All riot synonyms
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R r noun riot
- free-for-all β a fight, argument, contest, etc., open to everyone and usually without rules.
- grand slam β Bridge. the winning of all thirteen tricks of a deal. Compare little slam.
- at-home β Also, at home. a reception of visitors at certain hours at one's home.
- mixup β an act or instance of mixing.
- buffoonery β Buffoonery is foolish behaviour that makes you laugh.
- fracas β a noisy, disorderly disturbance or fight; riotous brawl; uproar.
- anarchism β Anarchism is the belief that the laws and power of governments should be replaced by people working together freely.
- dogfight β a violent fight between dogs.
- rabble β a tool or mechanically operated device used for stirring or mixing a charge in a roasting furnace.
- movable feast β a religious feast that does not occur on the same date each year.
- love-in β a usually organized public gathering of people, held as a demonstration of mutual love or in protest against inhumane policies.
- nonobservance β absence or lack of observance.
- insurgence β an act of rebellion; insurrection; revolt.
- insurgency β the state or condition of being insurgent.
- brawl β A brawl is a rough or violent fight.
- brannigan β a noisy quarrel
- noncooperation β failure or refusal to cooperate.
- battle royal β a fight, esp with fists or cudgels, involving more than two combatants; melee
- disorder β lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
- insurrection β an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government.
- hoedown β a community dancing party typically featuring folk and square dances accompanied by lively hillbilly tunes played on the fiddle.
- blowout β A blowout is a large meal, often a celebration with family or friends, at which people may eat too much.
- fight β a battle or combat.
- blow out β If you blow out a flame or a candle, you blow at it so that it stops burning.
- racket β a light bat having a netting of catgut or nylon stretched in a more or less oval frame and used for striking the ball in tennis, the shuttlecock in badminton, etc.
- nongovernment β Not governmental in nature.
- lovein β a usually organized public gathering of people, held as a demonstration of mutual love or in protest against inhumane policies.
- howler β a person, animal, or thing that howls.
- commotion β A commotion is a lot of noise, confusion, and excitement.
- anarchy β If you describe a situation as anarchy, you mean that nobody seems to be paying any attention to rules or laws.
- waywardness β The quality of being wayward.
- disturbance β the act of disturbing.
- luncheon β lunch, especially a formal lunch held in connection with a meeting or other special occasion: the alumni luncheon.
- mob rule β the fact or state of large groups of people acting without the consent of the government, authorities, etc
- insubordination β the quality or condition of being insubordinate, or of being disobedient to authority; defiance: The employee was fired for insubordination.
- donnybrook β an inordinately wild fight or contentious dispute; brawl; free-for-all.
verb riot
- disobey β Fail to obey (rules, a command, or someone in authority).
- frolic β merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- live up β to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- luxuriate β to enjoy oneself without stint; revel: to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.
- kick over the traces β either of the two straps, ropes, or chains by which a carriage, wagon, or the like is drawn by a harnessed horse or other draft animal.
adj riot
- laughable β such as to cause laughter; funny; amusing; ludicrous.
- clownish β If you describe a person's appearance or behaviour as clownish, you mean that they look or behave rather like a clown, and often that they appear rather foolish.
- derisory β If you describe something such as an amount of money as derisory, you are emphasizing that it is so small or inadequate that it seems silly or not worth considering.
- funny β funnies. comic strips. Also called funny paper. the section of a newspaper reserved for comic strips, word games, etc.
- laughing β that laughs or is given to laughter: a laughing child.
- knee-slapper β a joke evoking boisterous hilarity.
- campiest β of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- gasser β Herbert Spencer, 1888β1963, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1944.
adjective riot
- jokey β lacking in seriousness; frivolous: The editorial had an offensively jokey tone for such an important subject.