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Synonyms & Antonyms of stew
(Entry 1 of 2)
- many in town are in a stew about the proposed plan to close at least one of the elementary schools
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- alarm
- (also alarum),
- hand-wringing,
- panic
- the audience went into a stew when the evacuation order was announced
Synonyms for stew
- 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,
- 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,
- stir,
- storm,
- to-do,
- tumult,
- turmoil,
- uproar,
- welter,
- whirl,
- williwaw,
- zoo
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Near Antonyms for stew
- calm,
- hush,
- peace,
- quiet,
- quietude,
- rest,
- stillness,
- tranquillity
- (or tranquility)
- the documentary looks at the stew of conspiracy theories inspired by the assassination
Synonyms for stew
- agglomerate,
- agglomeration,
- alphabet soup,
- assortment,
- botch,
- clutter,
- collage,
- crazy quilt,
- farrago,
- gallimaufry,
- grab bag,
- gumbo,
- hash,
- hodgepodge,
- hotchpotch,
- jambalaya,
- jumble,
- jungle,
- litter,
- macédoine,
- medley,
- mélange,
- menagerie,
- miscellanea,
- miscellany,
- mishmash,
- mixed bag,
- montage,
- motley,
- muddle,
- olio,
- olla podrida,
- omnium-gatherum,
- pastiche,
- patchwork,
- patchwork quilt,
- potpourri,
- ragbag,
- ragout,
- rummage,
- salad,
- salmagundi,
- scramble,
- shuffle,
- smorgasbord,
- tumble,
- variety,
- welter
Words Related to stew
- admixture,
- alloy,
- amalgam,
- blend,
- combination,
- commixture,
- composite,
- compound,
- fusion,
- intermixture,
- mix-up
- bollix,
- chaos,
- confusion,
- disarrangement,
- disarray,
- disorder,
- dog's breakfast
- [chiefly British],
- mess,
- morass,
- shambles
- a red-light district full of down and dirty stews
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of stew (Entry 2 of 2)
- stop stewing over that game and just try to do better next time
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