rowdy
Rough and disorderly
Rowdy describes noisy, rough, or disorderly behavior, often involving boisterous energy that disrupts order: a rowdy crowd, rowdy fans.
A rowdy person or rowdy (noun) causes such disturbances.
The word carries less menace than violent but more than merely loud—it suggests unruly behavior that might tip into trouble: Things got rowdy after midnight.
Openly resisting control
- unrulyDifficult to control
- insubordinateDefying rightful authority
- disobedientRefusing to follow orders
- unmanageableImpossible to control
ungovernable · recalcitrant · mutinous · wayward · incorrigible · undisciplined · willful · obstinate
High in volume
- raucousLoud and disorderly
- rambunctiousUncontrollably lively and loud
- noisyProducing much sound
- uproariousExtremely and loudly comedic
clamorous · vociferous · riotous · obstreperous · rumbustious · ruckus · commotion · uproar
Violent young troublemaker
- roughneckOil platform laborer
- ruffianViolent, lawless person
- troublemakerOne who creates discord
- delinquentFailing in duty
thug · yob · lout · brawler · vandal · punk · rioter · agitator
Uncontrollably lively and loud
- boisterousNoisily cheerful and energetic
- high-spiritedFull of lively energy
- mischievousPlayfully causing trouble
- playfulInclined toward fun
exuberant · energetic · frisky · frolicsome · spirited · lively · rascally · impish
Disorderly group fight
- meleeDisordered group skirmish
- fracasNoisy disorderly fight
- scuffleBrief disorderly struggle
- riotViolent public disturbance
disturbance · altercation · skirmish · clash · fight · tussle · fray · donnybrook
Noisy, lively celebration
- carousingBoisterous drinking spree
- merrymakingLively, cheerful celebration
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- bashForceful striking blow
shindig · rager · blowout · bacchanal · bender · debauchery · wassail · hootenanny
defiant
Openly resisting control
- unrulyDifficult to control
- insubordinateDefying rightful authority
- disobedientRefusing to follow orders
unmanageable · ungovernable · recalcitrant · mutinous · wayward · incorrigible · undisciplined · willful · obstinate · contrary
loud
High in volume
- raucousLoud and disorderly
- rambunctiousUncontrollably lively and loud
- noisyProducing much sound
uproarious · clamorous · vociferous · riotous · obstreperous · rumbustious · ruckus · commotion · uproar · racket
hooligan
Violent young troublemaker
- roughneckOil platform laborer
- ruffianViolent, lawless person
- troublemakerOne who creates discord
delinquent · thug · yob · lout · brawler · vandal · punk · rioter · agitator · larrikin
rambunctious
Uncontrollably lively and loud
- boisterousNoisily cheerful and energetic
- high-spiritedFull of lively energy
- mischievousPlayfully causing trouble
playful · exuberant · energetic · frisky · frolicsome · spirited · lively · rascally · impish · prankish
brawl
Disorderly group fight
riot · disturbance · altercation · skirmish · clash · fight · tussle · fray · donnybrook · roughhousing
revelry
Noisy, lively celebration
- carousingBoisterous drinking spree
- merrymakingLively, cheerful celebration
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
bash · shindig · rager · blowout · bacchanal · bender · debauchery · wassail · hootenanny · hoedown
- bar patronsregular, local, barfly, drunk, bartender
- crowd adjectivespacked, dense, massive, huge, enormous
- Rascalsrascal, imp, scamp, scallywag, scalawag
- troublemakerstroublemaker, rascals, delinquents, imps, brats
- brawlersbrawler, bruiser, fighter, scrapper, street fighter
- carnivalparade, costume, float, ferris wheel, roller coaster
rowdyorderly
Arranged with care
well-behaved · disciplined · restrained · controlled · decorous
- in a rowIn unbroken succession
- front rowNearest tier of seats
- back rowSeating furthest from front
- death rowHousing for condemned prisoners
- ducks in a row
- row housesAdjoining homes sharing side walls
row, rowdiness, rowdiest, rowdies, rowdier, rowdyism, rowdily