Synonyms of boisterous

Adjective


1. boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly, disorderly (vs. orderly)

usage: noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"; "an unruly class"

2. boisterous, knockabout, spirited (vs. spiritless)

usage: full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy"

3. boisterous, fierce, rough, stormy (vs. calm)

usage: violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"

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Definition and meaning of boisterous (Dictionary)