Synonyms of riots

riots

noun

plural of riot

as in screams

someone or something that is very funny

she's such a riot at parties

Synonyms & Similar Words

• screams
• hoots
• laughs
• jokes
• knee-slappers
• witticisms
• howlers
• gags
• wisecracks
• sallies
• boners
• sights
• quips
• cracks
• jests
• waggeries
• pleasantries
• cautions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• downers
• bummers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of riots

It was created by the California Legislature in 1968 after the 1965 Watts riots in Los Angeles, ostensibly to curb redlining by banks, home sellers and insurers in minority neighborhoods. — Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

Although Pride Month is traditionally celebrated in June to coincide with the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots, Boise has been holding Pride festivities in September since 2020, according to Wheeler. — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 19 Sep. 2026

After a stabbing in Southport, England, in 2024, viral posts falsely claiming that the suspect was a Muslim and an undocumented migrant spread rapidly to millions via X and other platforms, inflaming the riots that ensued. — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

But arguably the Bertolucci film that might have spoken the loudest to that generation, 2003’s The Dreamers — a Jules et Jim-like romantic triangle set against the 1968 Paris student riots — is dispensed with in a brief clip or two, sans commentary. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

Food price spikes can also exacerbate grievances and lead to riots that destabilize governments; anger over hunger, for example, set the conditions for the Arab Spring protests. — Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026

In addition, the Iranian government has suppressed anti-government riots and protests with deadly force and arbitrary arrests and detention, according to human rights observers. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2026

In her detective series, under the pen name Amanda Cross, an English professor solves murders whose motives include bad psychoanalysis, student riots, and biographers who know too much for their own good. — Merve Emre, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

People were living in squats, and the Tompkins Square riots, and all of that. — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026