Synonyms of riot

riot

noun

ˈrī-ət 

as in hoot

someone or something that is very funny

she's such a riot at parties

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hoot
• scream
• laugh
• joke
• knee-slapper
• gag
• howler
• witticism
• boner
• wisecrack
• sight
• sally
• quip
• pleasantry
• crack
• jest
• waggery
• caution

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• downer
• bummer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of riot

In the immediate aftermath, violence raged for multiple days between members of the Black and Hasidic Jewish communities in what is known as the Crown Heights riots, resulting in the death of Hasidic Jew Yankel Rosenbaum. — Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Four years after its founding, in 2005, students started a riot, resulting in more than four dozen expulsions and a dozen arrests. — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026

This is also the time of year when local sports talk radio shows flourish, inciting near-riots over how their team was shafted compared to others within their own conference. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

But accounts of the riot by authorities and landowners accused the squatters of firing first, Confluence said. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Phrases Containing riot

• read the riot act (to)
• riot act
• run riot