| ADJECTIVE | all | boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly | noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline |
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| all | boisterous, knockabout | full of rough and exuberant animal spirits | |
| all | boisterous, fierce, rough | violently agitated and turbulent |
| Sounds | boy'sterahs; boy'strahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline. | |
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| Example | "a boisterous crowd" | |
| Synonyms | rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly | |
| Broader | disorderly | undisciplined and unruly |
| Spanish | borrascoso | |
| Nouns | boisterousness | the property of being noisy and lively and unrestrained / unrestrained |
| Meaning | Full of rough and exuberant animal spirits. | |
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| Example | "boisterous practical jokes" | |
| Synonym | knockabout | |
| Broader | spirited | Displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness |
| Spanish | alborotador, ruidoso | |
| Adverbs | boisterously | in a carefree / carefree manner |
| Meaning | violently agitated and turbulent. | |
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| Example | "boisterous winds and waves" | |
| Synonyms | fierce, rough | |
| Broader | stormy | (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms / storms or commotion |
| Spanish | borrascoso, turbulento | |
| Catalan | borrascós, turbulent | |
| Nouns | boisterousness | a turbulent and stormy state of the sea |
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