Synonyms for tumultuous
tuˈmʌl tʃu əs, tyu-tu·mul·tuous

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1. tumultuous

   Synonyms:
   disorderly, disturbed, confused, turbulent, agitate, seditious, lawless, riotous, unruly

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1. disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulentadjective

   characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

   "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood"

   Synonyms:
   luxuriant, profuse, fast, lush, debauched, riotous, libertine, turbulent, dissolute, roiling, disruptive, degraded, roiled, churning, troubled, dissipated, exuberant, roily, degenerate, profligate

   Antonyms:
   quiet

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1. tumultuousadjective

   Synonyms:
   uproarious, riotous, turbulent

2. tumultuousadjective

   Synonyms:
   disturbed, agitated, restless, uneasy, unquiet

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1. tumultuousadjective

   Synonyms:
   disorderly, turbulent, noisy, riotous

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1. List of paraphrases for "tumultuous":

   turbulent, troubled, stormy

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1. Simon Cusack:

   I was there in Rome on the day when German Steffen set the record and I remember thinking back then,' this one is going to stand for a while'. And it did, for the super-suit era, the sooner it can be erased, the better. It was just a tumultuous time in swimming history and what it did at the time was it made a bit of a joke out of world record standards. It really discriminated against the ones who set the previous ones in the old lycra costumes.

2. Mike Pompeo:

   A report was published by special counsel Robert Mueller and we hope that this tumultuous situation will die down and we can finally move on to building more professional, constructive dialogue between Russia and the State Mike Pompeo.

3. Usamah Bhatti:

   Japanese manufacturers signalled a broad stabilisation in operating conditions at the end of a tumultuous year.

4. Tim Quinlan:

   Third quarter consumer spending is on track for only a scant gain, if COVID cases keep falling and sentiment turns positive, there is scope for a more solid finish to this tumultuous year.

5. Rachel Bovard:

   Senate Democrats are rolling into an election with a historically unpopular president and no answers to a tumultuous economy, inflation at the highest point in decades, and food, housing, and gas prices through the roof, that, more than anything, is determinative of where they may end up electorally.