| Main Entry: | uprising |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disturbance |
Synonyms: |
insurgence, insurrection, mutiny, outbreak, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, upheaval |
Antonyms: |
calm, peace |
| Main Entry: | uprise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get up |
Synonyms: |
arise, ascend, awake, awaken, climb, get to one's feet, increase, move up, pile out, rise, rise and shine, roll out, scale, spring out, stand, turn out, upspring |
| 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: | disturbance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion; upset |
Synonyms: |
agitation, annoyance, big scene, big stink, bother, brawl, brouhaha, clamor, confusion, convulsion, derangement, disarrangement, disorder, disruption, distraction, eruption, explosion, ferment, fisticuffs, flap, fracas, fray, fuss, hindrance, hubbub, hullabaloo*, insurrection, interruption, intrusion, molestation, perturbation, quake, quarrel, racket, rampage, restlessness, riot, ruckus, rumble, shock, spasm, stink*, stir*, storm, to-do, tremor, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uprising, uproar, violence |
Antonyms: |
calm, order, peace, quiet, tranquility |
| Main Entry: | get up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mount; get out of bed |
Synonyms: |
arise, ascend, awake, awaken, climb, increase, move up, pile out, rise, rise and shine, roll out, scale, spring out, stand, turn out, uprise, upspring |
| Main Entry: | insurrection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebellion |
Synonyms: |
coup, disorder, insurgence, insurgency, mutiny, revolt, revolution, riot, rising, sedition, uprising |
Antonyms: |
compliance, obedience, subordination |
| Main Entry: | mutiny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defiance, resistance |
Synonyms: |
disobedience, insubordination, insurrection, refusal to obey, revolt, revolution, riot, rising, strike, uprising |
Antonyms: |
obedience, subservience |
| Main Entry: | outbreak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden happening |
Synonyms: |
beginning, blowup, brawl, break, breaking, burst, bursting, commencement, commotion, convulsion, crack, crash, dawn, detonation, discharge, disorder, disruption, ebullition, effervescence, epidemic, eruption, explosion, fit, flare-up, flash, fury, gush, gushing, insurrection, irruption, mutiny, onset, outburst, outpouring, paroxysm, plague, rebellion, rending, revolution, roar, sally, sortie, spasm, spurt, storm, sundering, surge, thunder, tumult, uprising, volley |
Antonyms: |
conclusion, end, finale |
| Main Entry: | rebellion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disobedience; revolt |
Synonyms: |
apostasy, defiance, disobedience, dissent, heresy, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, nonconformity, revolution, rising, schism, uprising |
| Notes: | rebellion is open resistance to a government or authority; revolution is a rebellion that succeeds in overthrowing the government and establishing a new one |
Antonyms: |
calm, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | revolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drastic action or change, often in politics |
Synonyms: |
anarchy, bloodshed, cabal, coup, coup d'état, crime, debacle, destruction, disorder, foment, golpe, guerrilla activity, innovation, insubordination, insurgency, metamorphosis, mutiny, outbreak, overthrow, overturn, plot, radical change, rebellion, reformation, reversal, revolt, rising, row, shake-up, shift, strife, strike, subversion, transformation, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, turnover, underground activity, unrest, upheaval, uprising, uproar, upset, violence |
Antonyms: |
stagnation, submission |