Definitions

tumultuous

[too-muhl-choo-uhs, tyoo-] / tuˈmʌl tʃu əs, tyu- /

ADJECTIVE

uproarious; boisterous; noisy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boisterous fierce hectic raucous riotous stormy turbulent violent

WEAK

agitated clamorous disorderly disturbed excited irregular lawless noisy obstreperous passionate raging rambunctious restless rowdy rowdydowdy rumbustious termagant unrestrained unruly uproarious vociferous wild

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm gentle mild moderate peaceful quiet

WEAK

orderly

Example Sentences

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Mr. Hazlett is a professor of economics at Clemson University and author of “The Political Spectrum: The Tumultuous Liberation of Wireless Technologies, from Herbert Hoover to the Smartphone.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

Also related to this story Transfer deadline day part two as it happened Transfer deadline day - the morning session Transfers - January 2013 Scotland - transfer deadline day as it happened Tumultuous?

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2013

All Alone Onstage, Singing Songs of a Tumultuous Life Of all the various operatic forms, the hardest for a composer to pull off may be the monodrama.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2012

Tumultuous of backstory, tempestuous of personal life, the betrayed housewife-turned-high-achieving lawyer is a model of grace under pressure whatever this generally diverting series throws at her.

From The Guardian • Jan. 20, 2011

I wake, emerging from a sea of dreams Tumultuous; where my wreck’d desponding thought 10 From wave to wave of fancied misery At random drove, her helm of reason lost.

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward

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