| Main Entry: | ado |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fuss |
Synonyms: |
bother, confusion, excitement, flurry, hubbub, to-do, travail, trouble, turmoil |
| Main Entry: | bother |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, inconvenience |
Synonyms: |
ado, aggravation, annoyance, anxiety, bellyache, botheration, bustle, care, concern, difficulty, distress, drag*, exasperation, flurry, fuss, headache, irritant, irritation, molestation, nudge, nuisance, pain, pain in the neck, perplexity, pest, plague, pother, pressure, problem, strain, to-do, trial, trouble, vexation, worriment, worry |
Antonyms: |
aid, convenience, help |
| Main Entry: | bustle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quick and busy activity |
Synonyms: |
ado, agitation, clamor, commotion, do*, excitement, flurry, furor, fuss, haste, hubbub, hurly-burly, hurry, pother, rumpus, stir, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl, whirlpool, whirlwind |
Antonyms: |
laziness, relaxation |
| Main Entry: | commotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clamor, uproar |
Synonyms: |
ado, agitation, annoyance, backwash, ballyhoo, bedlam, big scene, big stink, brouhaha, bustle, clatter, combustion, confusion, convulsion, discomposure, disquiet, dither, excitement, ferment, fermentation, flap, flurry, furor, fuss, hell broke loose, hubbub, hurly-burly, insurgence, insurrection, lather, mutiny, outcry, pandemonium, perturbation, pother, racket, rebellion, revolt, riot, rumpus, stew, stir, to-do, tumult, turbulence, upheaval, uprising, upset, upturn, vexation, welter, whirl |
Antonyms: |
calm, calmness, peace, quiet, quietude, repose, silence, stillness, tranquility |
| Main Entry: | confusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disoriented state |
Synonyms: |
abashment, ado, anarchy, astonishment, bustle, chaos, clutter, commotion, complexity, complication, consternation, daze, difficulty, disarray, discomposure, dislocation, disorganization, distraction, emotional upset, ferment, fog, fracas, haze, hodge-podge, imbroglio, intricacy, jumble, labyrinth, mess, mistake, muddle, mystification, pandemonium, perturbation, racket, riot, row, shambles, stir, stupefaction, surprise, tangle, trouble, tumult, turmoil, untidiness, upheaval, uproar, wilderness |
Antonyms: |
calm, clarity, composure, method, order, organization, orientation, system |
| Main Entry: | difficulty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental burden |
Synonyms: |
ado, aggravation, annoyance, anxiety, bafflement, bother, care, charge, complication, crisis, depression, discouragement, distress, embarrassment, emergency, exigency, frustration, grievance, hangup, harassment, imbroglio, inconvenience, irritation, jam, maze, mess, millstone, misery, oppression, perplexity, pickle, pinch, predicament, pressure, puzzle, quandary, ramification, responsibility, scrape*, setback, strain, strait, stress, strife, struggle, to-do, trouble, vicissitude, weight, worry |
Antonyms: |
calmness, contentment, peace, pleasure, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | excitement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm; incitement |
Synonyms: |
action, activity, ado, adventure, agitation, animation, bother, buzz*, commotion, confusion, discomposure, disturbance, dither, drama, elation, emotion, excitation, feeling, ferment, fever, flurry, frenzy, furor, fuss, heat*, hubbub, hullabaloo*, hurry, hysteria, impulse, instigation, intoxication, kicks, melodrama, motivation, motive, movement, passion, perturbation, provocation, rage, stimulation, stimulus, stir, thrill, titillation, to-do, trepidation, tumult, turmoil, urge, warmth, wildness |
Antonyms: |
apathy, boredom, calm, calmness, dullness, lull, peace |
| Main Entry: | flurry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, burst |
Synonyms: |
ado, agitation, brouhaha, bustle, confusion, disturbance, excitement, ferment, flap, flaw, fluster, flutter, furor, fuss, gust, haste, hurry, outbreak, pother, spell, spurt, squall, stir*, to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, whirl, whirlwind |
Antonyms: |
calm, calmness, quiet |
| Main Entry: | furor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disturbance, excitement |
Synonyms: |
ado, agitation, big scene, big stink, bustle, commotion, craze, enthusiasm, fad, ferment, flap, free-for-all, frenzy, fury, fuss, hell broke loose, hullabaloo*, hysteria, lunacy, madness*, mania, outburst, outcry, rage, row, ruckus, stir*, to-do, tumult, uproar, whirl |
Antonyms: |
calm, peace |
| Main Entry: | fuss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disturbance, trouble |
Synonyms: |
ado, agitation, altercation, argument, bickering, bother, broil, bustle, commotion, complaint, confusion, controversy, difficulty, display, dispute, excitement, falling-out, fight, flap, flurry, flutter, fret, furor, hassle, kick-up, objection, palaver, perturbation, quarrel, row, ruckus, scene, squabble, stew, stink*, stir, storm, to-do, turmoil, unrest, upset, wingding, worry |
Antonyms: |
calm, peace |