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Synonyms for riot
ˈraɪ ətri·ot
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
riot
The essential idea of revolution is a change in the form of government or constitution, or a change of rulers, otherwise than as provided by the laws of succession, election, etc.; while such change is apt to involve armed hostilities, these make no necessary part of the revolution. The revolution by which Dom Pedro was dethroned, and Brazil changed from an empire to a republic, was accomplished without a battle, and almost without a shot. Anarchy refers to the condition of a state when human government is superseded or destroyed by factions or other causes. Lawlessness is a temper of mind or condition of the community which may result in anarchy. Confusion, disorder, riot, and tumult are incidental and temporary outbreaks of lawlessness, but may not be anarchy. Insubordination is individual disobedience. Sedition is the plotting, rebellion the fighting, against the existing government, but always with the purpose of establishing some other government in its place. When rebellion is successful it is called revolution; but there may be revolution without rebellion; as, the English Revolution of 1688. A revolt is an uprising against existing authority without the comprehensive views of change in the form or administration of government that are involved in revolution. Anarchy, when more than temporary disorder, is a proposed disintegration of society, in which it is imagined that social order might exist without government. Slaves make insurrection; soldiers or sailors break out in mutiny; subject provinces rise in revolt. Compare SOCIALISM.
Synonyms:
anarchy, confusion, disintegration, disorder, insubordination, insurrection, lawlessness, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, revolution, sedition, tumultAntonyms:
authority, command, control, domination, dominion, empire, government, law, loyalty, obedience, order, rule, sovereignty, submission, supremacy
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
riot
Synonyms:
noise, uproar, tumult, fray, outbreak, mutiny, row, revel, disturbance, turbulenceAntonyms:
peace, pacification, sobriety, quiescence, orderliness
Princeton's WordNet
riot, public violencenoun
a public act of violence by an unruly mob
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orgy, debauch, rioting, bacchanalia, sidesplitter, howler, drunken revelry, scream, public violence, belly laugh, saturnalia, bacchanal, wow, thigh-slapper, debaucheryrioting, riotnoun
a state of disorder involving group violence
Synonyms:
orgy, debauch, rioting, bacchanalia, sidesplitter, howler, drunken revelry, scream, public violence, belly laugh, saturnalia, bacchanal, wow, thigh-slapper, debaucherybelly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riotnoun
a joke that seems extremely funny
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public violence, shrieking, orgy, screech, debauch, rioting, thigh-slapper, howler, debauchery, bacchanal, screeching, belly laugh, drunken revelry, saturnalia, sidesplitter, howler monkey, shriek, scream, guffaw, bacchanalia, wow, screamingorgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelryverb
a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
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sidesplitter, bacchanalia, debauch, rioting, howler, orgy, debauchery, drunken revelry, belly laugh, thigh-slapper, bacchant, bacchanal, splurge, drunken reveller, saturnalia, public violence, scream, drunken reveler, wow, bingeriotverb
take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot
"Students were rioting everywhere in 1968"
carouse, roister, riotverb
engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
"They were out carousing last night"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
riotnoun
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TUMULT, row, uproar, disturbance, commotion, broil, brawl, outbreak, fray, affray, altercation, squabble, quarrel, strife, MÊLÉEriotverb
riotverb
Synonyms:
be excited, be tumultuous
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2691 | row | |
#3061 | noise | |
#3718 | wow | |
#3771 | revolution | |
#4822 | orgy | |
#5268 | disorder | |
#7453 | confusion | |
#11068 | scream | |
#11923 | screaming | |
#13609 | outbreak | |
#14374 | disturbance | |
#14795 | riot | |
#15471 | rebellion | |
#17215 | anarchy | |
#19292 | revolt | |
#19647 | turbulence | |
#21067 | riots | |
#24114 | unrest | |
#27707 | fray | |
#28901 | binge | |
#34953 | mutiny | |
#37565 | revel | |
#38113 | disintegration | |
#40428 | uproar | |
#40475 | insurrection | |
#45049 | howler | |
#47035 | sedition | |
#51475 | screeching | |
#53266 | rioting | |
#56724 | lawlessness | |
#57196 | screech | |
#59390 | debauchery | |
#61744 | tumult | |
#63118 | shriek | |
#66230 | splurge | |
#69336 | shrieking | |
#92311 | insubordination | |
#137241 | saturnalia | |
#155569 | guffaw | |
#172674 | rioted | |
#175143 | bacchanal | |
#212610 | debauch | |
#247234 | bacchanalia | |
#288284 | carouse |
How to use riot in a sentence?
Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.
We were responding to a riot, people throwing Molotov cocktails at us, frozen water bottles, bottles filled with urine, bottles full of gasoline, and they were engaging in criminal activity by obstructing the passage road that goes to the main hospital.
There's a big difference between walking down Pennsylvania Avenue and expressing yourself and going into a building where rioters pushed New York Police and hit New York Police and pushed them out of the way to get in, that will be the question. They just came and they marched, versus did they go inside the building and become part of a( riot).
This is an important protection for citizens who are just trying to get out of a bad situation, when fleeing an unlawful riot, they should not face threat of prosecution for trying to protect themselves, their families or their property.
Having the military handle a protest rally is not the best idea, even the anti-riot police, with all the issues and incidents they have been involved so far in the protest, at least they are a body of trained professionals specialized in dealing with protesters. A soldier is not trained in conflict resolution : they are trained to kill.
Translations for riot
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- عصيان, شغبArabic
- Randale, Krawall, Tumult, AufruhrGerman
- ταραχήGreek
- alborotoSpanish
- شورشPersian
- hulinoida, rähinä, mellakoida, hulina, mellakkaFinnish
- émeuteFrench
- խռովություն, ապստամբությունArmenian
- subbuglio, baccano, trambusto, cagnara, baraonda, bordello, bailamme, parapiglia, tumulto, schiamazzo, gazzarraItalian
- 狼藉, 暴動, 騒乱, 動乱Japanese
- luxuriaLatin
- tumultuar, turbulência, tumulto, revolta, revoltar, algazarraPortuguese
- восстание, мятеж, беспорядки, разгул, бунтRussian
- uppror, tumult, kravallSwedish
- అల్లర్లుTelugu
- 暴动Chinese
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