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turmoil

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Main Entry: turmoil
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: chaos

Synonyms:

agitation, ailment, anxiety, anxiousness, 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, restiveness, restlessness, riot, row, ruckus, stir, strife, to-do, topsy-turvy, trouble, tumult, turbulence, unrest, uproar, violence, whirl
Notes: tumult applies only to people, while turmoil is confusion and agitation for people and things; tumultuous can describe things and people

Antonyms:

calm, harmony, order, peace
Main Entry: action
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something done

Synonyms:

activity, agility, alacrity, alertness, animation, bag*, ballgame, big idea, bit*, business, bustle, commotion, dash, deal, energy, enterprise, flurry, force, functioning, game, going, happening, haste, hoopla*, hopper, in the works, industry, life, liveliness, motion, movement, occupation, operation, plan, power, process, proposition, racket, reaction, response, rush, scene, spirit, stir, stunt, trip, turmoil, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity

Antonyms:

cessation, idleness, inaction, inactivity, inertia, repose, rest, stoppage
Main Entry: ado
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fuss

Synonyms:

bother, confusion, excitement, flurry, hubbub, to-do, travail, trouble, turmoil
Main Entry: agitation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: shaking, mixing

Synonyms:

churning, commotion, discomposure, disturbance, rocking, stirring, tizzy, tossing, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, upheaval
Main Entry: anarchy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: lawlessness; absence of government

Synonyms:

chaos, confusion, disorder, disorganization, disregard, hostility, misrule, mob rule, nihilism, nongovernment, rebellion, reign of terror, revolution, riot, turmoil, unrest

Antonyms:

lawfulness, order, rule
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
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
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: combustion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: explosion; on fire

Synonyms:

agitation, candescence, disturbance, flaming, ignition, kindling, oxidization, thermogenesis, tumult, turmoil
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