as in screams
someone or something that is very funny
she's such a riot at parties
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of riots
In search of scientific ways to make sense of a world in constant flux, people called on catastrophe theory to describe everything from bridge collapses to prison riots to regime changes.
—
Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The riots start later that night.
—Sara Stridsberg
september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Two pipe bombs were also placed outside the Democratic and Republican national headquarters the day before the riots.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
Outrage over the video, however, also was blamed for riots and the Defund the Police movement, which many now consider a mistake that might have precipitated a rise in violent crime in some cities (the statistics are often debated).
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
The story focuses on the Direct Action Day and the Noakhali riots which took place in current-day portions of India and Bangladesh in 1946.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Food lines grew longer, Soviet cities were shaken by hunger riots, and wage payments began to fall behind.
—Celeste A. Wallander, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2025
Many of the policies implemented in Senate Bill 300 included recommendations made by the task force on racial equity in criminal justice that Cooper created after riots broke out in Raleigh over Floyd’s death.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2025
Johnson’s legacy feels particularly urgent as the National Park Service recently removed all references to transgender people from its New York Stonewall National Monument website, erasing the central role trans women of color played in the 1969 riots.
—Essence, 6 Sep. 2025
Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The riots start later that night.
—Sara Stridsberg
september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Two pipe bombs were also placed outside the Democratic and Republican national headquarters the day before the riots.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
Outrage over the video, however, also was blamed for riots and the Defund the Police movement, which many now consider a mistake that might have precipitated a rise in violent crime in some cities (the statistics are often debated).
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
The story focuses on the Direct Action Day and the Noakhali riots which took place in current-day portions of India and Bangladesh in 1946.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Food lines grew longer, Soviet cities were shaken by hunger riots, and wage payments began to fall behind.
—Celeste A. Wallander, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2025
Many of the policies implemented in Senate Bill 300 included recommendations made by the task force on racial equity in criminal justice that Cooper created after riots broke out in Raleigh over Floyd’s death.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2025
Johnson’s legacy feels particularly urgent as the National Park Service recently removed all references to transgender people from its New York Stonewall National Monument website, erasing the central role trans women of color played in the 1969 riots.
—Essence, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for riots
Noun
-
Voices gasped, exhaled for a beat, then rose up in screams of horror.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
-
As cheers and screams of joy rang out in El Alto, Venezuelan fans began to sob in the stands.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
All the segments understand the assignment, aiming primarily to elicit hoots and hollers.—
James Grebey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
-
The town hall crowd received my comments with strong clapping and appreciative hoots and hollers.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
-
Posey brought the laughs and lorazepam to The White Lotus season 3 as the Ratliff family matriarch, Victoria.—
Carson Blackwelder,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
-
Rogen remembers the moment Apatow came up with one of the scenes that drew the biggest laughs in the film, in which Steve Carell’s character awkwardly tries to relieve himself while aroused.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Riots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riots. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share