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Synonyms for turbulent
ˈtɜr byə lənttur·bu·lent
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
turbulent
Synonyms:
agitated, boisterous, disturbed, excited, fierce, frantic, frenzied, furious, heated, passionate, raging, roused, ruffled, stormy, violent, wild, wrathfulAntonyms:
calm, collected, composed, cool, dispassionate, imperturbable, peaceful, placid, quiet, sedate, self-possessed, serene, smooth, still, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled
Princeton's WordNet
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, dissolute, tumultuous, roiling, disruptive, degraded, roiled, churning, troubled, dissipated, exuberant, roily, degenerate, profligateAntonyms:
unagitated, quietchurning, roiling, roiled, roily, turbulentadjective
(of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence
"the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids"
Synonyms:
churned-up, annoyed, roiling, riotous, irritated, pissed off, troubled, nettled, miffed, tumultuous, disruptive, peeved, steamed, roiled, churning, stung, riled, roily, pissedAntonyms:
unagitated, quiet
Editors Contribution
commotion
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 Synonymes
turbulentadjective
Synonyms:
tumultuous, disorderly, blustering, obstreperous, boisterous, uproarious, blatant, brawling, vociferousturbulentadjective
Synonyms:
riotous, seditious, mutinous, refractory, insurgent, rebellious, revolutionary, jacobinical
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#852 | fast | |
#2028 | wild | |
#5940 | violent | |
#6352 | excited | |
#7759 | disturbed | |
#9255 | heated | |
#11950 | troubled | |
#12021 | passionate | |
#12828 | volatile | |
#14822 | lush | |
#15038 | eddy | |
#15142 | fierce | |
#16282 | pissed | |
#16835 | furious | |
#18495 | restless | |
#18847 | raging | |
#19872 | annoyed | |
#20272 | turbulent | |
#20864 | disruptive | |
#22311 | degraded | |
#23805 | stormy | |
#24491 | frantic | |
#28668 | hectic | |
#28872 | steamed | |
#29320 | degenerate | |
#31274 | irritated | |
#34500 | disordered | |
#37078 | agitated | |
#39613 | ruffled | |
#39714 | unruly | |
#42888 | churning | |
#44626 | stung | |
#46323 | exuberant | |
#46430 | dissipated | |
#46627 | tumultuous | |
#48392 | frenzied | |
#53753 | roused | |
#60245 | boisterous | |
#61557 | libertine | |
#75439 | profuse | |
#78329 | luxuriant | |
#81821 | miffed | |
#83140 | riotous | |
#89626 | riled | |
#100322 | peeved | |
#101493 | restive | |
#107022 | profligate | |
#111537 | dissolute | |
#118983 | wrathful | |
#124553 | roiling | |
#142509 | debauched | |
#197879 | roiled | |
#316950 | nettled |
How to use turbulent in a sentence?
To be elected and re-elected in the kind of turbulent times that we're in is to be admired for someone that's running for president.
The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity.
It's a real story of life in a turbulent world.
When something happens to you, if you don’t consolidate the memory, you don’t remember it, when some people get on a plane and have a turbulent flight, they forget about it [afterwards]. And it’s not that they try to forget about it. They just don’t consolidate that memory.
Obviously, we recognize that the U.S.-Brazil relationship went through a turbulent patch after the disclosures that took place related to U.S. intelligence activities a couple of years ago, however, we went through a very thorough review of those activities and we worked hard, together with the Brazilian government, to address a variety of concerns, but importantly, to begin a new chapter in our bilateral relationship.
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