ROISTERING Synonyms: 101 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in boisterous

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noun

as in merrymaking

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verb

present participle of roister

as in carousing

to take part in drunken revelry the earl's wastrel son had spent the best part of his youth roistering and gambling

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Adjective

Over six weeks of World Cup play, boisterous watch parties strengthened that claim, helping draw more than 900,000 visits downtown.

— Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 19 July 2026
That includes Ghana, which received a boisterous welcome to KC after arriving here for its Round-of-32 match against Colombia.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026

Definition of boisterous

Noun

Nor did great merrymaking surround its 2001 move to pioneer quantitative easing.

— William Pesek, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Once ground was completely covered with shards of tableware, folks journeyed from their seats into the center of the room for more dancing and merrymaking.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 June 2026

Definition of merrymaking

Verb

Three sitting rooms are complemented by a further three members’ social spaces for carousing in, concealed behind a subtle screen (here, DJs including Goldierocks make appearances, and mobile snaps are banned; staff politely place a sticker over mobile camera lenses).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026
The team were meek in defeat, but after a weekend carousing and communing in central London, Newcastle fans arrived at Wembley with a collective hangover.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026

Definition of carousing

Adjective

Silent and purposeful, the pelicans cut through a raucous chaos of gulls at the end of the wharf and glided on into the marsh.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Instead of capping raucous Bastille Day celebrations in France with a trip to the World Cup final, Deschamps and his squad will travel to Miami to play in the third-place game.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of raucous

Noun

All of it comes together in their new album in a rich symphonic display that creates tension, emotion, introspection, and revelry and that tells a deep narrative through sound, one that even the addition of lyrics couldn’t improve on.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 July 2026
Egypt won in penalties as well to join Mexico and Norway in newfound revelry.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of revelry

Verb

People can get the stomach bug by eating and drinking food and water contaminated with poop.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
Alcohol disrupts sleep, but drinking earlier may give your body more time to process it before bedtime, reducing its impact on sleep quality.

— Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 17 July 2026

Definition of drinking

Adjective

Recounting her boyfriend calling the police on her during their fraught break-up, the chorus rings out over rowdy snares like a brutal playground taunt.

— Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
This is not a hotel for energetic daytime activities or rowdy nights at the bar.

— Jonathan Samuels, TheWeek, 17 July 2026

Definition of rowdy

Noun

Photographer Phil Oh captures the drama and frivolity in Paris as designers present their latest couture collections.

— Phil Oh, Vogue, 7 July 2026
There is also a modular set so that the party literally shifts and revolves and let the audience perceive the frivolities from multiple perspectives.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026

Definition of frivolity

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