Roister

/ˈɹɔɪstə/

Synonyms for "roister" (69 found)

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Closest matches (14)

bluffblusterbluster and bluffbouncebragbullycarousecelebratecreate a disturbancecreate a riotcut loose

Strong matches (21)

debauchdissipatefrolicgambolgasconadego berserkhectorhell aroundintimidatejollifyjollylarklet golet looselet off steammake a commotionmake an adomake merrymake troublemake whoopee
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Related words (34)

paint the town redrageraise a ruckusraise a rumpusraise a stormraise hellrantraverevelriotroilrollickrun amokrun riotrun wildsee lifeskylarkslangsplutterspree
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Verb(3 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

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More general

11 entries
boisterous behaviorjollifymake happymake merrymake whoopeemerrymakingnoisy celebrationracketrevelwassailwhoop it up

More specific

3 entries
carousingdrinking spreestreet party

Collocations

6 entries
boisterous celebrationmerrymaking sessionnoisy revelryroistering crewroistering partyroistering spree

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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Then Elzevir cried out angrily, 'Silence. Are you mad, or has the liquor mastered you? Are you Revenue-men that you dare shout and roister? or contrabandiers with the lugger in the offing, and your life in your hand. You make noise enough to wake folk in Moonfleet from their beds.'

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He loved Rick and gave the best years of his life, now to roistering with him, now to hanging on to his coat-tails.

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He now suspected that the grave roysters of the mountain had put a trick on him, and having dosed him with liquor, had robbed him of his gun.

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The youth who had joined the roisters, was apparently about eighteen[…]

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