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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | chaos |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | utter confusion |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, ataxia, bedlam, clutter, disarray, discord, disorder, disorganization, entropy, free-for-all*, holy mess, lawlessness, misrule, mix-up, mobocracy, muddle, pandemonium, rat's nest, snarl, topsy-turviness, tumult, turmoil, unruliness |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, normality, order, organization, quiet, system |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clamor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loud cry; commotion |
| Synonyms: | agitation, babel, blare, brouhaha*, bustle, buzz, complaint, convulsion, din, discord, exclamation, ferment, hassle, hoo-ha*, hubbub, hullabaloo*, hurly-burly*, lament, noise, outcry, pandemonium, racket, remonstrance, row, ruckus, shout, shouting, to-do, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uproar, clinker, hubba-hubba, protesting, vociferation |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clatter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loud noise |
| Synonyms: | ballyhoo*, bluster, clack, clangor, hullabaloo*, pandemonium, racket, rattle, rumpus, shattering, smashing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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: | hell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of the condemned; bad situation |
| Synonyms: | abyss, affliction, agony, anguish, bottomless pit*, difficulty, fire and brimstone*, grave, inferno, limbo, misery, nether world, nightmare, ordeal, pandemonium, perdition, pit, purgatory, suffering, torment, trial, underworld, wretchedness, Abaddon, Gehenna, Hades, blazes, everlasting fire, hell-fire, infernal regions, lower world, place of torment |
| Antonyms: | heaven |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hubbub |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, disorder |
| Synonyms: | babel, bedlam, brouhaha*, clamor, confusion, din, disturbance, fuss, hassle, hue and cry*, hullabaloo*, hurly-burly*, jangle, noise, pandemonium, racket, riot, ruckus, rumpus, to-do*, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl, hell broke loose, rowdydow, ruction |
| Antonyms: | calm, order, peace |
* = 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | madhouse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where mentally ill live; place full of commotion |
| Synonyms: | asylum, bedlam, chaos, insane asylum, loony bin*, mental hospital, pandemonium, turmoil, uproar, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, sanitarium |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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: | pell-mell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disorder |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, chaos, clutter, confusion, disarray, ferment, helter-skelter, huddle, muddle, pandemonium, snarl, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, ataxia |
| Antonyms: | order, organization |
| Main Entry: | rumpus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clamor |
| Synonyms: | brouhaha*, commotion, discord, disturbance, donnybrook, fracas, fuss, hassle, hubbub, hullabaloo*, noise, outcry, pandemonium, racket, rhubarb, ruckus, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uproar, hubba-hubba |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stir |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, excitement |
| Synonyms: | activity, ado, agitation, backwash*, bustle, din, disorder, disquiet, disturbance, ferment, flap*, flurry, furor, fuss, movement, pandemonium, pother, racket, row, scene, to-do*, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl, whirlwind |
| Antonyms: | calm, calmness, moderation, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, stir, strife, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, upheaval, upturn, ruction, seething, unsettlement, 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | turmoil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chaos |
| Synonyms: | agitation, ailment, anxiety, bedlam, bustle, commotion, confusion, disorder, disquiet, disquietude, distress, disturbance, dither, ferment, flap*, flurry, free-for-all*, fuss, hassle*, hectic, hubbub*, lather*, mix-up, noise, pandemonium, pother, restlessness, riot, row, ruckus, stir, strife, to-do*, topsy-turvy, trouble, tumult, turbulence, unrest, uproar, violence, whirl, anxiousness, restiveness |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, order, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maelstrom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agitation |
| Synonyms: | bedlam, chaos, confusion, disorder, flap*, fuss, pandemonium, turbulence, turmoil, uproar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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