Synonyms of babel

babel

noun

1

as in bedlam

a place of uproar or confusion

on opening day the area's newest big-box store was an incredible babel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bedlam
• madhouse
• circus
• din
• mess
• commotion
• scrum
• pandemonium
• racket
• three-ring circus
• bustle
• tumult
• clatter
• chaos
• turmoil
• clamor
• noise
• ruckus
• hubbub
• brouhaha
• confusion
• disorder
• disarray
• muss
• shambles
• havoc
• disarrangement
• hell

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heaven
• utopia
• paradise
• organization
• order
• orderliness
• peace
• arcadia
• silence
• lull
• calm
• hush
• respite
• stillness
• quiet

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• heaven
• utopia
• paradise
• organization
• order
• orderliness
• peace
• arcadia
• silence
• lull
• calm
• hush
• respite
• stillness
• quiet

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2

as in noise

loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound

the babel of wheeling and dealing that can be heard at the stock exchange every day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• noise
• roar
• rattle
• chatter
• din
• cacophony
• commotion
• clatter
• racket
• clamor
• clangor
• discordance
• blare
• katzenjammer
• bluster
• brawl
• bang
• bruit
• bowwow
• discord
• decibel(s)
• dissonance
• boom
• tumult
• hubbub
• rumpus
• hullabaloo
• furor
• uproar
• jangle
• hurly-burly
• crash
• clap
• blast
• crack

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• still
• silence
• quiet
• stillness
• hush
• lull
• calm
• silentness
• tranquillity
• quietude
• serenity
• tranquility

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• still
• silence
• quiet
• stillness
• hush
• lull
• calm
• silentness
• tranquillity
• quietude
• serenity
• tranquility

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