Synonyms and Antonyms of rumbustious
- while American university debates tend to be sedate affairs, their counterparts in Oxford are wholeheartedly rumbustious
callithumpian, carnival, carnivalesque, larrikin [chiefly Australian], raffish, rampageous, raucous, riotous, rowdyish, ruffianly
stormy, tempestuous, turbulent, violent
headstrong, intractable, obstreperous, recalcitrant, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, undisciplined, ungovernable, uninhibited, unmanageable, unreserved, unrestrained, unruly, wild, willful (or wilful)
bubbly, buoyant, effervescent, exuberant, high-spirited, impassioned, lively, sprightly, vivacious
clamorous, loudmouthed, noisy, openmouthed, rackety, strident, vociferous
sedate, sober, solemn, somber (or sombre), staid
decorous, dignified, proper, seemly
calm, hushed, noiseless, peaceful, placid, quiet, restrained, serene, silent, soundless, tranquil
collected, composed, constrained, controlled, imperturbable, inhibited, repressed, self-controlled, unflappable, unruffled
moderate, reasonable, subdued, temperate
impassive, phlegmatic, stoic (or stoical), stolid