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rough-and-tumble

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of rough-and-tumble

hastily or roughly constructed

  • the announcement of his candidacy was made from a rough-and-tumble stage put together just that morning
Synonyms of rough-and-tumble

artless, clumsy, crude, jerry-built, jerry-rigged, jury-rigged, rough, rough-and-ready, rough-hewn, rude, unrefined
Words Related to rough-and-tumble

defective, faulty, flawed, imperfect

imprecise, inexact

inartistic, undressed, unfinished, unpolished, unworked

amateur, amateurish, inexpert, unprofessional, unskilled, unskillful

primitive, rudimentary

unshaped, unshapen
Near Antonyms of rough-and-tumble

faultless, finished, flawless, meticulous, perfect, perfected, polished, well-done

adept, adroit, dexterous (also dextrous), expert, masterful, masterly, neat, practiced (also practised), skillful, workmanlike

artful, artistic, sophisticated

exact, precise
Antonyms of rough-and-tumble

refined

rough-and-tumble

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of rough-and-tumble

a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people

  • a rough-and-tumble broke out among the fans in the stands
Synonyms of rough-and-tumble

affray [chiefly British], brawl, broil, donnybrook, fracas, fray, free-for-all, melee (also mêlée), row, ruckus, ruction
Words Related to rough-and-tumble

battle, clash, combat, conflict, contest, fisticuffs, handgrips, hassle, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, skirmish, struggle, tussle

horseplay, roughhousing

altercation, argument, dispute, kickup, quarrel, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle

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