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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | melee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | battle, fight |
| Synonyms: | affray, battle royal, brawl, broil, brouhaha*, brush, clash, donnybrook, fracas, fray, free-for-all, knock-down-drag-out, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, scrimmage, scuffle, set-to, skirmish, to-do, tussle, words |
| Antonyms: | agreement, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nervousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anxious state |
| Synonyms: | agitation, all-overs, anger, animation, butterflies, cold sweat, creeps, delirium, discomfiture, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, excitability, feverishness, fidgets, flap, fluster*, fuss*, impatience, jitters, jumps, moodiness, neurasthenia, neuroticism, perturbation, quivers, sensitivity, shakes, stage fright, stimulation, stress, tension, timidity, tizzy, to-do, touchiness, trembles, tremulousness, turbulence, uneasiness, willies, worry |
| Antonyms: | calm, calmness, collectedness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | performance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acting, depiction |
| Synonyms: | act, appearance, ballet, behavior, burlesque, business, ceremony, concert, custom, dance, display, drama, exhibition, gig, interpretation, matinee, offering, opera, pageant, play, portrayal, presentation, production, recital, rehearsal, representation, review, revue, rigmarole, rite, set, show, special, spectacle, stage show, stunt, to-do |
| Antonyms: | direction |
| Main Entry: | racket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion; fight |
| Synonyms: | agitation, babel, battle, blare, brawl, clamor, clangor, clash, clatter, din, disturbance, fracas, free-for-all, fuss, hoo-ha, hubbub, jangle, noise, outcry, pandemonium, riot, roar, row, ruction, rumpus, shouting, shuffle, squabble, squall, stir, to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar, vociferation, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | riot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uprising, disorder |
| Synonyms: | anarchism, anarchy, brannigan, brawl, burst, commotion, confusion, distemper, disturbance, flap, fray, free-for-all, fuss, hassle, lawlessness, misrule, mix-up, mob violence, protest, quarrel, racket, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, run-in, scene, shivaree, shower, snarl, stir, storm, street fighting, strife, to-do, trouble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar, wingding |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
| Main Entry: | scene |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | display of emotion |
| Synonyms: | carrying-on, commotion, confrontation, exhibition, fit, fuss, performance, row, tantrum, temper tantrum, to-do, upset |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Antonyms: | composure |
| Main Entry: | stir |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, excitement |
| Synonyms: | activity, ado, agitation, backwash, bustle, din, disorder, disquiet, disturbance, ferment, flap, flurry, furor, fuss, movement, pandemonium, pother, racket, row, scene, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl, whirlwind |
| Antonyms: | calm, calmness, moderation, peace |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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