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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | improvement |
| Synonyms: | recovery, recuperation, upswing |
| 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: | convulsion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disturbance |
| Synonyms: | agitation, cataclysm, clamor, commotion, disaster, ferment, furor, outcry, quaking, rocking, seism, shaking, shock, tottering, trembling, tumult, turbulence, upheaval, upturn |
| Antonyms: | harmony, 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | increase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addition, growth |
| Synonyms: | access, accession, accretion, accrual, accumulation, aggrandizement, augmentation, boost, breakthrough, burgeoning, cumulation, development, elaboration, enlargement, escalation, exaggeration, expansion, extension, gain, hike, incorporation, increment, inflation, intensification, maximization, merger, multiplication, optimization, raise, rise, spread, step-up, surge, swell, swelling, upgrade, upsurge, upturn, waxing |
| Antonyms: | decrease, depletion, diminishment, loss, subtraction |
| Main Entry: | invert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reverse; turn upside down |
| Synonyms: | alter, backtrack, capsize, change, convert, double back, evert, flip, flip-flop, introvert, inverse, modify, overturn, renege, revert, tip, transplace, transpose, turn, turn down, turn inside out, turn over, turn the tables, upend, upset, upturn |
| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | increase, advantage |
| Synonyms: | advance, ascent, augmentation, boost, handicap, head start, increment, inflation, rise, spurt, start, upper hand, upsurge, upturn |
| Antonyms: | decline, decrease, disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | outcry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scream, exclamation |
| Synonyms: | clamor, commotion, complaint, convulsion, cry, ferment, flak, hoo-ha, howl, hubba-hubba, hullabaloo*, noise, objection, outburst, protest, screech, tumult, uproar, upturn, yell |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overturn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flip over |
| Synonyms: | annul, bring down, capsize, countermand, down, invalidate, invert, keel over, knock down, knock over, nullify, overbalance, prostrate, repeal, rescind, reverse, roll, set aside, spill, tip over, topple, tumble, turn over, turn upside down, upend, upset, upturn, void |
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