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commotion - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | commotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clamor, uproar |
| Synonyms: | ado, agitation, annoyance, backwash, ballyhoo*, bedlam, brouhaha, bustle, clatter, combustion, confusion, convulsion, disquiet, dither, excitement, ferment, fermentation, flap, flurry, furor, fuss, hubbub, hurly-burly, 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, big scene, big stink, discomposure, hell broke loose, insurgence |
| Antonyms: | calm, calmness, peace, quiet, repose, silence, stillness, tranquility, quietude |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | agitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shaking, mixing |
| Synonyms: | commotion, disturbance, stirring, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, upheaval, churning, discomposure, rocking, tizzy, tossing |
| Main Entry: | bedlam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chaotic situation |
| Synonyms: | chaos, clamor, commotion, confusion, din, disquiet, disquietude, furor, hubbub, madhouse, maelstrom, noise, pandemonium, racket, shambles, tumult, turmoil, uproar |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace, quiet |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | din |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loud, continuous noise |
| Synonyms: | babel, bedlam, 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, tintinnabulation, tumult, uproar, boisterousness, stridency, tintamarre |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dispute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument |
| Synonyms: | altercation, beef*, bone of contention*, brawl, broil, brouhaha, commotion, conflict, contention, controversy, debate, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, discussion, dissension, disturbance, embroilment, falling-out, feud, fireworks*, flare-up, fracas, friction, fuss, hubbub, miff*, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, rumpus*, squabble, squall, strife, tiff, uproar, variance, words, wrangle, bickering, polemic |
| Antonyms: | agreement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | having one's attention drawn away |
| Synonyms: | aberration, abstraction, agitation, amusement, bewilderment, commotion, complication, confusion, disorder, dissipation, disturbance, diversion, entertainment, frenzy, game, interference, interruption, pastime, preoccupation, recreation, beguilement, divertissement, engrossment, perplexity |
| Main Entry: | emotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental state |
| Synonyms: | affect, affection, agitation, anger, ardor, commotion, concern, desire, despair, despondency, disturbance, drive, ecstasy, elation, empathy, excitement, feeling, fervor, grief, gut reaction, happiness, inspiration, joy, love, melancholy, passion, perturbation, pride, rage, remorse, sadness, satisfaction, sensation, sensibility, sentiment, shame, sorrow, sympathy, thrill, tremor, vehemence, warmth, zeal, affectivity, excitability, responsiveness, sensitiveness, vibes |
| Antonyms: | physicality |
| Main Entry: | excitement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm; incitement |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, ado, adventure, agitation, animation, bother, buzz*, commotion, confusion, disturbance, dither*, drama, elation, emotion, feeling, ferment, fever, flurry, frenzy, furor, fuss, heat*, hubbub*, hullabaloo*, hurry, hysteria, impulse, instigation, intoxication, motivation, motive, movement, passion, perturbation, provocation, rage, stimulation, stimulus, stir, thrill, titillation, to-do*, trepidation, tumult, turmoil, urge, warmth, discomposure, excitation, kicks, melodrama, wildness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, boredom, calm, calmness, dullness, lull, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fluster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perturbation, upset |
| Synonyms: | agitation, brouhaha, commotion, disturbance, dither, flap*, flurry, flutter, furor, ruffle, state*, to-do*, turmoil |
| Antonyms: | calm, calmness, comfort, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | furor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disturbance, excitement |
| Synonyms: | ado*, agitation, bustle, commotion, craze, enthusiasm, fad, ferment, flap*, free-for-all*, frenzy, fury, fuss, hullabaloo*, hysteria, lunacy, madness*, mania, outburst, outcry, rage, row, ruckus, stir*, to-do*, tumult, uproar, whirl, big scene, big stink, hell broke loose |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fuss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disturbance, trouble |
| Synonyms: | ado, agitation, altercation, argument, bother, broil*, bustle, commotion, complaint, confusion, controversy, difficulty, display, dispute, excitement, falling-out*, fight, flap, flurry, flutter, fret, furor, hassle, objection, palaver, perturbation, quarrel, row, ruckus, scene, squabble, stew*, stink*, stir, storm, to-do*, turmoil, unrest, upset, worry, bickering, kick-up, wingding |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hassle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | problem, fight |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, bother, clamor, commotion, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, inconvenience, quarrel, row, run-in*, squabble, struggle, trial, trouble, try, tumult, turmoil, tussle, uproar, upset, whirl, wrangle, bickering |
| Antonyms: | agreement, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hoopla |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excitement |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, brouhaha, bustle, buzz*, commotion, drama, elation, emotion, feeling, fever, fireworks*, flurry, frenzy, furor, fuss, heat*, hubbub*, hullabaloo*, hysteria, passion, racket, rage, ruckus, rumpus, stir, thrill, excitation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hullabaloo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uproar |
| Synonyms: | bedlam, brouhaha, chaos, clamor, commotion, confusion, free-for-all*, furor, fuss, hassle, hubbub, hue and cry, mayhem, melee, noise, pandemonium, racket*, riot, row, ruckus, to-do*, big scene |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hurry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speed in action, motion |
| Synonyms: | bustle, celerity, commotion, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, flurry, haste, precipitation, push, quickness, rush, rustle, scurry, swiftness, urgency, expeditiousness, precipitance, precipitateness, promptitude, speediness |
| Antonyms: | delay, rest, slowness, stall, wait, procrastination |
| Main Entry: | mayhem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chaos, confusion |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, commotion, destruction, disorder, fracas, havoc, pandemonium, trouble, violence |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | mix-up |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confusion, misunderstanding |
| Synonyms: | botch*, chaos, commotion, disorder, jumble, mess, mistake, muddle, shambles*, tangle, turmoil |
| Antonyms: | understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | noise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sound that is loud or not harmonious |
| Synonyms: | babble, babel, bang, bedlam, bellow, blare, blast, boom, buzz, cacophony, clamor, clang, clatter, commotion, crash, cry, detonation, din, discord, disquiet, disquietude, eruption, explosion, fanfare, fireworks, fracas*, fuss*, hoo-ha*, hubbub*, hullabaloo*, jangle, outcry, pandemonium, peal, racket, ring, roar, row, shot, shouting, squawk, talk, thud, tumult, turbulence, uproar, yelling, yelp, bewailing, boisterousness, caterwauling, drumming, lamentation, sonance, stridency, uproariousness |
| Antonyms: | silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, effervescence, epidemic, eruption, explosion, fit, flare-up, flash, fury, gush, gushing, insurrection, irruption, mutiny, onset, outburst, outpouring, paroxysm, plague, rebellion, revolution, roar, sally, sortie, spasm, spurt, storm, surge, thunder, tumult, uprising, volley, ebullition, rending, sundering |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, finale |
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