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Synonyms & Antonyms of robustious
being rough or noisy in a high-spirited way
- his buddies sent him off to the navy with many robustious and hearty toasts
Synonyms for robustious
- boisterous,
- hell-raising,
- knockabout,
- rambunctious,
- raucous,
- roisterous,
- rollicking,
- rowdy,
- rumbustious
- [chiefly British]
Words Related to robustious
- callithumpian,
- carnival,
- carnivalesque,
- larrikin
- [chiefly Australian],
- raffish,
- rampageous,
- riotous,
- rowdyish,
- ruffianly
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“Robustious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/robustious. Accessed 5 Oct. 2022.
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The first known use of robustious was circa 1548
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