roistering

Boisterous drunken merrymaking

Roistering means engaging in noisy, boisterous merrymaking—typically involving drinking and carousing.

The word suggests rowdy celebration with little regard for decorum: a band of roistering sailors on shore leave, roistering through the night at the tavern.

It carries an old-fashioned, literary flavor, evoking scenes of revelry from earlier centuries.

carousing

reveling

Lively, uninhibited celebration

wassailingFestive door-to-door singing
bacchanalWild drunken celebration
debaucheryExtreme indulgence in vices

spree · binge · pub-crawl · barhopping · drinking · boozing · tippling · quaffing · toasting · merrymaking

boisterous

rowdy

Noisily disorderly

raucousLoud and disorderly
rambunctiousUncontrollably lively and loud
uproariousExtremely and loudly comedic

riotous · loud · noisy · unruly · wild · roughhousing · swaggering · brash · obstreperous · clamorous

merriment

joviality

Hearty, convivial cheerfulness

revelryNoisy, lively celebration
gaietyLively, exuberant cheerfulness
jollityCheerful liveliness

mirth · frolic · exuberance · conviviality · lightheartedness · glee · fun · hilarity · cheerfulness · joyousness

celebration

festivity

Celebratory occasion or mood

galaFestive formal occasion
shindigBoisterous social gathering
bashForceful striking blow

blowout · jamboree · hootenanny · hoedown · wingding · clambake · fiesta · fete · rager · party

Opposites

behavioral energy and noise level

roisteringquiet

Lacking in sound

calm · peaceful · still · placid · tranquil

social propriety and restraint

roisteringrestrained

Held under control

demure · decorous · sedate · proper · dignified

mood and temperament

roisteringsolemn

Serious and dignified

grave · serious · somber · contemplative · meditative

Family

rustic, rusticity, roisterer, rusticate, roister

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