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Synonyms & Antonyms of tumult
- in the tumult of the evacuation from the coast, we accidentally left on the television, which was of course tuned to the local newscast breathlessly reporting on the hurricane we were fleeing
Synonyms for tumult
- 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,
- stew,
- stir,
- storm,
- to-do,
- turmoil,
- uproar,
- welter,
- whirl,
- williwaw,
- zoo
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Near Antonyms for tumult
- calm,
- hush,
- peace,
- quiet,
- quietude,
- rest,
- stillness,
- tranquillity
- (or tranquility)
- the political tumult that swept the American colonies in the late 1700s
Synonyms for tumult
Words Related to tumult
- insurgency,
- insurrection,
- mutiny,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- rebellion,
- revolt,
- revolution,
- subversion,
- unrest,
- uprising,
- upset
- went to the window to see what the great tumult was and discovered a crowd of demonstrators marching down the street
Synonyms for tumult
- clamor,
- howl,
- hubbub,
- hue and cry,
- hullabaloo,
- noise,
- outcry,
- roar,
- uproar,
- vociferation
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The first known use of tumult was in the 15th century
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