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Synonyms for boisterous
ˈbɔɪ stər əs, -strəsbois·ter·ous

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 2 votes

  1. boisterous

    Synonyms:
    loud, violent, unrestrained, tempestuous, stormy, uncontrolled, intemperate

    Antonyms:
    peaceful, calm, serene, selfpossessed

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 1 vote

  1. boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unrulyadjective

    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"

    Synonyms:
    rambunctious, rumbustious, indocile, robustious, disobedient, rough, uncontrollable, ungovernable, knockabout, fierce, unruly

    Antonyms:
    orderly, spiritless, calm

  2. boisterous, knockaboutadjective

    full of rough and exuberant animal spirits

    "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy"

    Synonyms:
    rambunctious, rumbustious, robustious, rough, knockabout, fierce, unruly

    Antonyms:
    orderly, spiritless, calm

  3. boisterous, fierce, roughadjective

    violently agitated and turbulent

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

    Synonyms:
    pugnacious, approximative, rough, fierce, trigger-happy, unsmooth, robustious, violent, bowelless, scratchy, ferocious, knockabout, uncut, jumpy, rocky, harsh, gravelly, approximate, cutthroat, vehement, rambunctious, rumbustious, jolting, unruly, jolty, rasping, bumpy, tearing, raspy, savage, furious, crude, grating

    Antonyms:
    calm, orderly, spiritless

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. boisterousadjective

    Synonyms:
    roaring, loud, stormy

  2. boisterousadjective

    Synonyms:
    noisy, furious, tumultuous, turbulent, vehement, violent, impetuous

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. boisterousadjective

    Synonyms:
    noisy, tumultuous, turbulent, hoidenish, unrestrained, rude

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "boisterous":

    bustling

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#23805stormy
#24392uncontrolled
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#31151bustling
#32636bumpy
#37078agitated
#39424ferocious
#39613ruffled
#39714unruly
#40751uncontrollable
#47449cutthroat
#48392frenzied
#53753roused
#56945unrestrained
#59577scratchy
#60245boisterous
#62649disobedient
#68434gravelly
#74028jumpy
#76435vehement
#96709raspy
#101520rambunctious
#106455tempestuous
#118983wrathful
#127101intemperate
#133494pugnacious
#139637jolting
#147394rasping
#179979ungovernable
#191473knockabout
#241914approximative

How to use boisterous in a sentence?

  1. Tim Murtaugh:

    We take safety seriously, which is why were doing temperature checks for everyone attending, and providing masks and hand sanitizer. This will be a Trump rally, which means a big, boisterous, excited crowd.

  2. Jean de La Fontaine:

    To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism -- this is the art of living.

  3. Priya Wal:

    When you play a character, you put parts of you in it. But I am a very different person off-screen. I am not so boisterous and not so tomboyish, in fact my friends bully me and I am like a damsel in distress. When you do a TV show, you become the character as you end up spending 14-15 hours on the sets.

  4. Boston Harbor:

    The crowds are loud, boisterous, they love the marathon, they hang out, cheer. It's a good day for everybody.

  5. Donovon Brinson:

    I saw the beginning of the argument [between the girls], the girls were definitely getting really boisterous with each other and using belligerent terms. It's sad.


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