Need another word that means the same as “anarchy”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “anarchy” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Anarchy” are: lawlessness, absence of government, nihilism, mobocracy, revolution, insurrection, riot, rebellion, mutiny, disorder, disorganization, misrule, chaos, tumult, turmoil, mayhem, pandemonium
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “anarchy” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| absence of government | The time interval during which something or somebody is away. |
| chaos | (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions. Snow caused chaos in the region. |
| disorder | A state of confusion. An improved understanding of mental disorder. |
| disorganization | Inability to plan one’s activities or affairs efficiently. The disorganization of the enemy troops by a flank attack. |
| insurrection | A violent uprising against an authority or government. The insurrection was savagely put down. |
| lawlessness | A state of lawlessness and disorder usually resulting from a failure of government. The country s descent into lawlessness. |
| mayhem | The crime of maliciously injuring or maiming someone, originally so as to render them defenceless. Complete mayhem broke out. |
| misrule | Government that is inefficient or dishonest. A country that is recovering from decades of misrule. |
| mobocracy | Rule or domination by the masses. The court will never permit mobocracy to overwhelm the law of the land. |
| mutiny | Open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers. The crew were on the verge of mutiny. |
| nihilism | The belief that nothing in the world has a real existence. |
| pandemonium | Wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar. There was complete pandemonium everyone just panicked. |
| rebellion | Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another. His body was in rebellion against fatigue. |
| revolution | A dramatic and wide-reaching change in conditions, attitudes, or operation. The country has had a socialist revolution. |
| riot | An impressively large or varied display of something. Everyone thought she was a riot. |
| tumult | A state of commotion and noise and confusion. A tumult of shouting and screaming broke out. |
| turmoil | A violent disturbance. The country was in turmoil. |
| anarchist | Relating to or supporting anarchism or anarchy. An anarchist newspaper. |
| capitalist | Of or relating to capitalism or capitalists. The global economy is essentially capitalist. |
| chaos | A dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions. Snow caused chaos in the region. |
| chaotic | In a state of complete confusion and disorder. The political situation was chaotic. |
| clutter | Fill a space in a disorderly way. The room was in a clutter of smelly untidiness. |
| communist | A member of the communist party. Communistic propaganda. |
| competitive | Involving competition or competitiveness. We offer prompt service at competitive rates. |
| confused | Mentally confused unable to think with clarity or act intelligently. A confused set of instructions. |
| crazy | (of an angle) appearing absurdly out of place or unlikely. Keep that crazy away from me. |
| decentralize | Move departments of (a large organization) away from a single administrative centre to other locations. He argues that giant corporations must decentralize. |
| disheveled | In disarray; extremely disorderly. Her clothing was disheveled. |
| disorderly | In utter disorder. A disorderly pile of clothes. |
| disorganized | Unable to plan one’s activities efficiently. A disorganized enterprise. |
| eddy | A circular movement of wind, fog, or smoke. An eddy of chill air swirled into the carriage. |
| jumble | Articles collected for a jumble sale. His words jumbled. |
| liberal | Having political or social views favoring reform and progress. Are we dealing with a polarization between liberals and conservatives. |
| libertarian | An advocate of libertarianism. No true libertarian would ever support a culture where citizens must show their papers to travel. |
| maelstrom | A situation or state of confused movement or violent turmoil. The train station was a maelstrom of crowds. |
| mess | Have one s meals with a particular person especially as a member of an armed forces mess. She scratched her head messing her hair still further. |
| messy | Dirty and disorderly. A messy divorce. |
| nihilist | An advocate of anarchism. It is impossible to argue against a nihilist. |
| none | A service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier. Thou shalt have none other gods before me. |
| pessimist | A person who tends to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen. He finds solace in the writings of pessimist philosophers. |
| purl | Knit with a purl stitch. Knit one purl one. |
| rumple | Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. She left her clothes in a rumple on the floor. |
| sloven | A person who is habitually untidy or careless. |
| socialist | Advocating or following the socialist principles. She was a lifelong socialist. |
| utopia | A work of fiction describing a utopia. Misplaced faith in political utopias has led to ruin. |
| vortex | The shape of something rotating rapidly. A swirling vortex of emotions. |
| whirlpool | A quickly rotating mass of water in a river or sea into which objects may be drawn, typically caused by the meeting of conflicting currents. He was drawing her down into an emotional whirlpool. |
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