rough-house Synonyms
Strongest:
- joking
- tomfoolery
- roughhousing
- monkeying
- playfulness
- buffoonery
- funning
- horseplay
- hijinks
- skylarking
- clowning
Strong:
- silliness
- horsing-around
- slapstick
- high-jinks
- monkey-business
- monkeyshine-s-
- shenanigan-s-
- clownery
- foolery
Weak:
- roistering
- boisterousness
- roguery
- mischievousness
- jesting
- nonsense
- knavery
- merrymaking
- impishness
- deviltry
- waggery
- rambunctiousness
- roguishness
- gambolling
- rowdiness
- foolishness
- rumbustiousness
- frolicking
- rowdyism
- rascality
- sportiveness
- frivolity
- romping
- trickery
- clownishness
- gamboling
- devilry
- cavorting
- revelry
- prankishness
- childishness
- mischief
- sporting
rough-house Meaning
rough-house (v)
treat in a rough or boisterous manner
rough-house Sentence Examples
- The children's rambunctious play morphed into a chaotic rough-house.
- The two friends engaged in a friendly rough-house, laughing and jostling with abandon.
- The puppy's boisterous rough-house with the tennis ball left a trail of chewed-up pieces.
- The skaters' rough-house on the frozen pond filled the air with the sound of laughter and the scrape of blades.
- The audience roared as the wrestlers engaged in a fierce rough-house in the ring.
- The storm whipped the trees into a frenzy, their branches clashing in an eerie rough-house of nature.
- The neighborhood dogs' nightly rough-house often disturbed the sleep of the locals.
- The children's rough-house in the living room left the furniture in a state of disarray.
- The party guests became boisterous and engaged in a harmless rough-house that filled the dance floor.
- The waves crashed against the shoreline with a rough-house roar, sending plumes of salty spray into the air.
FAQs About the word rough-house
treat in a rough or boisterous manner
joking, tomfoolery,roughhousing, monkeying, playfulness, buffoonery, funning, horseplay, hijinks, skylarking
pet,pet, caress, caress, fondle, fondle, foster, pamper, nurture,coddle
The children's rambunctious play morphed into a chaotic rough-house.
The two friends engaged in a friendly rough-house, laughing and jostling with abandon.
The puppy's boisterous rough-house with the tennis ball left a trail of chewed-up pieces.
The skaters' rough-house on the frozen pond filled the air with the sound of laughter and the scrape of blades.
