Thesaurus:riot

Thesaurus

riot

English

Noun

Sense: a disturbance of civic peace or of public order

Synonyms

• anarchy
• breach of the peace
• chaos
• discord
• disorder    [⇒ thesaurus]
• disorderliness
• disturbance
• instability
• lawlessness
• mayhem
• rioting
• riot
• rowdiness
• strife
• turbulence
• upheaval

See also

• Thesaurus:commotion
• Thesaurus:disorder

Further reading

• “59. disorder” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “riot” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911. (fulltext)
• “riot” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.