Synonyms for tumultuous
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Turbulent — causing or characterized by tumult; chaotic, disorderly, turbulent
turbulent, tempestuous, riotous, chaotic, troubled, violent, disorderly, furious, high, unquiet, agitated, disruptive, tumultuary, stormy, fierce, troublous dated
2. Uproarious — characterized by loud, confused noise
uproarious, raucous, rough, noisy, boisterous, obstreperous, rowdy, clamorous, unruly, loud, vociferous, rackety informal, clangorous, strepitous, roisterous, strident
Definitions
- adj. 1
Characterized by loud, confused noise.
- adj. 2
Causing or characterized by tumult; chaotic, disorderly, turbulent.
Related words
- Word family
- tumultuously tumultuousness tumult tumultuary tumulus
Example sentences
- chaotic Algiers is the bustling chaotic capital of Algeria.
- turbulent Ziri's raft made it through the turbulent waters.
- raucous Their raucous behavior disturbed the neighbors.
- uproarious The crowd was uproarious after the ref made a bad call.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| tumultuous | rising | |
| chaotic | rising | |
| turbulent | falling | |
| riotous | steady | |
| tempestuous | steady | |
| raucous | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- high1, loud1
- 5 letters
- rough1, noisy2, rowdy2
- 6 letters
- fierce1, stormy2, unruly3
- 7 letters
- violent3, furious3, chaotic3, raucous2, riotous3, unquiet, rackety
- 8 letters
- troubled2, agitated4, strident2
- 9 letters
- turbulent3, clamorous, troublous
- 10 letters
- disruptive3, disorderly4, boisterous3, vociferous4, uproarious, tumultuary, clangorous, strepitous, roisterous
- 11 letters
- tempestuous4
- 12 letters
- obstreperous4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (noisy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- tumultueux
- Italiano
- tumultuoso
- Español
- tumultuoso
- Català
- tumultuós