| Main Entry: | babel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confusion |
Synonyms: |
bedlam, clang, din, discord, hubbub, hullabaloo, jargon, pandemonium, racket, tower, tumult, turmoil |
| Main Entry: | clamor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loud cry; commotion |
Synonyms: |
agitation, babel, blare, brouhaha*, bustle, buzz, clinker, complaint, convulsion, din, discord, exclamation, ferment, hassle, hoo-ha, hubba-hubba, hubbub, hullabaloo*, hurly-burly, lament, noise, outcry, pandemonium, protesting, racket, remonstrance, row, ruckus, shout, shouting, to-do, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uproar, vociferation |
Antonyms: |
quiet, silence |
| Main Entry: | din |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loud, continuous noise |
Synonyms: |
babel, bedlam, boisterousness, brouhaha, buzz, clamor, clangor, clash, clatter, commotion, confusion, crash, disquiet, hoo-ha, hubbub, hullabaloo*, hurly-burly, jangle, music, outcry, pandemonium, percussion, racket, row, shout, sound, stridency, tintamarre, tintinnabulation, tumult, uproar |
| Main Entry: | hubbub |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, disorder |
Synonyms: |
babel, bedlam, brouhaha*, clamor, confusion, din, disturbance, fuss, hassle, hell broke loose, hue and cry, hullabaloo*, hurly-burly, jangle, noise, pandemonium, racket, riot, rowdydow, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl |
Antonyms: |
calm, order, peace |
| Main Entry: | jangle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cacophony of noises |
Synonyms: |
babel, clang, clangor, clash, din, dissonance, hubbub, hullabaloo*, jar, pandemonium, racket, rattle, reverberation, roar, tumult, uproar |
| Main Entry: | noise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sound that is loud or not harmonious |
Synonyms: |
babble, babel, bang, bedlam, bellow, bewailing, blare, blast, boisterousness, boom, buzz, cacophony, caterwauling, clamor, clang, clatter, commotion, crash, cry, detonation, din, discord, disquiet, disquietude, drumming, eruption, explosion, fanfare, fireworks, fracas*, fuss*, hoo-ha, hubbub, hullabaloo*, jangle, lamentation, outcry, pandemonium, peal, racket, ring, roar, row, shot, shouting, sonance, squawk, stridency, talk, thud, tumult, turbulence, uproar, uproariousness, yelling, yelp |
Antonyms: |
silence |
| Main Entry: | pandemonium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | craziness, commotion |
Synonyms: |
anarchy, babel, bedlam, bluster, brouhaha*, chaos, clamor, clatter, confusion, din, hassle, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo*, jangle, noise, racket, riot, ruckus*, rumpus, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar |
Antonyms: |
calm, peace |
| Main Entry: | racket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion; fight |
Synonyms: |
agitation, babel, battle, blare, brawl, clamor, clangor, clash, clatter, din, disturbance, fracas, free-for-all, fuss, hoo-ha, hubbub, jangle, noise, outcry, pandemonium, riot, roar, row, ruction, rumpus, shouting, shuffle, squabble, squall, stir, to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar, vociferation, wrangle |
Antonyms: |
harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | shambles |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a mess |
Synonyms: |
anarchy, babel, bedlam, botch, chaos, confusion, disarray, disorder, disorganization, hash, havoc, hodge-podge, madhouse, maelstrom, mess-up, mix-up, muddle |
Antonyms: |
order, organization |
| Main Entry: | tumult |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uproar, confusion |
Synonyms: |
ado, affray, agitation, altercation, babel, bedlam, brawl, clamor, commotion, convulsion, din, disorder, disturbance, dither, excitement, ferment, fight, fracas, fuss, hassle*, jangle, lather, maelstrom, noise, outbreak, outcry, pandemonium, paroxysm, pother, quarrel, racket, riot, row, ruction, seething, stir, strife, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, unsettlement, upheaval, upturn, wildness |
| Notes: | tumult applies only to people, while turmoil is confusion and agitation for people and things; tumultuous can describe things and people |
Antonyms: |
calmness, order, peace |