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Synonyms for riot
ˈraɪ ətri·ot
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
riot
The essential idea of revolution is a change in the form of government or constitution, or a change of rulers, otherwise than as provided by the laws of succession, election, etc.; while such change is apt to involve armed hostilities, these make no necessary part of the revolution. The revolution by which Dom Pedro was dethroned, and Brazil changed from an empire to a republic, was accomplished without a battle, and almost without a shot. Anarchy refers to the condition of a state when human government is superseded or destroyed by factions or other causes. Lawlessness is a temper of mind or condition of the community which may result in anarchy. Confusion, disorder, riot, and tumult are incidental and temporary outbreaks of lawlessness, but may not be anarchy. Insubordination is individual disobedience. Sedition is the plotting, rebellion the fighting, against the existing government, but always with the purpose of establishing some other government in its place. When rebellion is successful it is called revolution; but there may be revolution without rebellion; as, the English Revolution of 1688. A revolt is an uprising against existing authority without the comprehensive views of change in the form or administration of government that are involved in revolution. Anarchy, when more than temporary disorder, is a proposed disintegration of society, in which it is imagined that social order might exist without government. Slaves make insurrection; soldiers or sailors break out in mutiny; subject provinces rise in revolt. Compare SOCIALISM.
Synonyms:
anarchy, confusion, disintegration, disorder, insubordination, insurrection, lawlessness, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, revolution, sedition, tumultAntonyms:
authority, command, control, domination, dominion, empire, government, law, loyalty, obedience, order, rule, sovereignty, submission, supremacy
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
riot
Synonyms:
noise, uproar, tumult, fray, outbreak, mutiny, row, revel, disturbance, turbulenceAntonyms:
peace, pacification, sobriety, quiescence, orderliness
Princeton's WordNet
riot, public violencenoun
a public act of violence by an unruly mob
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orgy, debauch, rioting, bacchanalia, sidesplitter, howler, drunken revelry, scream, public violence, belly laugh, saturnalia, bacchanal, wow, thigh-slapper, debaucheryrioting, riotnoun
a state of disorder involving group violence
Synonyms:
orgy, debauch, rioting, bacchanalia, sidesplitter, howler, drunken revelry, scream, public violence, belly laugh, saturnalia, bacchanal, wow, thigh-slapper, debaucherybelly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riotnoun
a joke that seems extremely funny
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public violence, shrieking, orgy, screech, debauch, rioting, thigh-slapper, howler, debauchery, bacchanal, screeching, belly laugh, drunken revelry, saturnalia, sidesplitter, howler monkey, shriek, scream, guffaw, bacchanalia, wow, screamingorgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelryverb
a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Synonyms:
sidesplitter, bacchanalia, debauch, rioting, howler, orgy, debauchery, drunken revelry, belly laugh, thigh-slapper, bacchant, bacchanal, splurge, drunken reveller, saturnalia, public violence, scream, drunken reveler, wow, bingeriotverb
take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot
"Students were rioting everywhere in 1968"
carouse, roister, riotverb
engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
"They were out carousing last night"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
riotnoun
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TUMULT, row, uproar, disturbance, commotion, broil, brawl, outbreak, fray, affray, altercation, squabble, quarrel, strife, MÊLÉEriotverb
riotverb
Synonyms:
be excited, be tumultuous
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2691 | row | |
#3061 | noise | |
#3718 | wow | |
#3771 | revolution | |
#4822 | orgy | |
#5268 | disorder | |
#7453 | confusion | |
#11068 | scream | |
#11923 | screaming | |
#13609 | outbreak | |
#14374 | disturbance | |
#14795 | riot | |
#15471 | rebellion | |
#17215 | anarchy | |
#19292 | revolt | |
#19647 | turbulence | |
#21067 | riots | |
#24114 | unrest | |
#27707 | fray | |
#28901 | binge | |
#34953 | mutiny | |
#37565 | revel | |
#38113 | disintegration | |
#40428 | uproar | |
#40475 | insurrection | |
#45049 | howler | |
#47035 | sedition | |
#51475 | screeching | |
#53266 | rioting | |
#56724 | lawlessness | |
#57196 | screech | |
#59390 | debauchery | |
#61744 | tumult | |
#63118 | shriek | |
#66230 | splurge | |
#69336 | shrieking | |
#92311 | insubordination | |
#137241 | saturnalia | |
#155569 | guffaw | |
#172674 | rioted | |
#175143 | bacchanal | |
#212610 | debauch | |
#247234 | bacchanalia | |
#288284 | carouse |
How to use riot in a sentence?
Limbaugh Show producer James Golden:
Tucker did a brilliant interview that should have been done by others in the media, but was not. What did we discover ? – that Kyle Rittenhouse as evidence supports the BLM movement – that Kyle Rittenhouse as evidence actually helped protesters at that riot ; helped get them medical attention, kyle Rittenhouse as evidence was out there to help anybody – we also discovered Kyle Rittenhouse as evidence motivations, whether some might question whether they are wise or not were to protect property – contrary to media assertions Kyle Rittenhouse as evidence did not take a weapon across state lines.
He incited the riot, he and the governor did not provide the manpower to stop the riots. So, if you’re going to focus on a riot, why don’t we focus on the 570 riots. 2,000 police officers injured.
You also found that department shields were stationed on a deployment bus, away from one of the CDU platoons, and that CDU platoon attempted to get to the bus to distribute the shields, but they couldn't do it because the door was locked and as a result this particular CDU platoon was required to respond to the crowd without the protection of their riot shield.
Seeing the SWAT members squatting down (with) their shields and their riot gear, with their automatic rifles out ... I never have experienced anything like that before.
While Democrats seized on Mr. Floyd’s death last May to highlight racism in policing and other forms of social injustice, Republicans responded to a summer of protests by proposing a raft of punitive new measures governing the right to lawfully assemble, some, like [Florida Gov. Ron] DeSantis, are labeling them ‘anti-riot’ bills, conflating the right to peaceful protest with the rioting and looting that sometimes resulted from such protests.
Translations for riot
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- عصيان, شغبArabic
- Randale, Krawall, Tumult, AufruhrGerman
- ταραχήGreek
- alborotoSpanish
- شورشPersian
- hulinoida, rähinä, mellakoida, hulina, mellakkaFinnish
- émeuteFrench
- խռովություն, ապստամբությունArmenian
- subbuglio, baccano, trambusto, cagnara, baraonda, bordello, bailamme, parapiglia, tumulto, schiamazzo, gazzarraItalian
- 狼藉, 暴動, 騒乱, 動乱Japanese
- luxuriaLatin
- tumultuar, turbulência, tumulto, revolta, revoltar, algazarraPortuguese
- восстание, мятеж, беспорядки, разгул, бунтRussian
- uppror, tumult, kravallSwedish
- అల్లర్లుTelugu
- 暴动Chinese
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