tumult
A loud, confused noise made by an excited crowd.
tumult in a sentence
- A tumult of shouts and stamping feet filled the hall when the winner was announced.
- A tumult broke out at the market when a runaway pig dashed between the stalls.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to tumult?
- Acalm
- Bsilence
- Cquiet
- Dracket
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D: racket. The other three mean the opposite of tumult.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to tumult?
- Aracket
- Bdin
- Csilence
- Dnoise
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C: silence. The other three mean nearly the same as tumult.
Words that mean something similar
racket, din, noise
Words that mean the opposite
silence, quiet, calm
More words about speech & sound
- unison: Doing or saying something all together at exactly the same time.
- uproar: A storm of loud noise and angry shouting from lots of people.
- vouch: To say from your own knowledge that something is true or someone is good.
- vow: A serious promise you mean to keep forever.
- warble: To sing with a gentle, trembling sound like a bird.
- whimper: To make small, weak crying sounds.
- wrangle: To argue noisily for a long time.
- yodel: To sing by quickly switching between low and very high notes.
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