Synonyms for turbulent
ˈtɜr byə lənttur·bu·lent

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.4 / 5 votes

1. turbulent

   Synonyms:
   agitated, boisterous, disturbed, excited, fierce, frantic, frenzied, furious, heated, passionate, raging, roused, ruffled, stormy, violent, wild, wrathful

   Antonyms:
   calm, collected, composed, cool, dispassionate, imperturbable, peaceful, placid, quiet, sedate, self-possessed, serene, smooth, still, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 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 ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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 SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "turbulent":

   troubled, tumultuous, unruly, stormy, restive, agitated, volatile, restless, eddy, disturbed, hectic, disordered

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1. Samuel Roccaforte:

   We're in a very turbulent time right now and there's a lot of division.

2. Jim Pattison:

   I don’t have all the details, but to answer your question, no, it shouldn’t have been in the water if, if what happened, happened, this business has been operating for 47 years and we’ve never had an incident like this or anything close to it. To the best of our knowledge – and we don’t have a lot of information now – but it was a fast-moving storm that came out of basically nowhere is sort of the verbal analysis I’ve got. Weather experts said a strong wind was blowing in the region, and those gusts became even more turbulent on the lake because there are no structures to slow them down.

3. Kyle Ramsey:

   They lived through a very turbulent financial period when they saw their parents finances hurt by the (credit) crisis, they are shell-shocked by the market and keeping their cash in savings accounts.

4. Chief Executive Michael Sabia:

   In this context, the quality of the assets in our portfolio allowed us to deliver solid results, confirming the soundness of our strategy. While not immunizing our portfolio against market movements, our strategy makes it more resilient in turbulent times.

5. Michael Oliver Weinberg:

   There are plenty of exciting ways to produce returns despite the turbulent markets.