| Afrikaans | Engels |
|---|
| lawaai | ⇆ babel; ⇆ bedlam; ⇆ blare; ⇆ bluster; ⇆ brawl; ⇆ charivari; ⇆ clamour; ⇆ clatter; ⇆ din; ⇆ dust‐up; ⇆ fracas; ⇆ hubbub; ⇆ hullabaloo; ⇆ hurly‐burly; ⇆ jangle; ⇆ jingle; ⇆ noise; ⇆ noisiness; ⇆ obstreperousness; ⇆ outcry; ⇆ pother; ⇆ racket; ⇆ rouser; ⇆ rowing; ⇆ shindy; ⇆ tub‐thumping; ⇆ tumult; ⇆ uproar |
| groot lawaai maar weinig wol | ⇆ the empty vessel makes the greatest sound; ⇆ empty vessels make the most sound |
| leë vate maak die meeste lawaai | ⇆ empty vessels make the most sound; ⇆ the empty vessel makes the greatest sound |
| grootlawaai | ⇆ four‐flusher |
| lawaaierig | ⇆ blatant; ⇆ clamorous; ⇆ loud; ⇆ mouthy; ⇆ obstreperous; ⇆ rackety; ⇆ robustious; ⇆ roistering; ⇆ rowdy; ⇆ rowdy‐dowdy; ⇆ rowdyish; ⇆ rumbustious; ⇆ screamy; ⇆ spoffish; ⇆ swashbuckling; ⇆ tub‐thumping; ⇆ uproarious; ⇆ vociferant |
| lawaaimaker | ⇆ clamourer; ⇆ hoodlum; ⇆ hooligan; ⇆ larrikin; ⇆ roisterer; ⇆ rowdy |
| lawaaitoneel | ⇆ knock‐about |
| lawaaiwater | ⇆ booze; ⇆ brandy; ⇆ liquor; ⇆ lush; ⇆ swill |