Synonyms for turbulence
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The state or fact of being turbulent or agitated; tempestuousness, disturbance.
Related words
- Word family
- turbidity turbulent
- Phrases
- turbulence energy
Forms
- Plural
- turbulences → turmoils, disturbances, tumults, upheavals…
Example sentences
- disturbance Is this a servo or a disturbance-rejection problem?
- turmoil Algeria faced political turmoil in the 1990s.
- upheaval That upheaval greatly accelerated Mary's brother's baldness.
- tumult They made a great tumult last night.
- inflammation Hypophysitis is an inflammation of the hypophysis.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| turbulence | falling | |
| disturbance | steady | |
| turmoil | rising | |
| upheaval | steady | |
| tumult | rising | |
| inflammation | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- riot2, stir1, fury2, fuss1, flap1
- 6 letters
- uproar2, flurry2, bustle2, tumult2, fracas2, pother
- 7 letters
- turmoil2, bluster2
- 8 letters
- disorder3, upheaval3, brouhaha3
- 9 letters
- confusion3, agitation4, commotion3
- 10 letters
- unruliness, turbulency
- 11 letters
- disturbance3
- 12 letters
- inflammation4, restlessness3
- 14 letters
- tumultuousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (riot2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- turbulence
- Italiano
- turbolenza
- Deutsch
- Turbulenz