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Synonyms & Antonyms of furor
1
a state of noisy, confused activity
- the classroom was in a furor when the mice escaped from their cage
Synonyms for furor
- ado,
- alarums and excursions,
- ballyhoo,
- blather,
- bluster,
- bobbery,
- bother,
- bustle,
- clatter,
- clutter
- [chiefly dialect],
- coil,
- commotion,
- corroboree
- [Australian],
- disturbance,
- do
- [chiefly dialect],
- foofaraw,
- fun,
- furore,
- fuss,
- helter-skelter,
- hoo-ha
- (also hoo-hah),
- hoopla,
- hubble-bubble,
- hubbub,
- hullabaloo,
- hurly,
- hurly-burly,
- hurricane,
- hurry,
- hurry-scurry
- (or hurry-skurry),
- kerfuffle
- [chiefly British],
- moil,
- pandemonium,
- pother,
- row,
- ruckus,
- ruction,
- rumpus,
- shindy,
- splore
- [Scottish],
- squall,
- stew,
- stir,
- storm,
- to-do,
- tumult,
- turmoil,
- uproar,
- welter,
- whirl,
- williwaw,
- zoo
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Near Antonyms for furor
- calm,
- hush,
- peace,
- quiet,
- quietude,
- rest,
- stillness,
- tranquillity
- (or tranquility)
2
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
- euphoric children in a gift-opening furor on Christmas morning
Synonyms for furor
- agitation,
- deliriousness,
- delirium,
- distraction,
- fever,
- feverishness,
- flap,
- frenzy,
- furore,
- fury,
- hysteria,
- rage,
- rampage,
- uproar
Words Related to furor
Near Antonyms for furor
- calm,
- calmness,
- peace,
- peacefulness,
- placidity,
- quiet,
- quietude,
- repose,
- restfulness,
- sereneness,
- serenity,
- still,
- stillness,
- tranquillity
- (or tranquility),
- tranquilness
3
an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something
- residents were in a furor about the new paper mill being constructed within city limits
Synonyms for furor
Words Related to furor
- acrimoniousness,
- acrimony,
- animosity,
- antagonism,
- antipathy,
- bile,
- biliousness,
- bitterness,
- contempt,
- embitterment,
- empoisonment,
- enmity,
- grudge,
- hostility,
- rancor
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“Furor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furor. Accessed 28 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of furor was in the 15th century
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