RIOT Synonyms

• pejorative terms for an insane asylum

• a state of extreme confusion and disorder

• a disorderly outburst or tumult

• the act of making a noisy disturbance

• confused movement

• activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption

• an unhappy and worried mental state

• a disorderly outburst or tumult

• a noisy fight

• the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion

• (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

• electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

• noisy quarrel

• organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

• the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person

• violent and needless disturbance

• a noisy riotous fight

• a state of extreme confusion and disorder

• a formal and solemn declaration of objection

• the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent

• the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval

• utter words of protest

• express opposition through action or words

• affirm or avow formally or solemnly

• refusal to accept some authority or code or convention

• organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

• organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

• make revolution

• fill with distaste

• cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of

• a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving

• the overthrow of a government by those who are governed

• a single complete turn (axial or orbital)

• a state of commotion and noise and confusion

• violent agitation

• the act of making a noisy disturbance

• a violent disturbance

• violent agitation

• disturbance usually in protest

• a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)

• a violent disturbance

• (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

• disturbance usually in protest

• organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

• a state of commotion and noise and confusion

• loud confused noise from many sources

• someone who engages in drinking bouts

• a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus

• a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

• used of riotously drunken merrymaking

• an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)

• a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity