| riot | (noun) a public act of violence by an unruly mob | Synonyms: public violence |
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| (noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | Synonyms: bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, saturnalia |
| (noun) a joke that seems extremely funny | Synonyms: belly laugh, howler, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow |
| (noun) a state of disorder involving group violence | Synonyms: rioting |
| (verb) take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot | - |
| (verb) engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking | Synonyms: carouse, roister |
| rioter | (noun) troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace; someone who rises up against the constituted authority | - |
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| rioting | (noun) a state of disorder involving group violence | Synonyms: riot |
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| riotous | (adjective) produced or growing in extreme abundance | Synonyms: exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse |
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| (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality | Synonyms: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate |
| (adjective) characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination | Synonyms: disruptive, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent |
| riotously | (adverb) in an exuberant manner | Synonyms: exuberantly |
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| (adverb) in a tumultuous and riotous manner | Synonyms: tumultuously |