Synonyms
- ado
- alarums and excursions
- ballyhoo
- blather
- bluster
- bobbery
- bother
- bustle
- clatter
- clutter [chiefly dialect]
- coil
- commotion
- corroboree [Australian]
- disturbance
- do [chiefly dialect]
- foofaraw
- fun
- furor
- furore
- fuss
- helter-skelter
- hoo-ha
- hoo-hah
- hoopla
- hubble-bubble
- hubbub
- hullabaloo
- hurly
- hurly-burly
- hurricane
- hurry
- hurry-scurry
- hurry-skurry
- kerfuffle [chiefly British]
- moil
- pandemonium
- pother
- row
- ruckus
- ruction
- rumpus
- shindy
- splore [Scottish]
- squall
- stew
- stir
- storm
- to-do
- turmoil
- uproar
- welter
- whirl
- williwaw
- zoo
Examples of tumult in a Sentence
We had to shout to be heard over the tumult.
The country was in tumult.
Her mind was in a tumult of emotions.
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The current tumult within the Republican Party has Democrats cautiously optimistic.
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Nik Popli, TIME, 3 Apr. 2024
The delicacy of Bryan’s lyrics, and the intimacy of his songs, was stripped away at a live show and replaced by the tumult of communal experience.
—Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
Chun’s stewardship of Cougar athletics was the one constant through the tumult that began Aug. 4, when the Pac-12 collapsed.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
Armstrong also writes often about feeling insane, a condition only aggravated by the tumult and cognitive dissonance of the twenty-first century.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
The Dodgers have dealt with their share of off-field tumult in recent years with domestic violence allegations sidelining Trevor Bauer in 2021 and Julio Urías in 2023, but both pitchers were immediately placed on administrative leave and removed from the team.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
Video game studios like other tech industry has seen plenty of tumult this year.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
This change comes against a backdrop of two decades of dramatic tumult in the housing market that is unprecedented in postwar America, says Professor Reid of UC Berkeley.
—Leonardo Bevilacqua, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2024
And there were tangible reminders of that legacy, as well as of the global tumult that gave Nolan’s historical drama about the creation of the nuclear bomb its jolt of immediacy.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
Nik Popli, TIME, 3 Apr. 2024
The delicacy of Bryan’s lyrics, and the intimacy of his songs, was stripped away at a live show and replaced by the tumult of communal experience.
—Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
Chun’s stewardship of Cougar athletics was the one constant through the tumult that began Aug. 4, when the Pac-12 collapsed.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
Armstrong also writes often about feeling insane, a condition only aggravated by the tumult and cognitive dissonance of the twenty-first century.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
The Dodgers have dealt with their share of off-field tumult in recent years with domestic violence allegations sidelining Trevor Bauer in 2021 and Julio Urías in 2023, but both pitchers were immediately placed on administrative leave and removed from the team.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
Video game studios like other tech industry has seen plenty of tumult this year.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
This change comes against a backdrop of two decades of dramatic tumult in the housing market that is unprecedented in postwar America, says Professor Reid of UC Berkeley.
—Leonardo Bevilacqua, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2024
And there were tangible reminders of that legacy, as well as of the global tumult that gave Nolan’s historical drama about the creation of the nuclear bomb its jolt of immediacy.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
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“Tumult.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tumult. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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tumult
noun
tu·mult
ˈt(y)ü-ˌməlt 
1
: uproar
a great tumult arose in the stands
2
: great confusion of mind
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