Synonyms for tumult
ˈtu mʌlt, -məlt, ˈtyu-tu·mult

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1. tumultnoun

   Synonyms:
   uproar, ruckus

2. tumultnoun

   To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.

   Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt. Milton.

   Synonyms:
   uproar, ruckus

3. tumultnoun

   A riot or uprising.

   Synonyms:
   uproar, ruckus

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1. tumult

   The essential idea of revolution is a change in the form of government or constitution, or a change of rulers, otherwise than as provided by the laws of succession, election, etc.; while such change is apt to involve armed hostilities, these make no necessary part of the revolution. The revolution by which Dom Pedro was dethroned, and Brazil changed from an empire to a republic, was accomplished without a battle, and almost without a shot. Anarchy refers to the condition of a state when human government is superseded or destroyed by factions or other causes. Lawlessness is a temper of mind or condition of the community which may result in anarchy. Confusion, disorder, riot, and tumult are incidental and temporary outbreaks of lawlessness, but may not be anarchy. Insubordination is individual disobedience. Sedition is the plotting, rebellion the fighting, against the existing government, but always with the purpose of establishing some other government in its place. When rebellion is successful it is called revolution; but there may be revolution without rebellion; as, the English Revolution of 1688. A revolt is an uprising against existing authority without the comprehensive views of change in the form or administration of government that are involved in revolution. Anarchy, when more than temporary disorder, is a proposed disintegration of society, in which it is imagined that social order might exist without government. Slaves make insurrection; soldiers or sailors break out in mutiny; subject provinces rise in revolt. Compare SOCIALISM.

   Synonyms:
   anarchy, confusion, disintegration, disorder, insubordination, insurrection, lawlessness, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, sedition

   Antonyms:
   authority, command, control, domination, dominion, empire, government, law, loyalty, obedience, order, rule, sovereignty, submission, supremacy

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1. tumult

   Synonyms:
   uproar, ferment, disturbance, turbulence, mutiny, insubordination, excitement, outbreak, fray, bustle, distraction, turmoil, disorder, confusion, noise, bluster, brawl, riot

   Antonyms:
   peace, pacification, subsidence, quiet, tranquillity, order, orderliness

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1. tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboilnoun

   a state of commotion and noise and confusion

   Synonyms:
   commotion, ruction, brouhaha, rumpus, din, garboil, ruckus, uproar, tumultuousness, hubbub, katzenjammer, turmoil

2. tumult, turmoilnoun

   violent agitation

   Synonyms:
   agitation, commotion, ruction, convulsion, rumpus, hullabaloo, din, garboil, ruckus, uproar, tumultuousness, excitement, upheaval, turmoil

3. commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumultnoun

   the act of making a noisy disturbance

   Synonyms:
   commotion, hurly burly, clamor, disturbance, uproar, turmoil, whirl, flutter, ruckus, to-do, rumpus, ruction, din, kerfuffle, blaring, hoo-ha, disruption, cacophony, tumultuousness, garboil, blare, hoo-hah

Matched Categories

1. • Agitation
   • Disturbance

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1. tumultnoun

   Synonyms:
   uproar, affray, fray, brawl, feud, row, altercation, squabble, quarrel, outbreak, strife, MÊLÉE, RIOT

2. tumultnoun

   Synonyms:
   commotion, disturbance, stir, agitation, breeze, ferment, confusion, huddle, pother, ado, bustle, flurry, noise, fuss, TO-DO

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1. tumultnoun

   Synonyms:
   commotion, hurly-burly, turbulence

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1. List of paraphrases for "tumult":

   uproar, commotion, turmoil

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1. Chris Christie:

   I'm not going to sit here in 2021 and pre-judge all this. I voted for Donald Trump in'16 and in' 20. On election night in' 20, I said that what Donald Trump was doing was absolutely horrible and wrong and continued to be. You can draw whatever conclusions from that you want. But in the end, in 2021, the idea of making predictions for 2024 is folly, there's no reason to create tumult in a party that already has a lot of tumult in it.

2. George Gordon Byron:

   And yet a little tumult, now and then, is an agreeable quickener of sensation such as a revolution, a battle, or an adventure of any lively description.

3. Publius Cornelius Tacitus:

   In times of tumult and discord bad men have the most power mental and moral excellence require peace and quiteness.

4. Seneca:

   To see a man fearless in dangers, untainted with lusts, happy in adversity, composed in a tumult, and laughing at all those things which are generally either coveted or feared; all men must acknowledge that this can be from nothing else but a beam of divinity that influences a mortal body.

5. Wilbur Ross:

   Our immediate concern is whether the AQR and the stress test are sensible and do not go overboard with negativity because of the recent tumult, as long as the treatment of the institutions is fair and not based on wild assumptions, then in principle many of us would be prepared to participate in a rights offering.