roistering 1 of 3

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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roistering

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adjective

roistering

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noun

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roistering
Adjective
  • The team, after all, is 13-1-3 at home this season — and throughout its four-season tenure has a remarkable home record furnished by one of the most beautifully boisterous fanbases in all of MLS.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2025
  • My version is joyous chaos, filled with boisterous friends, rarely featuring a turkey, often ending with cake.
    Editors of Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Their everlasting merrymaking might seem warm and fuzzy at first glance, but in truth, there is a gloomy undercurrent to their existence, hiding just beneath the surface.
    Tomris Laffly, Variety, 25 May 2025
  • Alternatively, the Perry Lane Hotel, as well as the brand-new, Ann Savannah, will put you in the heart of the merrymaking.
    Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But the fact that the Hoosiers could go into a raucous environment like Autzen Stadium and beat the Ducks by double digits without their quarterback being a superhero says a lot about their overall talent level.
    Dane Brugler, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • On Wednesday, Blue Jays teammates waxed poetic about Scherzer, who is slated to make his 26th career postseason start in front of a raucous T-Mobile Park crowd.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For Slingerland, drinking alcohol and getting drunk are important to human well-being and complex societies.
    Big Think, Big Think, 15 Oct. 2025
  • One of the passengers had shown Matney a cell phone video in which everyone on the boat was drinking and Paul was steering the boat.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Before long, Norm had a crew — The Invisibles— a rowdy group of personified conditions who blow off steam at a biker bar.
    David Soren, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • There also are those worried about player and staff safety as rowdy revelers stomp onto the field.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For all the revelry, there was a tough, discursive seriousness in the approach that Lang and O’Hara took to their labors in the late forties and early fifties.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Thirty-two in-person bands were scheduled to join in the revelry Sunday, organizers said, with 11 from Massachusetts and others from Seattle to New Orleans to Minneapolis.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Colts’ offense is absolutely humming.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The protagonist’s diabolical plot is fuelled by an unmanageable tangle of emotions, including raging jealousy, mercenary self-interest, and resentment of Eileen’s professional and intellectual accomplishments, which sparks shame at her own cosseted frivolity.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
  • For the forgiving, these simulcasts have insights and frivolities each Monday.
    Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Roistering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roistering. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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