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Synonyms & Antonyms of roisterous
being rough or noisy in a high-spirited way
- students were told that it was possible to have a roisterous victory celebration without resorting to violence
Synonyms for roisterous
- boisterous,
- hell-raising,
- knockabout,
- rambunctious,
- raucous,
- robustious,
- rollicking,
- rowdy,
- rumbustious
- [chiefly British]
Words Related to roisterous
- callithumpian,
- carnival,
- carnivalesque,
- larrikin
- [chiefly Australian],
- raffish,
- rampageous,
- riotous,
- rowdyish,
- ruffianly
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“Roisterous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roisterous. Accessed 7 Oct. 2022.
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