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Synonyms & Antonyms of hullabaloo
1
a state of noisy, confused activity
- there was a lot of needless hullabaloo as the new millennium approached
Synonyms for hullabaloo
- ado,
- alarums and excursions,
- ballyhoo,
- blather,
- bluster,
- bobbery,
- bother,
- bustle,
- clatter,
- clutter
- [chiefly dialect],
- coil,
- commotion,
- corroboree
- [Australian],
- disturbance,
- do
- [chiefly dialect],
- foofaraw,
- fun,
- furor,
- furore,
- fuss,
- helter-skelter,
- hoo-ha
- (also hoo-hah),
- hoopla,
- hubble-bubble,
- hubbub,
- 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 hullabaloo
- calm,
- hush,
- peace,
- quiet,
- quietude,
- rest,
- stillness,
- tranquillity
- (or tranquility)
2
a violent shouting
- there was such a hullabaloo in the room that he couldn't hear himself think
Synonyms for hullabaloo
- clamor,
- howl,
- hubbub,
- hue and cry,
- noise,
- outcry,
- roar,
- tumult,
- uproar,
- vociferation
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The first known use of hullabaloo was in 1762
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