Synonyms for unrest
ʌnˈrɛstun·rest

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1. unrest

   Synonyms:
   agitation, commotion, disquiet, disturbance, excitement, motion, movement, restlessness, rush, stir, strain, toil, tumult, work

   Antonyms:
   calm, calmness, cessation, ease, intermission, pause, peace, peacefulness, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, recreation, repose, rest, sleep, slumber, stay, stillness, stop, tranquillity

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1. agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrestnoun

   a state of agitation or turbulent change or development

   "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest"

   Synonyms:
   agitation, excitement, zymolysis, fermenting, ferment, fermentation, hullabaloo, zymosis, tempestuousness, upheaval, turmoil

2. unrestnoun

   a feeling of restless agitation

   Synonyms:
   agitation, tempestuousness, ferment, fermentation

Matched Categories

1. • Agitation
   • Turbulence

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1. unrestnoun

   Synonyms:
   unquietness, restlessness, uneasiness, disquietude, inquietude

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1. List of paraphrases for "unrest":

   turmoil, agitation, disorder, turbulence, malaise, upheaval, disturbances, restlessness, unease, instability, disturbance, discontent, strife, disorders, riot, disquiet, rioting, commotion, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, chaos, anxiety, discomfort, uproar, trouble, disruption, troubles, shaking, ferment

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1. Chandrasekhar Sripada:

   India is sitting on a time bomb, there will be social unrest if it cannot create enough employment in a relatively short period of time.

2. Mulana Khalil Saqib:

   This Iranian group has been involved in militant activities and innocent killings of Sunni Muslims. We do have demands to wipe off this Iranian group from GB because they have created unrest, their unending sectarian violence has caused us to fight back for our rights. We want the Pakistan government to plan stern action against them.

3. Laith Alkhouri:

   The group's media realizes the importance of highlighting this, not only for boosting the morale of the support base, but just as importantly for expanding its footprint geographically — effectively setting up and expanding unrest zones around the world.

4. Hollie Geitner:

   With the pandemic, with the social unrest, I would say the whole ceiling caved in. And that was my' a ha moment' that this is not OK. I'm not OK with this, when I read that he was begging for his mom, as a mother Hollie Geitner, it just brought me to my knees.

5. Vago Muradian:

   Iran is looming very, very large after the resumption of its nuclear activities, the Saudi Aramco attack and earlier this summer the shootdown of the (U.S.) RQ-4 reconnaissance drone, all of these elements are coming together to raise tensions and then you have the internal unrest in Iran which I think exacerbates the situation, because you don't know how the leadership is going to react in a moment like that.