Synonyms for Commotion

Synonyms for "commotion" (268 found)

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Closest matches (54)

Noun(26 words)

disturbance ruckus disruption fuss hoo-ha hoo-hah hullabaloo kerfuffle rumpus to-do tumult uproar ado argy-bargy balagan bangarang bobbery brouhaha brouhahas bunfight

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bust-up bustle bustles chaos clamour clatter

ado agitation annoyance bedlambedlam let looseblast bluster bobbery boil boiling bother botheration brawl broil brouhaha burst bustle cacophony chaos charivari

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chirm churn clamor clangor clap clatter coil communal

Strong matches (80)

confusion conjoint conjunct conturbation convulsion din discomfiture discomposure discord disorder disquiet disquietude disturbance dither donnybrookdonnybrook fairdrunken brawldustup ebullience ebullition

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eddy effervescence embroilment excitement fanaticism fanfare feery-fary ferment fermentation fever feverishness fidgetiness fidgets fit flap flurry fluster flutter flutteration flutteriness foment fomentation foofaraw fracasfree-for-allfrenzy fume furor furore fury fuss fussiness hasslehell broke loosehelter skelterhelter-skelter howl hubbubhue and cryhullabaloo hurly-burly hurrah hurryhurry scurryhurry-scurry incident

Noun(13 words)

din ferment flap flutter foofaraw fracas furor fusses fussing hobbleshaw hubbubhurly burlyhurly-burly

Verb(1 words)

garboil

Related words (134)

inquietude insurgence insurrection irritation jangle jitters joint jumpiness latherloud noisemaelstrom malaise melee moil motion mutiny mutual nerviness nervosity nervousness

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Verb(1 words)

make a stir

Noun(28 words)

mayhemmerry helloutcry palaver pandemonium pother quarrel riot rowdydow ruckuses ruction shemozzle shindy splatterdashstate of tumultstir stooshiethree-ring circustizzy tomfoolery

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trouble turmoil unrestuproar among studentsuproars upstir whirl whirls

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5 relation types

More general

4 entries

disorder disturbance motion movement

More specific

4 entries

fuss hullabaloo ruckus uproar

Collocations

6 entries

cause a commotiongreat commotionloud commotionmajor commotionmake a commotionpublic commotion

Inflections

1 entries

commotions

Derivations

1 entries

commotional

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Tom could hear a commotion in front of his house, so he went outside to see what was happening.

Source: tatoeba (1199676)

I really don't understand what all the commotion is about.

Source: tatoeba (1199677)

Tom went outside to discover what all the commotion was about.

Source: tatoeba (1199679)

It caused quite a commotion.

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Commotion