commotion

Plural: commotions

Noun

• a disorderly outburst or tumult
• the act of making a noisy disturbance
• confused movement
  • "a commotion of people fought for the exits"
• A state of turbulent motion.
• An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.
• Sexual excitement.

Synonyms

din, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, to-do, tumult, whirl, ado, argy-bargy, bangarang, bobbery, brouhaha, bunfight, bust-up, bustle, chaos, clamour, clatter, commotion, flap, foofaraw, fracas, furor, fuss, hobbleshaw, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, mayhem, merry hell, outcry, palaver, pandemonium, pother, quarrel, riot, rowdydow, shemozzle, shindy, splatterdash, stir, stooshie, three-ring circus, tomfoolery, trouble, turmoil, unrest, uproar, upstir

Related Words

bedlam, disorder - a disturbance of civic peace or of public order, fight