Synonyms for revolution
ˌrɛv əˈlu ʃənrev·o·lu·tion

Wiktionary(2.43 / 7 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. revolutionnoun

   Antonyms:
   evolution

English Synonyms and Antonyms(2.71 / 7 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. revolution

   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 Anarchy refers to the condition of a state when human government is superseded or destroyed by factions or other causes.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, riot, sedition, tumult

   Antonyms:
   authority, command, control, domination, dominion, empire, government, law, loyalty, obedience, order, rule, sovereignty, submission, supremacy

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. revolution

   Synonyms:
   rotation, periodicity, return, change, alteration, revulsion, revolt, reconstitution, emeute

   Antonyms:
   fixity, permanence, stability, conservation, allegiance, stabilisation, perpetuation, suppression

Princeton's WordNet(2.75 / 4 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. revolutionnoun

   a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving

   "the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution"

   Synonyms:
   rotation, gyration

2. revolutionnoun

   the overthrow of a government by those who are governed

   Synonyms:
   rotation, gyration

3. rotation, revolution, gyrationnoun

   a single complete turn (axial or orbital)

   "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"

   Synonyms:
   rotation, rotary motion, whirling, gyration

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Group Action

Dictionary of English Synonymes(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. revolutionnoun

   Synonyms:
   rotation, gyration, whirling, circular motion

2. revolutionnoun

   Synonyms:
   change (in the political constitution of a country), organic change, successful revolt or rebellion

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. revolutionnoun

   Synonyms:
   rotation, gyration, rebellion, revolt

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "revolution":

   revolutionary, révolution, revolutions, revolución, al-thawra, revolt, uprising, backlash, upheaval, rebellion, rotation

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1. Narendra Modi:

   This enterprise will launch a revolution in Indian railways and speed up India's journey into the future. It will become an engine of economic transformation in India.

2. Egypt Hisham Khalil:

   Now, we are trying until they prove us wrong. it is the revolution. They know people won't wait anymore.

3. Bernie Sanders:

   To my mind, what we have got to do is wage a political revolution where millions of people who have given up on the political process stand up and fight back, demand a government that represents us and not just a handful of campaign contributions, contributors.

4. John F. Kennedy:

   Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.

5. Joey Gibson:

   The politicians like Nancy Pelosi don’t like people coming in talking about freedom, at the end of the day they don’t care about racism. They want a revolution in the country.