as in boisterous
being rough or noisy in a high-spirited way
a rowdy but good-natured group of teenagers
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as in thug
a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang
rowdies had overtaken the neighborhood and were threatening people on the street
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Recent Examples of rowdy
Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
The Swamp is notoriously rowdy and spirited, but there’s still plenty for families to do in Gainesville, game day or not.
—Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
Typically, the focus would be on the boys themselves, and to his credit, director Tim Mielants has assembled an impressively rowdy gaggle of up-and-coming actors to play all the young dudes.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
The film is a feast of practical effects and unapologetic bad taste, designed to be enjoyed with rowdy crowds in packed theaters in the wee hours of the morning.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
The View has a long history of guests receiving sustained standing ovations — and Goldberg attempting to shush rowdy audience members.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
The Swamp is notoriously rowdy and spirited, but there’s still plenty for families to do in Gainesville, game day or not.
—Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
Typically, the focus would be on the boys themselves, and to his credit, director Tim Mielants has assembled an impressively rowdy gaggle of up-and-coming actors to play all the young dudes.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
The film is a feast of practical effects and unapologetic bad taste, designed to be enjoyed with rowdy crowds in packed theaters in the wee hours of the morning.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rowdy
Adjective
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Yamamoto froze outfielder Nathan Lukes with another fastball to leave the crowd, so boisterous only 24 hours earlier, searching for words.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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The project crystallized after Durst took a picture of a boisterous group of second graders singing.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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This haunting film was also his first collaboration with Hellboy’s Ron Perlman, who plays a thug out to get the beetle for his rich uncle.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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In The Big Lebowski, thugs mistake the titular slacker (Bridges) for the wealthy Jeffrey Lebowski, sending him on a wild investigation with his pal Walter (John Goodman) into a ransom plot involving Lebowski’s young wife (Tara Reid).—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Superstar Shohei Ohtani launched a two-run shot to cut the lead down to 11-4, but the momentum still appeared to be on the Blue Jays' side in a raucous Rogers Centre.—
Gabe Smallson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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And that all came into play in Game 1, as the Jays thrashed the Los Angeles Dodgers, 11-4, at a raucous Rogers Centre on Friday night.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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To suggest that another candidate’s supporters are criminals — particularly when that candidate is, by all measures, poised to win at least a plurality of votes in the city — does not seem like a recipe for earning New Yorkers’ support.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Binance also lacked protocols — standard for financial services companies — to report transactions for money laundering risks, according to the Justice Department, and employees were well aware that such an oversight would invite criminals to the platform.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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From there, Olympian water polo player Ashleigh Johnson assumes the roles of beloved figures such as Prince, Tommie Smith, Serena Williams, and Amanda Gorman as Public Enemy’s members trade bars over a rambunctious guitar loop.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
29 Oct. 2025
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Kitchen ran into a rambunctious group of rhesus macaques who decided to cause waves during her quiet kayak ride by cannonballing from the trees of Silver Springs State Park into the clear waters below.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Doing so with a CVS receipt-long injury list is all kinds of tough.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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The surge coincides with his tough on crime takeover of DC.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The question of how to manage Indiana's forests sparks some of the livelier and more contentious debates among local environmentalists.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
29 Oct. 2025
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Inside a converted warehouse (complete with an outdoor patio), the lively, family-friendly taproom serves creative small-batch brews, drawing a steady mix of locals and visitors.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Oct. 2025
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The story about a gangster in modern day Chicago is inspired by the repentance story of the fifth-century saint of the same name.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
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Newspapers reported that Doyle died because of a disagreement with Russian gangsters.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Rowdy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rowdy. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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