Definition for Rough-and-tumble:

• characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules; " a rough- and- tumble fight"; " rough- and- tumble politics"; " undisguised bare- knuckle capitalism"

Synonyms for Rough-and-tumble:

• adj.

  •knockabout (adjective)
  • knockabout.
  •rough (adjective)
  • gruff,
  • wild,
  • raging,
  • choppy,
  • blustery,
  • strenuous,
  • rasping,
  • harsh,
  • knockabout,
  • rugged,
  • agitated,
  • hoarse,
  • unmusical,
  • inharmonious,
  • stridulent,
  • furious,
  • blustering,
  • jarring,
  • tempestuous,
  • inclement,
  • dry,
  • husky,
  • coarse,
  • squally,
  • tough,
  • cacophonous,
  • boisterous,
  • grating,
  • buffeting,
  • raucous,
  • discordant,
  • turbulent.
  •stopgap (adjective)
  • stopgap.

• n.

  •
  • knockabout,
  • entertainment,
  • rough,
  • fun,
  • giggle,
  • amusement,
  • rugged,
  • action,
  • devilment,
  • tough,
  • strenuous,
  • frolic,
  • fling,
  • distraction,
  • gaieties,
  • diversion.
  •
  • hubbub,
  • pandemonium,
  • bedlam,
  • turbulence,
  • disturbance,
  • disorder,
  • commotion,
  • uproar,
  • turmoil,
  • tumult.
  •act (noun)
  • scuffle,
  • dogfight,
  • hassle,
  • tussle.
  •rough-and-tumble (noun)
  • scuffle,
  • disorderly,
  • hassle,
  • tussle.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • knockabout.
  •
  • strenuous.
  •
  • rugged.
  •
  • tough.
  •
  • rough.
  •Other relevant words:
  • bother,
  • bedlam,
  • choppy,
  • brawl,
  • dogfight,
  • uproar,
  • rumpus,
  • fracas,
  • commotion,
  • embroilment,
  • blustery,
  • free-for-all,
  • harum-scarum,
  • raging,
  • hoarse,
  • punch-up,
  • turmoil,
  • scramble,
  • pell-mell,
  • rough-house,
  • melee,
  • stir,
  • unmusical,
  • row,
  • tempestuous,
  • diversion,
  • dry,
  • rowdy,
  • trouble,
  • fray,
  • scrum,
  • blustering,
  • fuss,
  • ruckus,
  • action,
  • raucous,
  • hubbub,
  • rampage,
  • knock-down-and-drag-out,
  • inharmonious,
  • strenuous,
  • discordant,
  • rough,
  • gruff,
  • squally,
  • brannigan,
  • stridulent,
  • knockabout,
  • harsh,
  • turbulent,
  • grating,
  • rollicking,
  • racket,
  • tough,
  • riot,
  • ado,
  • boisterous,
  • pandemonium,
  • bare-knuckle,
  • giggle,
  • fling,
  • entertainment,
  • bare-knuckled,
  • bovver,
  • to-do,
  • inclement,
  • jerry-built,
  • husky,
  • rough-and-ready,
  • gaieties,
  • affray,
  • wild,
  • rugged,
  • donnybrook,
  • coarse,
  • helter-skelter,
  • turbulence,
  • stopgap,
  • fun,
  • roughhouse,
  • jerry-rigged,
  • furious,
  • frolic,
  • amusement,
  • pother,
  • provisional,
  • cacophonous,
  • rasping,
  • disturbance,
  • foofaraw,
  • roughneck,
  • jarring,
  • brouhaha,
  • hullabaloo,
  • broil,
  • buffeting,
  • devilment,
  • distraction,
  • tumult,
  • shindy,
  • agitated,
  • disorder,
  • roisterous.

Antonyms for Rough-and-tumble:

• adj.

  • rough
    delicate, calm, facile, controllable, gentle, mild, moderate, easy.

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    orderly.