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 decision marked the second time the state’s highest court has been drawn into a dispute over control of the Legislature in recent days — one indication of the tumult that has played out in Minnesota’s Capitol as the parties vie for control.
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Ernesto Londoño, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Dosunmu spent most of his night chasing Curry around the perimeter, weaving his way through a tumult of screens in his attempt to slow Curry down.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Things come to a head one fateful summer as, amid personal and family tumult, the maturing Griffin begins to inhabit his most important role: himself.
—The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
Now the separate universe of Palm Beach society is all transformation and tumult.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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Ernesto Londoño, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Dosunmu spent most of his night chasing Curry around the perimeter, weaving his way through a tumult of screens in his attempt to slow Curry down.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Things come to a head one fateful summer as, amid personal and family tumult, the maturing Griffin begins to inhabit his most important role: himself.
—The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
Now the separate universe of Palm Beach society is all transformation and tumult.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Tumult.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tumult. Accessed 11 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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