Synonyms of stews

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noun

plural of stew

1

as in sweats

a state of nervous or irritated concern

many in town are in a stew about the proposed plan to close at least one of the elementary schools

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sweats
• panics
• huffs
• swelters
• fusses
• frets
• tizzies
• twitters
• flusters
• lathers
• dithers
• swivets
• pothers
• deliriums
• alarums
• agitations
• hysterias
• dudgeons
• alarms
• piques
• hand-wringings
• ados
• furors
• nervous breakdowns
• distractions
• uproars
• bothers

2

as in disturbances

a state of noisy, confused activity

the audience went into a stew when the evacuation order was announced

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disturbances
• stirs
• commotions
• turmoils
• fusses
• hurricanes
• storms
• rackets
• noises
• fun
• zoos
• rows
• shindies
• coils
• clatters
• pandemoniums
• squalls
• bustles
• corroborees
• alarums and excursions
• rumpuses
• ruckuses
• blathers
• hullabaloos
• ados
• tumults
• clutters
• welters
• ructions
• furores
• furors
• flurries
• roars
• ballyhoos
• bobberies
• bluster
• to-dos
• williwaws
• moils
• hubbubs
• hooplas
• hurly-burlies
• helter-skelters
• kerfuffles
• pothers
• whirls
• hoo-hahs
• uproars
• hurry-skurries
• hubble-bubbles
• upheavals
• shindys
• hurlies
• bothers
• foofaraws
• eruptions
• cacophonies
• splores
• hurry-scurries
• disorders
• do's
• dins
• howls
• hoo-has
• dos
• brawls
• outbreaks
• fevers
• outcries
• hue and cries
• outbursts
• mêlées
• flutters
• flare-ups
• scuffles
• melees
• clamors
• frays
• tizzies
• frets
• fracases
• fracas
• lathers
• dithers
• hassles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tranquillities
• peaces
• tranquilities
• calms
• rests
• hushes
• quiets
• quietudes
• orders

3

as in varieties

an unorganized collection or mixture of various things

the documentary looks at the stew of conspiracy theories inspired by the assassination

Synonyms & Similar Words

• varieties
• assortments
• medleys
• jumbles
• collages
• salads
• ragouts
• gumbos
• litters
• jungles
• potpourris
• blends
• jambalayas
• mélanges
• amalgams
• menageries
• patchwork quilts
• hashes
• patchworks
• mishmashes
• pastiches
• smorgasbords
• scrambles
• shuffles
• olios
• hodgepodges
• crazy quilts
• ragbags
• clutters
• miscellanea
• miscellanies
• alphabet soups
• agglomerates
• montages
• agglomerations
• grab bags
• mixed bags
• ollas podridas
• farragoes
• omnium-gatherums
• rummages
• tangles
• hotchpotches
• combinations
• gallimaufries
• botches
• accumulations
• macédoines
• motleys
• olla podridas
• welters
• tumbles
• muddles
• notions
• sundries
• aggregations
• conglomerates
• salmagundis
• aggregates
• detritus
• compounds
• composites
• conglomerations
• fusions
• odds and ends
• admixtures
• alloys
• oddments
• messes
• catchalls
• intermixtures
• disorders
• commixtures
• chaoses
• morasses
• snarls
• imbroglios
• disarrays
• disarrangements
• mix-ups
• shambles
• bollixes
• confusions
• dog's breakfasts
• knots

4

as in brothels

a building in which prostitutes are available

a red-light district full of down and dirty stews

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brothels
• whorehouses
• bawdy houses
• disorderly houses
• bordellos
• cathouses
• sporting houses
• bagnios
• massage parlors
• harems
• cribs
• call houses
• seraglios

stews

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verb

present tense third-person singular of stew

1

as in boils

to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam

stew the chicken till tender, and then remove the meat from the bones

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boils
• simmers
• poaches
• parboils
• steams
• coddles
• braises
• scalds
• pressure-cooks
• smothers
• reboils
• fricassees

2

as in worries

to experience concern or anxiety

stop stewing over that game and just try to do better next time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• worries
• fears
• troubles
• frets
• sweats
• stresses
• sweats blood
• cares a hang
• fusses
• bothers
• gives a hang
• agonizes
• pines
• longs
• yearns
• despairs
• chafes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepts
• endures
• takes
• sticks out
• tolerates
• sustains
• bears
• abides
• stomachs