Synonyms of williwaws

williwaws

noun

plural of williwaw

1

as in commotions

a state of noisy, confused activity

the surprise verdict of the jury created a wild williwaw as reporters rushed to file their stories

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in blows

a sudden brief rush of wind

a williwaw rose up seemingly out of nowhere and wreaked havoc with our campsite

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blows
• gusts
• breezes
• windblasts
• tornados
• tornadoes
• scuds
• blasts
• flurries
• currents
• hurricanes
• gales
• zephyrs
• breaths
• airs
• puffs
• drafts
• northwesters
• northeasters
• southeasters
• southwesters
• wafts
• whiffs
• westerlies
• tempests
• northers
• windstorms
• squalls
• northerlies
• bluster