Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disorderly, rowdy |
| Synonyms: | avid, berserk, boisterous, chaotic, crazed, crazy, eager, enthusiastic, extravagant, flighty, foolhardy, foolish, giddy, hysterical, impetuous, impracticable, imprudent, incautious, irrational, lawless, licentious, mad, madcap, noisy, nuts, outrageous, preposterous, profligate, rabid, rash, raving, reckless, riotous, rough, self-willed, turbulent, unbridled, uncontrolled, undisciplined, unfettered, ungovernable, unmanageable, unrestrained, unruly, uproarious, violent, wayward |
| Antonyms: | behaved, controllable, manageable, orderly |
| Main Entry: | tumultuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
| Synonyms: | agitated, boisterous, clamorous, disorderly, disturbed, excited, fierce, hectic, irregular, lawless, noisy, obstreperous, passionate, raging, rambunctious, raucous, restless, riotous, rowdy, rowdydowdy, rumbustious, stormy, termagant, turbulent, unrestrained, unruly, uproarious, violent, vociferous, wild |
| Notes: | tumult applies only to people, while turmoil is confusion and agitation for people and things; tumultuous can describe things and people |
| Antonyms: | calm, orderly, peaceful |
| Main Entry: | dithyrambic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrestrained |
| Synonyms: | boisterous, elevated, euphoric, wild |
| Main Entry: | unreserved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | outspoken |
| Synonyms: | boisterous, loud, outgoing, uninhibited |
| Main Entry: | uproarious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very funny |
| Synonyms: | boisterous, clamorous, confused, hilarious, loud, noisy, obstreperous, turbulent, wild |
| Antonyms: | solemn, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | roaring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | loud |
| Synonyms: | big*, blaring, blatant, blustering, boisterous, booming, cacophonous, clamorous, crashing, deafening, deep, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, earsplitting, emphatic, forte, full, full-mouthed, fulminating, heavy*, high-sounding, intense, loud-voiced, lusty, obstreperous, pealing, piercing, powerful, rambunctious, raucous, resonant, resounding, ringing, rowdy, sonorous, stentorian, strident, strong, thundering, tumultuous, turbulent, turned up, uproarious, vehement, vociferous, wakes the dead |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | roiled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough |
| Synonyms: | agitated, blustering, blustery, boisterous, buffeting, cacophonous, choppy, coarse, dirty, discordant, dry, furious, grating, gruff, harsh, heavy*, hoarse, husky, inclement, inharmonious, jarring, raging, rasping, raucous, roily, rugged, squally, stormy, stridulent, tempestuous, tumultous/tumultuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly*, unmusical, violent, wild |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | roily |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough |
| Synonyms: | agitated, blustering, blustery, boisterous, buffeting, cacophonous, choppy, coarse, dirty, discordant, dry, furious, grating, gruff, harsh, heavy*, hoarse, husky, inclement, inharmonious, jarring, raging, rasping, raucous, roiled, rugged, squally, stormy, stridulent, tempestuous, tumultous/tumultuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly*, unmusical, violent, wild |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rough-and-tumble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough |
| Synonyms: | agitated, blustering, blustery, boisterous, buffeting, cacophonous, choppy, coarse, discordant, dry, furious, grating, gruff, harsh, hoarse, husky, inclement, inharmonious, jarring, knockabout, raging, rasping, raucous, rugged, squally, strenuous, stridulent, tempestuous, tough*, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, unmusical, wild |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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