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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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Abbate’s abrupt departure after 28 years with the FBI creates additional tumult for a law enforcement agency that had already been preparing for upheaval in the event Patel is confirmed.
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Morgan Stanley’s chief U.S. equity strategist, Michael Wilson, recommends that investors stick with quality stocks to manage any ensuing market tumult.
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The tumult has triggered plenty of experimentation.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Abbate’s abrupt departure after 28 years with the FBI creates additional tumult for a law enforcement agency that had already been preparing for upheaval in the event Patel is confirmed.
—Eric Tucker, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
Morgan Stanley’s chief U.S. equity strategist, Michael Wilson, recommends that investors stick with quality stocks to manage any ensuing market tumult.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
The tumult has triggered plenty of experimentation.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Tumult.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tumult. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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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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