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Synonyms for commotion
kəˈmoʊ ʃəncom·mo·tion

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.9 / 7 votes

  1. commotion

    Synonyms:
    agitation, disturbance, tumult, excitement, turmoil, perturbation

    Antonyms:
    quiescence, calm, subsidence, pacification, tranquillity, mitigation, appeasement, soothing, allaying, moderating

Princeton's WordNet3.1 / 7 votes

  1. disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfufflenoun

    a disorderly outburst or tumult

    "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"

    Synonyms:
    disturbance, gap, flapping, flicker, ruction, folie, interruption, rumpus, mental disorder, whirl, din, flutter, hoo-hah, mental disturbance, hurly burly, flap, dislocation, ruffle, break, waver, disruption, affray, fluttering, perturbation, upset, noise, tumult, ruckus, kerfuffle, hoo-ha, to-do, psychological disorder, interference, fray

  2. commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumultnoun

    the act of making a noisy disturbance

    Synonyms:
    hurly burly, clamor, disturbance, uproar, turmoil, whirl, flutter, ruckus, to-do, rumpus, ruction, din, kerfuffle, blaring, hoo-ha, disruption, cacophony, tumult, tumultuousness, garboil, blare, hoo-hah

  3. whirl, commotionnoun

    confused movement

    "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"

    Synonyms:
    go, hurly burly, disturbance, whirl, fling, spin, twist, swirl, flutter, ruckus, crack, to-do, twisting, rumpus, vortex, ruction, din, offer, twirl, hoo-ha, disruption, convolution, tumult, pass, kerfuffle, hoo-hah

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. turbulent

    noisy confusion and disturbance

    the commotion created in the riot was due to a specific group of people.

    Submitted by JP03 on October 23, 2014  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. commotionnoun

    Synonyms:
    agitation, disturbance, perturbation

  2. commotionnoun

    Synonyms:
    turmoil, turbulence, tumult, disorder, violence, bustle, pother, ado, TO-DO

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. commotionnoun

    Synonyms:
    agitation, tumult, disturbance, turmoil, riot, perturbation, flurry, furore

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How to use commotion in a sentence?

  1. Jason Pellegrini:

    Then no more than 15 minutes later, I heard commotion out my window and I looked and I saw the raging water, It came in to the low-lying areas and it rushed fast, and it was like a tsunami.

  2. Police Chief Mark Saunders:

    I started honking my horn, making noises, trying to make a commotion, trying to make people aware that something was going on. I rolled down my windows and started yelling at people, I wanted them to get out of the way.

  3. Elijah Cummings:

    I say to the president: No more talk, no more tweet. No more commotion, emotion and motion and no results.

  4. Nicolás Maduro:

    Were not beggars, what the U.S. empire is doing with its puppets is an internal provocation. They wanted to generate a great national commotion, but they didnt achieve it.

  5. Stephen Swofford/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/AP William Williams:

    Everything happened in like five seconds. It came – boom, you could hear a lot of commotion and stuff. … I go outside, and it is crazy. People had blood all over their faces. … I’m just thankful that I’m alive.


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