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

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1. boisterous

   Antonyms:
   calm, collected, composed, cool, dispassionate, imperturbable, peaceful, placid, quiet, sedate, self-possessed, serene, smooth, still, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled

   Synonyms:
   agitated, disturbed, excited, fierce, frantic, frenzied, furious, heated, passionate, raging, roused, ruffled, stormy, turbulent, violent, wild, wrathful

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1. boisterous

   Antonyms:
   peaceful, calm, serene, selfpossessed

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

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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"

   Antonyms:
   orderly, spiritless, calm

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

2. boisterous, knockaboutadjective

   full of rough and exuberant animal spirits

   "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy"

   Antonyms:
   orderly, spiritless, calm

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

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"

   Antonyms:
   calm, orderly, spiritless

   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

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1. boisterousadjective

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

How to use boisterous in a sentence?

1. Sanna Marin:

   I spent a night with my friends. We just partied, also in a boisterous way. I danced and sang.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Sanna Marin:

   These videos are private and filmed in a private space. I resent that these became known to the public, i spent a night with my friends. We just partied, also in a boisterous way. I danced and sang.

5. 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.

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