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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | commotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clamor, uproar |
| Synonyms: | ado, agitation, annoyance, backwash, ballyhoo, bedlam, big scene, big stink, brouhaha, bustle, clatter, combustion, confusion, convulsion, discomposure, disquiet, dither, excitement, ferment, fermentation, flap, flurry, furor, fuss, hell broke loose, hubbub, hurly-burly, insurgence, 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 |
| Antonyms: | calm, calmness, peace, quiet, quietude, repose, silence, stillness, tranquility |
| Main Entry: | din |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loud, continuous noise |
| Synonyms: | babel, bedlam, boisterousness, 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, stridency, tintamarre, tintinnabulation, tumult, uproar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hubbub |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, disorder |
| Synonyms: | babel, bedlam, brouhaha*, clamor, confusion, din, disturbance, fuss, hassle, hell broke loose, hue and cry, hullabaloo*, hurly-burly, jangle, noise, pandemonium, racket, riot, rowdydow, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl |
| Antonyms: | calm, order, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hullabaloo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uproar |
| Synonyms: | bedlam, big scene, 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 |
| Main Entry: | loony bin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental institution |
| Synonyms: | bedlam, booby hatch, bughouse, bughouse, funny farm, funny farm, insane asylum, laughing academy, lunatic asylum, madhouse, madhouse, mental health facility, mental health institution, mental hospital, mental institution, nut house, nuthouse, padded cell, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric ward, psycho ward, rubber room, sanatorium, sanitarium, snake pit |
| 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, mental institution, pandemonium, psychiatric hospital, sanitarium, turmoil, uproar |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | maelstrom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agitation |
| Synonyms: | bedlam, chaos, confusion, disorder, flap, fuss, pandemonium, turbulence, turmoil, uproar |
| Main Entry: | noise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sound that is loud or not harmonious |
| Synonyms: | babble, babel, bang, bedlam, bellow, bewailing, blare, blast, boisterousness, boom, buzz, cacophony, caterwauling, clamor, clang, clatter, commotion, crash, cry, detonation, din, discord, disquiet, disquietude, drumming, eruption, explosion, fanfare, fireworks, fracas*, fuss*, hoo-ha, hubbub, hullabaloo*, jangle, lamentation, outcry, pandemonium, peal, racket, ring, roar, row, shot, shouting, sonance, squawk, stridency, talk, thud, tumult, turbulence, uproar, uproariousness, yelling, yelp |
| Antonyms: | silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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