Need another word that means the same as “rowdy”? Find 32 synonyms and 30 related words for “rowdy” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Rowdy” are: raucous, unruly, disorderly, obstreperous, riotous, unrestrained, undisciplined, unmanageable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, uncontrolled, disruptive, out of hand, out of control, rough, wild, turbulent, lawless, bully, hooligan, roughneck, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo, troublemaker, lout, thug, bully boy, hoodlum, brawler
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “rowdy” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| brawler | A person who engages in rough or noisy fights or quarrels, especially habitually. The brothers were known as drinkers and brawlers but not criminals. |
| bully | A cruel and brutal fellow. He is a ranting domineering bully. |
| bully boy | A hired thug. |
| hoodlum | A violent criminal or troublemaker; a hooligan or gangster. They were the professional gangsters of New York hoodlums and racketeers. |
| hooligan | A violent young troublemaker, typically one of a gang. A drunken hooligan. |
| lout | An uncouth and aggressive man or boy. Drunken louts. |
| roughneck | An oil rig worker. The usual roughnecks and gangsters. |
| ruffian | A cruel and brutal fellow. |
| tough | A rough and violent man. A gang of toughs. |
| troublemaker | A person who habitually causes difficulty or problems, especially by inciting others to defy those in authority. |
| yob | A cruel and brutal fellow. |
| yobo | A cruel and brutal fellow. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “rowdy” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| disorderly | Undisciplined and unruly. Disorderly youths. |
| disruptive | Causing or tending to cause disruption. Effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive. |
| lawless | Lax in enforcing laws. Lawless bands roaming the plains. |
| obstreperous | Noisily and stubbornly defiant. Obstreperous boys. |
| out of control | Directed outward or serving to direct something outward. |
| out of hand | Not allowed to continue to bat or run. |
| raucous | Making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise. A raucous party. |
| riotous | Unrestrained by convention or morality. Riotous living. |
| rough | Having or caused by an irregular surface. A few rough sketches. |
| turbulent | (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence. Her turbulent emotions. |
| uncontrollable | Of persons. Uncontrollable laughter. |
| uncontrolled | Not controlled. In mice the growth was uncontrolled and resembled cancer. |
| undisciplined | Lacking in discipline or control. Undisciplined talent. |
| ungovernable | Of persons. The country had become ungovernable. |
| unmanageable | Difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape. His behaviour was becoming unmanageable at home. |
| unrestrained | Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion. A display of unrestrained delight. |
| unruly | Of persons. Unruly teenagers. |
| wild | Produced from wild animals or plants without cultivation. Edible wild plants. |
| boisterous | (of weather or water) wild or stormy. A boisterous crowd. |
| burly | Muscular and heavily built. Had a tall burly frame. |
| cacophonous | Having an unpleasant sound- John McCarten. As cacophonous as a henyard. |
| chaotic | Relating to systems which exhibit chaos. The political situation was chaotic. |
| clamorous | Expressing or characterized by vehement protests or demands. The clamorous radical wing of the party. |
| commotion | Civil insurrection. They set off firecrackers to make a lot of commotion. |
| din | Make a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise. The sound dinned irritatingly into Marian s head. |
| disorderly | Involving or contributing to a breakdown of peaceful and law-abiding behaviour. His life was as disorderly as ever. |
| gruff | Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion. Robert s gruff no nonsense approach. |
| husky | (of a person) big and strong. Makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky. |
| jarring | Causing a physical shock, jolt, or vibration. The jarring noise of the iron gate scraping on the sidewalk. |
| loud | Used chiefly as a direction or description in music loud with force. The band played loudly. |
| noise | Make a lot of noise. They heard indistinct noises of people talking. |
| noisy | Full of or characterized by noise. A small noisy dog. |
| obstreperous | Noisily and stubbornly defiant. The boy is cocky and obstreperous. |
| pandemonium | Wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar. There was complete pandemonium everyone just panicked. |
| racket | A snowshoe resembling a racket. A squash racket. |
| rambunctious | Uncontrollably exuberant; boisterous. A social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand. |
| raucous | Disturbing the public peace; loud and rough. Raucous youths. |
| resistive | Able to withstand the action or effect of something. |
| 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. |
| tough | Physically toughened. A tough part of the town. |
| tumultuous | Making an uproar or loud, confused noise. The tumultuous years of his administration. |
| ungovernable | Impossible to control or govern. An ungovernable impulse to run away. |
| unkempt | Not properly maintained or cared for. Native vistas and unkempt rambling paths. |
| unruly | Disorderly and disruptive and not amenable to discipline or control. Kate tried to control her unruly emotions. |
| untidy | Not arranged neatly and in order. 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. A vociferous mob. |
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