Synonyms for tantrum
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Conniption
2. Hissy
hissy US, temper tantrum, snit, hissy fit informal, conniption fit, snit fit informal US, duck fit dated, wobbler slang UK IE
Other
meltdown informal, dummy spit informal AU, paddy, catfit US, blue devil dated, headfit slang UK
Definitions
- n. 1
An often childish display or fit of bad temper.
Baby Shawn threw a tantrum when he was told the bicycle was not his.
Related words
- Phrases
- temper tantrum throw a tantrum pitch a tantrum
- Is a kind of
- fit outburst paroxysm
Forms
- Plural
- tantrums → conniptions, scenes, fits, hissies…
Example sentences
- conniption You're going to give me a conniption.
- snit He got in a snit over nothing.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| tantrum | rising | |
| conniption | rising | |
| snit | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- fit1
- 4 letters
- snit
- 5 letters
- scene1, paddy2, hissy
- 6 letters
- catfit
- 7 letters
- wobbler, headfit
- 8 letters
- meltdown2
- 10 letters
- conniption3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (paddy2 = 2 syllables).