TURBULENCE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TURBULENCE?

Need another word that means the same as “turbulence”? Find 25 synonyms and 30 related words for “turbulence” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Turbulence” are: sturm und drang, upheaval, turbulency, rough air currents, irregular atmospheric motion, roughness, storminess, tempestuousness, heaviness, violence, wildness, choppiness, agitation, turmoil, instability, conflict, tumult, troubles, unrest, ferment, disorder, disruption, disturbance, chaos, confusion

Turbulence as a Noun

Definitions of "Turbulence" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “turbulence” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Instability in the atmosphere.
• A state of conflict or confusion.
• A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally.
• Violent or unsteady movement of air or water, or of some other fluid.
• Unstable flow of a liquid or gas.

Synonyms of "Turbulence" as a noun (25 Words)

agitation	A state of agitation or turbulent change or development. The techniques mostly involve agitation by stirring.
chaos	The first created being, from which came the primeval deities Gaia, Tartarus, Erebus, and Nyx. Snow caused chaos in the region.
choppiness	Used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather.
conflict	An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)–Thomas Paine. Bewildered by her own inner conflict she could only stand there feeling vulnerable.
confusion	Uncertainty about what is happening, intended, or required. There is some confusion between unlawful and illegal.
disorder	A state of confusion. Recurrent food crises led to outbreaks of disorder.
disruption	Disturbance or problems which interrupt an event, activity, or process. The scheme was planned to minimize disruption.
disturbance	Electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication. He looked around for the source of the disturbance.
ferment	A substance capable of bringing about fermentation. A period of political and religious ferment.
heaviness	The quality of food being hard to digest. A certain heaviness of style.
instability	Tendency to unpredictable behaviour or erratic changes of mood. She showed increasing signs of mental instability.
irregular atmospheric motion	Merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name.
rough air currents	The part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short.
roughness	The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion. Her voice has a throaty roughness to it.
storminess	Violent passion in speech or action. Frightened by the storminess of their argument.
sturm und drang	A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally.
tempestuousness	A state of agitation or turbulent change or development.
troubles	An angry disturbance. He wanted to die and end his troubles.
tumult	Violent agitation. A tumult of shouting and screaming broke out.
turbulency	Unstable flow of a liquid or gas.
turmoil	Violent agitation. He endured years of inner turmoil.
unrest	A state of dissatisfaction, disturbance, and agitation, typically involving public demonstrations or disorder. Social unrest.
upheaval	A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally. Major upheavals in the financial markets.
violence	An act of aggression (as one against a person who resists. The storm s violence.
wildness	Strength of emotion. The wildness of the nightlife.

Usage Examples of "Turbulence" as a noun

• The plane shuddered as it entered some turbulence.
• The industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence.
• Political turbulence.

Associations of "Turbulence" (30 Words)

agitation	A state of agitation or turbulent change or development. Widespread agitation for social reform.
bedlam	An institution for the care of mentally ill people. There was bedlam in the courtroom.
brouhaha	A noisy and overexcited reaction or response to something. All that election brouhaha.
cataclysmic	Severely destructive. Cataclysmic nuclear war.
chaos	The property of a complex system whose behaviour is so unpredictable as to appear random, owing to great sensitivity to small changes in conditions. Snow caused chaos in the region.
clamor	Compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring. He clamored for justice and tolerance.
clatter	Fall or move with a clatter. The clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones.
commotion	The act of making a noisy disturbance. They set off firecrackers to make a lot of commotion.
convulsion	A physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval. The convulsions of 1939 45.
din	A loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise. He dinned the lessons into his students.
disorder	Bring disorder to. The doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder.
disturbance	A psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness. There was a disturbance of neural function.
flap	An act of flapping something typically a wing or arm up and down or from side to side. Flaps are normally moved by the hydraulics.
fluctuation	The quality of being unsteady and subject to changes. Fluctuations in the yearly values could be caused by a variety of factors.
flutter	An act of fluttering. The seagulls fluttered overhead.
hubbub	A busy, noisy situation. She fought through the hubbub.
instability	A lack of balance or state of disequilibrium. Political and economic instability.
mayhem	Violent and needless disturbance. Complete mayhem broke out.
midst	The location of something surrounded by other things. In the midst of the crowd.
pandemonium	Wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar. There was complete pandemonium everyone just panicked.
perturbation	A cause of anxiety or uneasiness. The term distress connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset.
quake	An earthquake. A little quake of delayed shock nudged her.
racket	A snowshoe resembling a racket. A squash racket.
riot	Take part in a riot disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot. Riots broke out in the capital.
shakeup	The imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes. Top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup.
tumult	A loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people. The whole neighbourhood was in a state of fear and tumult.
turmoil	Disturbance usually in protest. The country was in turmoil.
unrest	A feeling of disturbance and dissatisfaction in a person. Social unrest.
upheaval	(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building. Times of political upheaval.
uproar	A loud and impassioned noise or disturbance. The room was in an uproar.