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robustious

adjective

rō-ˈbəs-chəs How to pronounce robustious (audio)
Definition of robustiousnext
as in boisterous
being rough or noisy in a high-spirited way his buddies sent him off to the navy with many robustious and hearty toasts

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for robustious
  1. boisterous
  2. raucous
  3. rambunctious
  4. rowdy
  5. rumbustious
  6. noisy
  7. rollicking
Adjective
  • Unlike regular golf tournaments, the first tee is boisterous with a flag-waving crowd and music.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The result is a boisterous, exhausting drama that struggles to balance trauma, satire and the painful legacy of Black sitcom fame.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of boisterous
Adjective
  • Nico Hoerner got the Cubs’ only hit off King with a one-out infield single in the seventh, but King racked up two more strikeouts to earn the last of several standing ovations from the raucous sellout crowd watching his third career playoff start.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The Braves have earned an extra-large advantage by taking the first game before a raucous afternoon crowd at Truist.
    — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of raucous
Adjective
  • Sunny, a rambunctious Portuguese water dog that President Barack Obama got at the start of his second term in the White House, died Tuesday at the age of 13, Obama announced.
    — Amy B Wang, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2026
  • When her beloved dog Krypto is poisoned, Kara teams with a vengeful teen (Eve Ridley) and a rambunctious bounty hunter (Jason Momoa) to hunt down the vicious outlaw responsible.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of rambunctious
Adjective
  • Authorities are urging people to avoid an herbal extract found during their investigations into the deaths of two students – one on and one off campus – at the University of Mississippi following a rowdy weekend centered on a major football rivalry.
    — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Usually the bar is a rowdy reprieve filled with sweaty bodies and pounding bass lines, with Lo situated behind the DJ decks.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of rowdy
Adjective
  • The movie is both exquisite and rumbustious, stylized and energized.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 May 2022
  • Still, there’s a lot of pleasing vitality to this great American story about how clever brewers took an ancient idea and unlocked an unheard-of range of innovations with a combination of capitalist energy and rumbustious creativity.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 18 Apr. 2021
Definition of rumbustious
Adjective
  • The world is too noisy; therefore, people are less perceptive.
    — Josh Zajdman, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026
  • For spring/summer 2027, pastels were used to regulate noisier silhouettes and prints, and as a check on volume and pattern, as opposed to being chosen as a soft, safe default.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of noisy
Adjective
  • Murphy then appeared on stage to a rollicking standing ovation and made his way to his place at the dais toward the back of the room.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Those self-aware lyrics are paired with breezy melody and a gently rollicking rhythm, making this feel like a freewheeling summertime favorite.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2026
Definition of rollicking
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“Robustious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/robustious. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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