Words and phrases that have a meaning related to upheaval: (133 results)
Often used in the same context:
turmoil, tumult, strife, unrest, instability, shakeup, turbulence, chaos, ructions, crisis, maelstrom, troubles, uncertainty, meltdown, convulsion, reshuffling, uprisings, dislocation, revolt, unsettlement, disarray, implosion, cataclysm, disruption, dissension, infighting, discord, revolution, angst, exodus, shockwaves, shakeout, tempest, malaise, unease, disintegration, fallout, firestorm, reverberations, stagnation, travails, struggles, backlash, transformations, hardship, fractiousness, tailspin, commotions, vicissitudes, collapse, schisms, unsettledness, tensions, furor, discontent, uproar, bloodbath, jitters, rifts, disturbances, devastation, renaissance, bloodletting, rancor, gyrations, unpleasantness, ascendence, protests, anxiety, mayhem, ripples, acrimony, debacle, domino effect, reawakening, woes, ferment, downturn, hullabaloo, calamity, rebellions, pressures, weimar republic, volatility, catastrophe, destabilization, transitions, repercussions, discombobulation, metamorphosis, wrangling, controversy, resurgence, ouster, birth pangs, frenzy, disharmony, repression, squabbles, downfall, flux, panic, upheavals, upsurge, awakening, conflagration, conflict, renovation, cataclysms, alienation, change, disillusionment, furore, overturn
More specific:
agitation, fermentation, violence
Appears in the definition of:
convulsion, incurious, relocation, resettlement, transplantation
Synonyms:
Also try:excitement, sturm und drang, uplift, upthrow, upthrust
— Adjectives for upheaval: social, political, great, emotional, revolutionary, major, violent, economic, general, tremendous, religious, more...
Commonly used words are shown in bold. Rare words are dimmed.
Click on a word above to view its definition.
Click on a word above to view its definition.