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revolution
noun as in drastic action or change, often in politics
Strongest matches
coup, innovation, insurgency, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, shift, strike, transformation, turmoil, unrest, upheaval, uprising, violence
Strong matches
anarchy, bloodshed, cabal, crime, debacle, destruction, disorder, insubordination, metamorphosis, outbreak, overthrow, overturn, plot, reformation, reversal, rising, row, shake-up, strife, subversion, tumult, turbulence, turnover, uproar, upset
Weak matches
coup d'état, foment, golpe, guerrilla activity, radical change, underground activity
Example Sentences
What had been the greatest asset of the paperback revolution,” observes Rabinowitz, “became its greatest danger.
That Stone would slander the democratic, pro-Western, EuroMaidan revolution as a CIA coup is no surprise.
The New York governor was the foremost Democrat to stand athwart the Reagan Revolution.
In response, the April Revolution protests erupted in much of the country.
After the Iranian Revolution, discrimination took on a sectarian flavor.
All over the world the just claims of organized labor are intermingled with the underground conspiracy of social revolution.
He will tell you about the success he had in America; it quite makes up for the defeat of the British army in the Revolution.
He joined the army at the outbreak of the revolution, and continued in it until it was disbanded.
This may be called the first day of the revolution, although the object of the meeting was to prevent such a catastrophe.
Among the middle class there was a strong party which had accepted the doctrines of the French Revolution.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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