Synonyms for unrest
ʌnˈrɛstun·rest

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1. unrest

   Synonyms:
   agitation, commotion, disquiet, disturbance, excitement, motion, movement, restlessness, rush, stir, strain, toil, tumult, work

   Antonyms:
   calm, calmness, cessation, ease, intermission, pause, peace, peacefulness, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, recreation, repose, rest, sleep, slumber, stay, stillness, stop, tranquillity

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1. agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrestnoun

   a state of agitation or turbulent change or development

   "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest"

   Synonyms:
   agitation, excitement, zymolysis, fermenting, ferment, fermentation, hullabaloo, zymosis, tempestuousness, upheaval, turmoil

2. unrestnoun

   a feeling of restless agitation

   Synonyms:
   agitation, tempestuousness, ferment, fermentation

Matched Categories

1. • Agitation
   • Turbulence

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1. unrestnoun

   Synonyms:
   unquietness, restlessness, uneasiness, disquietude, inquietude

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1. List of paraphrases for "unrest":

   turmoil, agitation, disorder, turbulence, malaise, upheaval, disturbances, restlessness, unease, instability, disturbance, discontent, strife, disorders, riot, disquiet, rioting, commotion, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, chaos, anxiety, discomfort, uproar, trouble, disruption, troubles, shaking, ferment

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1. Frank Xie:

   Many people lost their lifetime savings because of this and [ if ] more incidences like this takes place, and [ if ] a bank run is met with a government crackdown, social unrest will be the only end result.

2. David Brown:

   Never in the history of the Department have our officers had to contend with a global health pandemic, civil unrest, and the scourge of rising fun violence simultaneously, despite these challenges, Department members worked tirelessly to meet the requirements of the consent decree.

3. Peter O'Neill:

   The actions of reckless individuals damaging property in Mendi has disgusted the nation, police will investigate every agitator, and every person who was involved in the unrest.

4. Darwin Hostetler:

   Because of the political unrest, the gang violence and so on in Haiti, they were taking this small plane to Jacmel where they would meet up with the rest of their family, they were flying to Jacmel and then they were going to meet up with our missionaries then, who were going to take them to Petit-Goâve.

5. Ayanna Pressley:

   Make the phone calls, send the emails, show up, you know, there needs to be unrest in the streets for as long as there’s unrest in our lives.