Antonyms for commotion
kəˈmoʊ ʃəncom·mo·tion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.7 / 17 votes

1. commotion

   Antonyms:
   calm, calmness, cessation, ease, intermission, pause, peace, peacefulness, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, recreation, repose, rest, sleep, slumber, stay, stillness, stop, tranquillity

   Synonyms:
   agitation, disquiet, disturbance, excitement, motion, movement, restlessness, rush, stir, strain, toil, tumult, unrest, work

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.9 / 7 votes

1. commotion

   Antonyms:
   quiescence, calm, subsidence, pacification, tranquillity, mitigation, appeasement, soothing, allaying, moderating

   Synonyms:
   agitation, disturbance, tumult, excitement, turmoil, perturbation

Matched Categories

1. • Disorder
   • Disturbance
   • Movement

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.1 / 7 votes

1. disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfufflenoun

   a disorderly outburst or tumult

   "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"

   Synonyms:
   disturbance, gap, flapping, flicker, ruction, folie, interruption, rumpus, mental disorder, whirl, din, flutter, hoo-hah, mental disturbance, hurly burly, flap, dislocation, ruffle, break, waver, disruption, affray, fluttering, perturbation, upset, noise, tumult, ruckus, kerfuffle, hoo-ha, to-do, psychological disorder, interference, fray

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

   the act of making a noisy disturbance

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

3. whirl, commotionnoun

   confused movement

   "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"

   Synonyms:
   go, hurly burly, disturbance, whirl, fling, spin, twist, swirl, flutter, ruckus, crack, to-do, twisting, rumpus, vortex, ruction, din, offer, twirl, hoo-ha, disruption, convolution, tumult, pass, kerfuffle, hoo-hah

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1. commotionnoun

   Synonyms:
   agitation, tumult, disturbance, turmoil, riot, perturbation, flurry, furore

How to use commotion in a sentence?

1. Elijah Cummings:

   I say to the president: No more talk, no more tweet. No more commotion, emotion and motion and no results.

2. The Tanzanian source:

   When Emwazi and his friends were told they would not be allowed to enter Tanzania, they caused a commotion and tried to force their way out of the airport, i think the stop order against Emwazi and his friends was issued at the request of the British intelligence service.

3. Wilson Webb/Netflix Ratner:

   There was a lot of commotion, helicopters and people hightailing it out of town, and it was it was a little intense.

4. Detectives Melissa Staples:

   Upon hearing the commotion and the gunshot, Judge Myles exited his residence to investigate.

5. Charles Peguy:

   A great philosophy is not one that passes final judgments and establishes ultimate truth. It is one that causes uneasiness and starts commotion.

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