Synonyms for bedlam
Most common
disorder chaos pandemonium madhouse snake pit sanatorium babel
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Pandemonium — A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails
pandemonium, madhouse, chaos, disorder, mental hospital, topsy-turviness, topsy-turvydom, insane asylum dated, lunatic asylum vulgar dated
2. Nut house
nut house, looney bin, snake pit, sanatorium, sanitarium US, booby hatch, funny farm slang, cuckoo's nest slang
Definitions
- n. 1
A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.
Forms
- Plural
- bedlams → pandemoniums, madhouses, chaoses, disorders…
Example sentences
- disorder Apparently, Leon had some kind of mental disorder.
- chaos There is a lot of chaos and confusion at the site.
- pandemonium It was pandemonium at the stadium after the game.
- madhouse It's not a madhouse. It's a clinic for the mentally unstable.
- sanatorium Tom became sick and spent time in a sanatorium.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| bedlam | rising | |
| disorder | rising | |
| chaos | rising | |
| pandemonium | rising | |
| madhouse | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- chaos2, babel2
- 8 letters
- disorder3, madhouse2
- 10 letters
- sanatorium, sanitarium
- 11 letters
- pandemonium5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (chaos2 = 2 syllables).