English adjective: boisterous | |||
| 1. | boisterous noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline | ||
| Samples | A boisterous crowd. A social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand. A robustious group of teenagers. Beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings. An unruly class. | ||
| Synonyms | rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly | ||
| Similar | disorderly | ||
| Antonyms | orderly | ||
| 2. | boisterous full of rough and exuberant animal spirits | ||
| Samples | Boisterous practical jokes. Knockabout comedy. | ||
| Synonyms | knockabout | ||
| Similar | spirited | ||
| Antonyms | spiritless | ||
| 3. | boisterous violently agitated and turbulent | ||
| Samples | Boisterous winds and waves. The fierce thunders roar me their music. Rough weather. Rough seas. | ||
| Synonyms | fierce, rough | ||
| Similar | stormy | ||
| Antonyms | calm | ||