
- achtbaanamusement ride
Esperanto onda fervojo, reltobogano
- onda fervojoamusement ride
- reltoboganoamusement ride
Estonian Ameerika mäed
- Ameerika mäedamusement ride
Finnish vuoristorata
- vuoristorataamusement ride
French montagnes russes
- montagnes russesamusement ride
German Achterbahn
- Achterbahnamusement ride
Greek τρενάκι του λούνα παρκ, τρενάκι του τρόμου
- τρενάκι του λούνα παρκ (trenáki tou loúna park)amusement ride
- τρενάκι του τρόμου (trenáki tou trómou)amusement ride
Hebrew רַכֶּבֶת הָרִים
- רַכֶּבֶת הָרִים (rakevet harim)amusement ride
Hungarian hullámvasút
- hullámvasútamusement ride
Icelandic rússíbani
- rússíbaniamusement ride
Indonesian kereta luncur, wahana halilintar
- kereta luncuramusement ride
- wahana halilintaramusement ride
Irish rollchóstóir
- rollchóstóiramusement ride
Italian montagne russe, otto volante
- montagne russeamusement ride
- otto volanteamusement ride
- ottovolanteamusement ride
Japanese ローラーコースター, ジェットコースター
- ローラーコースター (rōrākōsutā)amusement ride
- ジェットコースター (jettokōsutā)amusement ride
Korean 롤러코스터, 제트코스터
- 롤러코스터 (rolleokoseuteo)amusement ride
- 제트코스터 (jeteukoseuteo)amusement ride
- 청룡열차 (cheongnyong'yeolcha)amusement ride
Latin curriculum retroflexum, vectura flexuosa
- curriculum retroflexumamusement ride
- vectura flexuosaamusement ride
Māori waka rōnaki
- waka rōnakiamusement ride
Norwegian Bokmål berg-og-dal-bane
- berg-og-dal-baneamusement ride
Persian ترن هوایی
- ترن هوایی (teran-e havâyi)amusement ride
Polish rollercoaster, kolejka górska
- rollercoasteramusement ride
- kolejka górskaamusement ride
Portuguese montanha-russa
- montanha-russaamusement ride
Romanian montagne russe
- montagne russeamusement ride
Russian америка́нские го́рки
- америка́нские го́рки (amerikánskije górki)amusement ride
Slovak horská dráha
- horská dráhaamusement ride
Spanish montaña rusa
- montaña rusaamusement ride
Swedish bergochdalbana, berg-och-dal-bana
- bergochdalbanaamusement ride
- berg-och-dal-banaamusement ride
Thai รถไฟเหาะตีลังกา
- รถไฟเหาะตีลังกา (rót-fai-hɔ̀-dtii-lang-gaa)amusement ride
Turkish lunapark treni, rusdağı
- lunapark treniamusement ride
- rusdağıamusement ride
Ukrainian америка́нські гі́рки
- америка́нські гі́рки (amerykánsʹki hírky)amusement ride
Vietnamese tàu lượn siêu tốc
- tàu lượn siêu tốcamusement ride
Welsh ffigar-êt, colli-cylla
- ffigar-êtamusement ride
- colli-cyllaamusement ride
Cite this entry
rollercoaster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rollercoaster
“rollercoaster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rollercoaster. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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