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Synonyms of roughhousing
(Entry 1 of 2)
wildly playful or mischievous behavior
- roughhousing was simply part of growing up in a family with four boys
Synonyms for roughhousing
Words Related to roughhousing
- boisterousness,
- rambunctiousness,
- rowdiness,
- rowdyism,
- rumbustiousness
- [chiefly British]
roughhousing
verbpresent participle of roughhouse
Synonyms & Antonyms of roughhousing (Entry 2 of 2)
1
as in wrestling
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for roughhousing
- bashing,
- battering,
- beating,
- buffeting,
- drubbing,
- lambasting,
- licking,
- pommeling
- (or pommelling),
- pounding,
- pummeling
- (also pummelling),
- slapping,
- thrashing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for roughhousing
2
as in joyriding, skylarking
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for roughhousing
- carousing,
- reveling
- (or revelling),
- roistering
- curvetting
- (or curveting),
- dancing,
- prancing
- capering,
- cavorting,
- disporting,
- frisking,
- frolicking,
- gamboling
- (or gambolling),
- larking,
- rollicking,
- romping,
- sporting
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for roughhousing
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