Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | noisy and mischievous |
| Synonyms: | bouncy, brawling, clamorous, disorderly, effervescent, impetuous, loud, obstreperous, rambunctious, raucous, riotous, rollicking, rowdy, strident, tumultous/tumultuous, unrestrained, unruly, uproarious, vociferant, vociferous, wild |
| Antonyms: | calm, quiet, restrained, silent |
| Main Entry: | disorderly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | causing trouble; unlawful |
| Synonyms: | boisterous, disobedient, disruptive, drunk, fractious, indisciplined, intemperate, noisy, obstreperous, off-base, on-a-tear, out-of-line, out-of-order, raucous, rebellious, refractory, riotous, rowdy, stormy, termagant, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, uncompliant, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, wayward |
| Antonyms: | behaved, conforming, disciplined, manageable, orderly, well-behaved |
| Main Entry: | fierce |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | violent, menacing |
| Synonyms: | angry, animal, ape, awful, barbarous, bloodthirsty, blustery, boisterous, bold, brutal, brutish, cruel, cutthroat, dangerous, enraged, fell, feral, ferocious, fiery, flipped, frightening, furious, horrible, howling, impetuous, infuriated, intense, malevolent, malign, murderous, passionate, powerful, primitive, raging, raving, relentless, savage, stormy, strong, tempestuous, terrible, threatening, tigerish, truculent, tumultous/tumultuous, uncontrollable, untamed, vehement, venomous, vicious, wild |
| Antonyms: | calm, gentle, kind, meek, nonviolent, peaceful, tame, tender, unthreatening |
| Main Entry: | fun |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good, happy |
| Synonyms: | amusing, boisterous, convivial, diverting, enjoyable, entertaining, lively, merry, pleasant, witty |
| Antonyms: | bad, sad, unfun, unhappy, woeful |
| Main Entry: | furious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stormy, turbulent |
| Synonyms: | agitated, blustering, blustery, boisterous, concentrated, excessive, exquisite, extreme, fierce, flaming, impetuous, intense, intensified, raging, rampageous, rough, savage, tempestuous, terrible, tumultous/tumultuous, ungovernable, unrestrained, vehement, vicious, violent, wild |
| Antonyms: | calm, mild, moderate, peaceful, quiet |
| Main Entry: | gruff |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad-tempered, rude |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, bearish, blunt, boisterous, boorish, brusque, churlish, crabbed, crabby, crude, crusty, curt, discourteous, dour, fierce, grouchy, grumpy*, ill-natured, impolite, morose, nasty, offhand, rough, saturnine, short, snappy, snippy, sour, sullen, surly, truculent, uncivil, ungracious, unmannerly |
| Antonyms: | even-tempered, happy, nice, polite |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heavy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, severe |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, acroamatic, arduous, boisterous, burdensome, complex, complicated, confused, effortful, esoteric, formidable, grave, grievous, hard, harsh, intolerable, knotty, labored, laborious, onerous, oppressive, profound, recondite, rough, serious, solemn, stormy, strenuous, tedious, tempestuous, toilsome, tough, troublesome, turbulent, vexatious, violent, wearisome, weighty, wild |
| Antonyms: | easy, inconsequential, insignificant, trivial, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | hectic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | frantic, turbulent |
| Synonyms: | animated, boisterous, burning, chaotic, confused, disordered, excited, exciting, fervid, fevered, feverish, flurrying, flustering, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hassle, heated, hell broke loose, jungle*, madhouse, nutsy, restless, riotous, rip-roaring, tumultuous, unsettled, wild, woolly, zoolike |
| Antonyms: | calm, easeful, leisurely, unhurried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | high |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very happy |
| Synonyms: | boisterous, bouncy, cheerful, elated, excited, exhilarated, exuberant, joyful, lighthearted, merry, psyched, pumped |
| Antonyms: | depressed, down, low, upset |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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