RAMBUNCTIOUS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for RAMBUNCTIOUS?

Need another word that means the same as “rambunctious”? Find 13 synonyms and 30 related words for “rambunctious” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Rambunctious” are: boisterous, robustious, rumbustious, unruly, unrestrained, irrepressible, exuberant, uproarious, rollicking, rackety, noisy, loud, clamorous

Rambunctious as an Adjective

Definitions of "Rambunctious" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “rambunctious” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Uncontrollably exuberant; boisterous.
• Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline.

Synonyms of "Rambunctious" as an adjective (13 Words)

boisterous	(of weather or water) wild or stormy. Boisterous winds and waves.
clamorous	Making a loud and confused noise. A jostling clamorous mob.
exuberant	Produced or growing in extreme abundance. A noisy bunch of exuberant youngsters.
irrepressible	Not able to be controlled or restrained. A great shout of irrepressible laughter.
loud	Used chiefly as a direction or description in music loud with force. They were kept awake by loud music.
noisy	Full of or characterized by noise. A noisy sweater.
rackety	Uncontrollably noisy.
robustious	(of a person or their manner) strongly assertive or boisterous. A robustious and swaggering fellow.
rollicking	Exuberantly lively and amusing. This is all good rollicking fun.
rumbustious	Boisterous or unruly. Beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings.
unrestrained	Not restrained or restricted. A display of unrestrained delight.
unruly	Incapable of being controlled. The little boy s parents think he is spirited but his teacher finds him unruly.
uproarious	Uncontrollably noisy. Uproarious stories.

Usage Examples of "Rambunctious" as an adjective

• A rambunctious tyke.
• A social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand.

Associations of "Rambunctious" (30 Words)

boisterous	Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline. Boisterous practical jokes.
cacophonous	Having an unpleasant sound. The cacophonous sound of slot machines.
cacophony	A harsh discordant mixture of sounds. A cacophony of deafening alarm bells.
chaotic	Of or relating to a sensitive dependence on initial conditions. The political situation was chaotic.
clamorous	Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry. A clamorous uproar.
commotion	A state of confused and noisy disturbance. She was distracted by a commotion across the street.
din	Make a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise. The fans made an awful din.
disorderly	Involving or contributing to a breakdown of peaceful and law-abiding behaviour. A disorderly pile of books.
insubordinate	Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority. Insubordinate boys.
jarring	Making or causing a harsh and irritating sound. The telephone struck a jarring note in those Renaissance surroundings.
messy	Generating or involving mess. Stripping wallpaper can be a messy time consuming job.
noisy	Attracting attention by showiness or bright colors. The pub was crowded and noisy.
obstreperous	Boisterously and noisily aggressive. Kept up an obstreperous clamor.
pandemonium	Wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar. There was complete pandemonium everyone just panicked.
racket	Hit a ball with a racket. A squash racket.
ramshackle	In deplorable condition. A ramshackle cottage.
raucous	Making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise. A raucous party.
recalcitrant	A person with an obstinately uncooperative attitude. A class of recalcitrant fifteen year olds.
resistive	Of or concerning electrical resistance.
rowdy	Noisy and disorderly. It was a rowdy but good natured crowd.
ruffian	A violent criminal or troublemaker.
strident	Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f’, `s’, `z’, or `th’ in both `thin’ and `then. Public pronouncements on the crisis became less strident.
tumultuous	Making an uproar or loud, confused noise. A tumultuous personal life.
uncontrollable	Impossible to repress or control. Uncontrollable pain.
ungovernable	Of persons. The country had become ungovernable.
unkempt	Not neatly combed. Native vistas and unkempt rambling paths.
unruly	Incapable of being controlled. Unruly teenagers.
untidy	Not neat and tidy. She was chronically untidy and her clothes lay where she had dropped them.
vagrancy	The state of living as a vagrant; homelessness. A descent into vagrancy and drug abuse.
vociferous	Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry. He was a vociferous opponent of the takeover.