Synonyms for boisterous

Synonyms for (adj) boisterous

Synonyms: boisterous, fierce, rough

Definition: violently agitated and turbulent

Usage: boisterous winds and waves; the fierce thunders roar me their music- Ezra Pound; rough weather; rough seas

Similar words: stormy

Definition: (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion

Usage: a stormy day; wide and stormy seas


Synonyms: unruly, robustious, rambunctious, boisterous, rumbustious

Definition: noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

Usage: 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

Similar words: disorderly

Definition: undisciplined and unruly

Usage: disorderly youths; disorderly conduct


Synonyms: knockabout, boisterous

Definition: full of rough and exuberant animal spirits

Usage: boisterous practical jokes; knockabout comedy

Similar words: spirited

Definition: displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness


Visual thesaurus for boisterous