Synonyms of running riot

running riot

phrase

present participle of run riot

as in acting out

to behave badly

Students were running riot at yesterday's tailgate.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• acting out
• carrying on
• raising Cain
• disobeying
• acting up
• misconducting
• rebelling
• misbehaving
• kidding (around)
• cutting up
• horsing around
• clowning (around)
• fooling around
• showing off
• roughhousing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obeying
• conducting
• acting
• bearing
• quitting
• demeaning
• handling
• containing
• complying
• conforming
• controlling
• moving
• checking
• collecting
• restraining
• inhibiting
• acquitting
• composing
• curbing
• comporting
• deporting
• constraining
• quieting
• repressing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of running riot

There was also a strong reaction after the first 6-0 defeat of Parkinson’s managerial career a couple of years later, Bristol City running riot at Valley Parade to clinch promotion from League One in April 2015. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026