roister

Questions about roister

What does roister mean?

roister means "engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking".

How many syllables are in roister?

roister has 2 syllables: roi-ster. The stress falls on "roi". In IPA it is /ˈɹɔɪstɚ/.

What is another word for roister?

Close synonyms include carouse, riot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is roister a common word?

roister is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.