| Main Entry: | unrest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of agitation; disturbance |
Synonyms: |
altercation, anarchy, annoyance, anxiety, bickering, bother, chagrin, change, confusion, contention, controversy, crisis, debate, disaffection, discontent, discord, disease, disquiet, dissatisfaction, dissension, distress, dither, ennui, grief, insurrection, irritation, malaise, moodiness, mortification, perplexity, perturbation, protest, quarrel, rebellion, restlessness, sedition, sorrow, strife, tension, tizzy, trouble, tumult, turmoil, unease, uneasiness, uproar, upset, vexation, worry |
Antonyms: |
calm, harmony, peace, rest |
| 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: | disorder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social commotion; mental confusion |
Synonyms: |
agitation, anarchism, anarchy, brawl, bustle, chaos, clamor, complication, convulsion, discombobulation, discord, disorganization, distemper, disturbance, dither, entanglement, fight, flap, fracas, fuss, hubbub, hullabaloo*, imbroglio, insurrection, lawlessness, mayhem, misrule, mob rule, quarrel, rebellion, reign of terror, revolution, riot, rioting, ruckus, rumpus, static, strike, terrorism, tizzy, trouble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, unruliness, uproar |
Antonyms: |
health |
| Main Entry: | disquiet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worry; mental upset |
Synonyms: |
ailment, alarm, angst, anxiety, care, concern, concernment, disquietude, distress, disturbance, fear, ferment, foreboding, fretfulness, inquietude, nervousness, restiveness, restlessness, solicitude, storm, trouble, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest |
Antonyms: |
calm, collectedness, ease, peace |
| Main Entry: | ferment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agitation, uprising |
Synonyms: |
ailment, brouhaha, clamor, commotion, convulsion, disquiet, disquietude, disruption, disturbance, excitement, fever, flap, frenzy, furor, fuss, heat, hell broke loose, hubbub, imbroglio, outcry, restiveness, restlessness, row, rumble, scene, state of unrest, stew, stink*, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, upheaval, uproar, upturn |
Antonyms: |
calm, contentedness, happiness, peace, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | fever |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of high temperature or agitation |
Synonyms: |
burning up, delirium, ecstasy, excitement, febrile disease, ferment, fervor, fire, flush, frenzy, heat, intensity, passion, pyrexia, restlessness, running a temperature, the shakes, turmoil, unrest |
Antonyms: |
chill, coldness, freeze, frigidity |
| Main Entry: | flux |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of constant change |
Synonyms: |
alteration, change, flow, fluctuation, fluidity, instability, modification, motion, mutability, mutation, transition, unrest |
Antonyms: |
constancy, stability, steadiness |
| Main Entry: | fuss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disturbance, trouble |
Synonyms: |
ado, agitation, altercation, argument, bickering, bother, broil, bustle, commotion, complaint, confusion, controversy, difficulty, display, dispute, excitement, falling-out, fight, flap, flurry, flutter, fret, furor, hassle, kick-up, objection, palaver, perturbation, quarrel, row, ruckus, scene, squabble, stew, stink*, stir, storm, to-do, turmoil, unrest, upset, wingding, worry |
Antonyms: |
calm, peace |
| Main Entry: | movement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drive, campaign |
Synonyms: |
change, crusade, current, demonstration, displacement, drift, evolution, faction, flight, flow, front, group, grouping, march, mobilization, organization, party, patrol, shift, sweep, swing, tendency, transfer, transition, trend, unrest, withdrawal |
Antonyms: |
indifference |