UPRISINGS Synonyms

• an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

• opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings

• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests

• an incompatibility of dates or events

• opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)

• a disagreement or argument about something important

• be in conflict

• go against, as of rules and laws

• a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force

• a brilliant and notable success

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

• open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)

• engage in a mutiny against an authority

• 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 public act of violence by an unruly mob

• a state of disorder involving group violence

• a joke that seems extremely funny

• a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

• take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot

• engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking

• a state of commotion and noise and confusion

• violent agitation

• the act of making a noisy disturbance

• 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

• 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

• advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status

• a movement upward; rise above the ground

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

• sloping upward

• coming to maturity

• newly come into prominence