Synonyms for boisterous
ˈbɔɪ stər əs, -strəs

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly(adj)

   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, knockabout(adj)

   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, rough(adj)

   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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. boisterous

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. boisterous

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

   Antonyms:
   peaceful, calm, serene, selfpossessed

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. boisterous(a.)

   Synonyms:
   roaring, loud, stormy

2. boisterous(a.)

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. boisterous(a)

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   bustling

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How to use boisterous in a sentence?

1. Lynn Calvacca:

   Everyone in that building is afraid, when you have somebody who’s a large man, boisterous, loud — he pretty much convinces or scares anyone he’s with to get his way.

2. William Ellery Channing:

   Innocent amusements are such as excite moderately, and such as produce a cheerful frame of mind, not boisterous mirth; such as refresh, instead of exhausting, the system; such as recur frequently, rather than continue long; such as send us back to our daily duties invigorated in body and spirit; such as we can partake of in the presence and society of respectable friends; such as consist with and are favorable to a grateful piety; such as are chastened by self-respect, and are accompanied with the consciousness that life has a higher end than to be amused.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Thomas Jefferson:

   The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

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