Synonyms for chaos
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Noun
1. Pandemonium
pandemonium, mayhem, bedlam, turmoil, disorder, confusion, mess, disorganization US, disorganisation UK, commotion, jumble, fuss, brouhaha, bother, flap, foofaraw informal, topsy-turviness, topsy-turvydom
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Definitions
- n. 1
The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.
Related words
- Word family
- chaotic chaotically
Forms
- Plural
- chaoses → pandemoniums, mayhems, bedlams, turmoils…
Example sentences
- turmoil Algeria faced political turmoil in the 1990s.
- mayhem Tom was arrested for aggravated assault and mayhem.
- pandemonium It was pandemonium at the stadium after the game.
- bedlam She came from a family of ten, so bedlam was the norm.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| chaos | rising | |
| turmoil | rising | |
| mayhem | rising | |
| pandemonium | rising | |
| bedlam | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- mess1, fuss1, flap1
- 6 letters
- bother2, mayhem2, jumble2, bedlam2
- 7 letters
- turmoil2
- 8 letters
- disorder3, brouhaha3, foofaraw
- 9 letters
- confusion3, commotion3
- 11 letters
- pandemonium5
- 15 letters
- disorganization6, disorganisation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bother2 = 2 syllables).