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

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

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

There are certainly fans and pundits who feel that anything short of a title shouldn’t be celebrated in sports, and some who think carousing over anything less is especially beneath the Yankees, who have won 27 World Series but zero since 2009.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of carousing

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

Noun

He was asked in the postgame revelry about the Chiefs’ 3-0 start after finishing 6-11 last season.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026
Here, with so many cities, brewpubs and restaurants embracing this tradition, the revelry goes on for six weeks, from mid-September right up to Halloween.

— Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of revelry

Verb

Haymitch has a supporting role in the original franchise, appearing as the disillusioned, hard-drinking mentor of Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen.

— Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026
Doe had been drinking before arriving at the fraternity house to meet a friend, according to the civil lawsuit.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of drinking

Adjective

Not to mention her infamously rowdy rooftop interview at the 1995 VMAs, throwing shade with Courtney Love and Kurt Loder.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of rowdy

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