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  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. commotionnoun

   Synonyms:
   agitation, disturbance, perturbation

2. commotionnoun

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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

How to pronounce commotion?

How to say commotion in sign language?

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1524","1"],["1563","1"],["1564","1"],["1575","1"],["1581","2"],["1588","1"],["1607","1"],["1624","1"],["1644","1"],["1648","15"],["1651","2"],["1655","1"],["1656","9"],["1657","1"],["1658","6"],["1663","1"],["1664","1"],["1665","2"],["1667","6"],["1668","2"],["1670","8"],["1673","23"],["1676","9"],["1678","25"],["1679","2"],["1680","1"],["1681","3"],["1683","1"],["1684","5"],["1685","10"],["1686","6"],["1687","1"],["1688","2"],["1689","4"],["1693","2"],["1694","1"],["1695","4"],["1697","10"],["1698","7"],["1699","1"],["1700","5"],["1701","3"],["1702","4"],["1703","1"],["1704","6"],["1705","3"],["1706","2"],["1707","3"],["1708","1"],["1709","2"],["1710","1"],["1711","3"],["1712","3"],["1713","1"],["1715","1"],["1716","2"],["1717","10"],["1718","3"],["1719","1"],["1720","4"],["1722","6"],["1723","5"],["1724","4"],["1725","55"],["1726","4"],["1727","10"],["1728","9"],["1729","4"],["1730","7"],["1732","5"],["1733","29"],["1734","26"],["1735","17"],["1736","4"],["1737","9"],["1738","63"],["1739","13"],["1740","12"],["1741","4"],["1742","9"],["1743","5"],["1744","12"],["1745","17"],["1746","8"],["1747","68"],["1748","19"],["1749","6"],["1750","81"],["1751","20"],["1752","29"],["1753","94"],["1754","42"],["1755","53"],["1756","87"],["1757","26"],["1758","129"],["1759","77"],["1760","50"],["1761","92"],["1762","31"],["1763","77"],["1764","70"],["1765","43"],["1766","80"],["1767","44"],["1768","109"],["1769","76"],["1770","78"],["1771","94"],["1772","54"],["1773","211"],["1774","119"],["1775","124"],["1776","99"],["1777","91"],["1778","58"],["1779","94"],["1780","92"],["1781","59"],["1782","66"],["1783","119"],["1784","128"],["1785","112"],["1786","144"],["1787","186"],["1788","286"],["1789","172"],["1790","179"],["1791","178"],["1792","199"],["1793","286"],["1794","222"],["1795","328"],["1796","336"],["1797","286"],["1798","224"],["1799","274"],["1800","424"],["1801","386"],["1802","335"],["1803","525"],["1804","685"],["1805","665"],["1806","536"],["1807","590"],["1808","446"],["1809","672"],["1810","709"],["1811","724"],["1812","697"],["1813","572"],["1814","768"],["1815","785"],["1816","640"],["1817","997"],["1818","948"],["1819","669"],["1820","1170"],["1821","777"],["1822","1185"],["1823","1312"],["1824","1112"],["1825","1651"],["1826","1134"],["1827","1284"],["1828","1315"],["1829","1501"],["1830","1444"],["1831","1468"],["1832","1345"],["1833","1559"],["1834","1500"],["1835","1775"],["1836","1739"],["1837","1459"],["1838","1902"],["1839","1769"],["1840","1987"],["1841","1893"],["1842","1717"],["1843","1913"],["1844","2146"],["1845","2565"],["1846","2620"],["1847","2296"],["1848","2489"],["1849","2361"],["1850","2501"],["1851","2685"],["1852","2848"],["1853","2956"],["1854","3364"],["1855","2715"],["1856","3332"],["1857","2560"],["1858","2706"],["1859","2977"],["1860","3051"],["1861","2029"],["1862","1766"],["1863","1802"],["1864","2371"],["1865","2376"],["1866","2832"],["1867","2217"],["1868","2154"],["1869","2341"],["1870","2365"],["1871","2389"],["1872","2316"],["1873","2510"],["1874","2524"],["1875","2803"],["1876","2673"],["1877","2615"],["1878","2304"],["1879","2638"],["1880","3317"],["1881","3312"],["1882","3272"],["1883","3450"],["1884","3350"],["1885","3239"],["1886","2670"],["1887","3612"],["1888","3228"],["1889","2873"],["1890","3140"],["1891","3148"],["1892","3463"],["1893","3083"],["1894","3368"],["1895","3864"],["1896","3812"],["1897","3719"],["1898","4134"],["1899","4409"],["1900","5007"],["1901","4726"],["1902","4408"],["1903","4391"],["1904","4152"],["1905","3740"],["1906","3894"],["1907","4077"],["1908","3912"],["1909","3683"],["1910","3930"],["1911","3472"],["1912","3549"],["1913","3332"],["1914","3125"],["1915","2694"],["1916","2451"],["1917","2725"],["1918","2481"],["1919","2622"],["1920","2938"],["1921","2551"],["1922","3128"],["1923","2754"],["1924","2509"],["1925","2678"],["1926","2375"],["1927","2848"],["1928","2611"],["1929","2752"],["1930","2752"],["1931","3009"],["1932","2384"],["1933","2048"],["1934","2370"],["1935","2688"],["1936","2480"],["1937","2857"],["1938","2516"],["1939","2712"],["1940","2270"],["1941","2141"],["1942","2012"],["1943","1627"],["1944","1694"],["1945","1958"],["1946","2521"],["1947","2939"],["1948","2797"],["1949","3050"],["1950","2994"],["1951","2837"],["1952","3052"],["1953","2753"],["1954","3374"],["1955","3203"],["1956","3273"],["1957","3384"],["1958","3511"],["1959","3500"],["1960","3680"],["1961","4307"],["1962","4156"],["1963","4709"],["1964","4576"],["1965","5249"],["1966","5624"],["1967","5541"],["1968","6596"],["1969","6386"],["1970","6893"],["1971","6017"],["1972","5831"],["1973","5586"],["1974","5362"],["1975","5259"],["1976","5789"],["1977","6245"],["1978","5970"],["1979","6092"],["1980","6287"],["1981","6422"],["1982","6909"],["1983","6727"],["1984","7247"],["1985","7737"],["1986","8397"],["1987","8614"],["1988","9327"],["1989","9884"],["1990","10568"],["1991","10783"],["1992","11058"],["1993","11604"],["1994","12183"],["1995","12530"],["1996","13677"],["1997","14133"],["1998","14508"],["1999","16301"],["2000","20253"],["2001","20593"],["2002","23967"],["2003","27745"],["2004","32442"],["2005","31275"],["2006","33541"],["2007","37636"],["2008","56147"]]

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use commotion in a sentence?

1. Nicolas Maduros:

   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.

2. Lopez Obrador:

   Obviously, we have to help because Central American migrants pass through our territory and we have to bring order to this migration, make sure it's legal, that's what we're doing. But serenely, calmly, without a commotion and with great prudence and responsibility.

3. Katty Castro:

   Since this is a very quiet neighborhood I was surprised to hear a commotion, laughs and four gentlemen pushing one of my lady residents under a heavy storm in Florida, they were pushing her up the big slope toward her residence. These heroes were so focused on helping regardless of the inclement weather and they were even covering her with an umbrella, which showed more compassion on their part.

4. Denise Speller:

   And I ran back to my desk and grabbed a bunch of keys and fumbled at the door trying to find one to lock it. ... As I was doing that, I was seeing the police commotion outside, police running everywhere, ducking behind cars with guns. it was terrifying.

5. Elijah Cummings:

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