Synonyms for commotion
kəˈmoʊ ʃəncom·mo·tion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.7 / 17 votes

1. commotion

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.9 / 7 votes

1. commotion

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.1 / 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

Matched Categories

1. • Disorder
   • Disturbance
   • Movement

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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  

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1. commotionnoun

   Synonyms:
   agitation, disturbance, perturbation

2. commotionnoun

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

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1. commotionnoun

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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "commotion":

   concussion, uproar, agitation, shock, tumult, unrest, turmoil, restlessness, fuss, excitement, emotion, stir, upheaval, furore

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How to use commotion in a sentence?

1. Jason Pellegrini:

   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.

2. Charles Peguy:

   A great philosophy is not one that passes final judgments and establishes ultimate truth. It is one that causes uneasiness and starts commotion.

3. Paul Udoto:

   The mob had formed and in the process somebody got injured, and by the time the veterinary and security teams got to the ground it was already beyond salvation, with that commotion we risked more injuries or even possible deaths.

4. The Tanzanian source:

   When Emwazi and his friends were told they would not be allowed to enter Tanzania, they caused a commotion and tried to force their way out of the airport, i think the stop order against Emwazi and his friends was issued at the request of the British intelligence service.

5. 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.