1. boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly

noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

Example Sentences:
'a boisterous crowd'
'a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand'
'a robustious group of teenagers'
'beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings'
'an unruly class'

Synonyms

• boisterous
• rambunctious
• robustious
• rumbustious

2. disobedient, unruly

unwilling to submit to authority

Example Sentences:
'unruly teenagers'

Synonyms

• disobedient

3. indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly

of persons

Example Sentences:
'the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly'

Synonyms

• indocile
• uncontrollable
• ungovernable

Similar Words

• difficult
• unmanageable