Synonyms for obstreperous
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Loud — attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; boisterous
loud, vociferous, clamorous, noisy, uproarious, boisterous, blustering, tumultuous, brawling, turbulent, blatant, strident
2. Truculent — stubbornly defiant; disobedient; resistant to authority or control (whether in a noisy manner or not)
truculent, ornery, unruly, recalcitrant, uncooperative, defiant, intractable, refractory, stubborn, restive
Other
obstropulous slang dated UK
Definitions
- adj. 1
Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; boisterous.
- adj. 2
Stubbornly defiant; disobedient; resistant to authority or control (whether in a noisy manner or not).
Related words
- Word family
- obstreperosity obstreperously
Example sentences
- loud She carried on talking in spite of the loud noise.
- noisy It was so noisy that I couldn't make myself heard.
- vociferous He's not the most convincing, just the most vociferous.
- ornery Don't be so ornery. Just do what you're told to do.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| obstreperous | steady | |
| loud | rising | |
| noisy | rising | |
| vociferous | steady | |
| clamorous | steady | |
| ornery | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- loud1
- 5 letters
- noisy2
- 6 letters
- unruly3, ornery3
- 7 letters
- blatant2, defiant3, restive2
- 8 letters
- stubborn2, strident2, brawling2
- 9 letters
- turbulent3, truculent3, clamorous
- 10 letters
- tumultuous4, boisterous3, refractory4, vociferous4, uproarious, blustering3
- 11 letters
- intractable4
- 12 letters
- recalcitrant4, obstropulous
- 13 letters
- uncooperative6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (noisy2 = 2 syllables).