LARRIKIN Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

larrikin

adjective

Definition of larrikin

chiefly Australian

as in raffish

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Adjective

And then there's a top-of-his-game Chevy Chase as a devil-may-care golfer and Bill Murray as a raffish groundskeeper.

— Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026
Kids join academies as raffish improvisors, little bundles of wild ideas and schemes.

— New York Times, New York Times, 10 June 2026

Definition of raffish

Adjective

The boisterous, perhaps even hard-to-corral high school teenage boys would go silent.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
Despite his undoubted technical ability, the boisterous midfielder is known for his aggressive play in the centre of the park which often draws the ire of fans of rival clubs.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of boisterous

Adjective

At the other end, Robert Sanchez elicits blue murder and the combination is riotous and compelling.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Others are stewed with aromatics and oil to make a riotous take on XO sauce, funky and inky and complex, which gilds the hunks of squash under their corny beurre blanc.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of riotous

Adjective

As Musashi scrambles through a school of Samurai, the game seamlessly bounces between skillful swordplay, rowdy improvisation, and Looney Tunes-style levity.

— Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026
In front of a rowdy Queens crowd, the superstars surged in their debut to a 5-3, 4-1 victory against Routliffe and Glasspool, despite a slow start.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of rowdy

Adjective

The movie is both exquisite and rumbustious, stylized and energized.

— Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 May 2022
Still, there’s a lot of pleasing vitality to this great American story about how clever brewers took an ancient idea and unlocked an unheard-of range of innovations with a combination of capitalist energy and rumbustious creativity.

— Kyle Smith, National Review, 18 Apr. 2021

Definition of rumbustious

Adjective

One of the biggest pre-carnival fetes on the island, Caribbean Melting Pot at the Carnival Village, features superstar soca acts like Machel Montano and Skinny Fabulous yet still charges under USD $40 a ticket.

— Baz Dreisinger, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Customers at Starbucks will be introduced to a new interface with a carnival-style wheel.

— Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023

Definition of carnival

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