Synonyms for turbulent
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Tumultuous — violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous
tumultuous, tempestuous, troubled, riotous, agitated, noisy, unquiet, disorderly, high, unruly, boisterous, fierce, rebellious, wild, disturbed, factious, disruptive, uproarious, furious, blustering, obstreperous, seditious
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous.
It is dangerous to sail in turbulent seas.
Related words
- Word family
- turbulently turbid turbulence
Example sentences
- troubled I have no intention of fishing in troubled waters.
- tumultuous Sami and Layla had a very tumultuous relationship.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| turbulent | falling | |
| troubled | rising | |
| tumultuous | rising | |
| riotous | steady | |
| tempestuous | steady | |
| roily | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- high1, wild1
- 5 letters
- noisy2, roily
- 6 letters
- fierce1, unruly3
- 7 letters
- furious3, riotous3, unquiet
- 8 letters
- troubled2, agitated4, factious, vortical
- 9 letters
- disturbed2, seditious3
- 10 letters
- disruptive3, rebellious3, tumultuous4, disorderly4, boisterous3, uproarious, blustering3
- 11 letters
- tempestuous4
- 12 letters
- obstreperous4
- 13 letters
- revolutionary6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (noisy2 = 2 syllables).