Dictionary Entry

boisterous

boisterous is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 7 senses

Definitions

1adjective
Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful.
2adjective
Exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy turbulence; violent; rough; stormy.
3adjective
Noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior.
4adjective
Vehement; excessive.
5adjective
violently agitated and turbulent- Ezra Pound
"boisterous winds and waves"
"the fierce thunders roar me their music"
Synonyms
fierce rough
6adjective
noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
"a boisterous crowd"
"a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"
Synonyms
rambunctious robustious rumbustious unruly
7adjective
full of rough and exuberant animal spirits
"boisterous practical jokes"
"knockabout comedy"
Synonyms
knockabout

Synonyms

fierce rough rambunctious robustious rumbustious unruly knockabout

Common word forms

boisterously boisterousness

Words from these letters

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