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Synonyms for turbulent
ˈtɜr byə lənttur·bu·lent

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Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 3 votes

  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, dissolute, tumultuous, roiling, disruptive, degraded, roiled, churning, troubled, dissipated, exuberant, roily, degenerate, profligate

    Antonyms:
    unagitated, quiet

  2. churning, 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, pissed

    Antonyms:
    unagitated, quiet

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. 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 Synonymes2.0 / 1 vote

  1. turbulentadjective

    Synonyms:
    tumultuous, disorderly, blustering, obstreperous, boisterous, uproarious, blatant, brawling, vociferous

  2. turbulentadjective

    Synonyms:
    riotous, seditious, mutinous, refractory, insurgent, rebellious, revolutionary, jacobinical

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How to use turbulent in a sentence?

  1. Jeb Bush:

    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.

  2. James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr.:

    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.

  3. Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos:

    It's a real story of life in a turbulent world.

  4. Nervous Flyers Bunn:

    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.

  5. Ben Rhodes:

    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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