Definition for Upheaval:

• The raising of surface formations by the action of internal forces.

Synonyms for Upheaval:

• n.

  •
  • change.
  •agitation (noun)
  • stirrings,
  • Rocking.
  •cataclysm (noun)
  • double trouble,
  • torrents,
  • holy mess,
  • flood,
  • unholy mess.
  •changes (noun)
  • effect,
  • evolution,
  • transformation,
  • shake up,
  • reform,
  • adjustment,
  • trend,
  • correction,
  • alteration.
  •clamor (noun)
  • dis-cords,
  • up-roars,
  • hubba hubbas,
  • hubba hubba,
  • hubbahubba,
  • up roar,
  • protestings,
  • dis-cord,
  • out-cry,
  • out cries,
  • dis cords,
  • out-cries,
  • up-roar,
  • out cry,
  • re monstrances,
  • re-monstrance,
  • hurlyburly,
  • hurly burly,
  • pro-testing,
  • re monstrance,
  • pro testing,
  • hoo ha,
  • hubbahubbas,
  • dis cord,
  • re-monstrances,
  • up roars,
  • hubba-hubbas.
  •commotion (noun)
  • dis-quiets,
  • dis-quiet,
  • big scenes,
  • dis quiet,
  • re volt,
  • hell broke looses,
  • up turns,
  • dis quiets,
  • up-turns,
  • up sets,
  • up-set,
  • big stinks,
  • up-sets,
  • re volts,
  • re-volts,
  • up-turn,
  • re-volt.
  •confusion (noun)
  • dis-locations,
  • un-tidinesses,
  • sur-prise,
  • mis-takes,
  • un-tidiness,
  • dis-tractions,
  • dis arrays,
  • dis locations,
  • dis-array,
  • dis-organization,
  • dis organization,
  • dis-arrays,
  • dis-location,
  • dis-organizations,
  • dis-traction,
  • mis-take,
  • sur prise,
  • mis take,
  • dis array,
  • un tidinesses,
  • dis traction,
  • emotional upsets,
  • un tidiness,
  • mis takes,
  • dis organizations,
  • sur prises,
  • sur-prises,
  • dis tractions,
  • hodge podge,
  • dis location.
  •convulsion (noun)
  • totterings,
  • quakings.
  •disorder (noun)
  • pell-mell.
  •disturbance (noun)
  • dis arrangement,
  • ex plosion,
  • dis orders,
  • dis-orders,
  • ex-plosions,
  • dis-arrangements,
  • ex plosions,
  • dis-order,
  • dis order,
  • ex-plosion,
  • dis arrangements,
  • dis-arrangement.
  •earthquake (noun)
  • quakers,
  • trembler,
  • seimicity,
  • quaker,
  • seismism,
  • macroseism,
  • microseism.
  •excitement (noun)
  • excitement.
  •ferment (noun)
  • dis-quietude,
  • dis quietudes,
  • dis-quietudes,
  • dis quietude,
  • state unrest.
  •hullabaloo (noun)
  • hullabaloo.
  •outburst (noun)
  • eruption,
  • outpouring,
  • outbreak,
  • flare up,
  • explosion,
  • gust.
  •pell-mell (noun)
  • Ataxias,
  • Pellmell,
  • helter-skelters,
  • ataxia.
  •revolution (noun)
  • upset,
  • revolt,
  • Overturning,
  • rebellion,
  • restructuring.
  •sea change (noun)
  • trans-figurations,
  • trans figuration,
  • total changes,
  • trans figurations,
  • revolutionary changes,
  • quantum jumps,
  • marked transformations,
  • sea-change,
  • sudden changes,
  • trans-figuration.
  •state (noun)
  • Sturm Und Drang,
  • upheaval,
  • turbulence.
  •storm (noun)
  • drumfires,
  • rampancies,
  • rabidities.
  •temblor (noun)
  • temblor.
  •tempest (noun)
  • wildnesses.
  •transition (noun)
  • meta stases,
  • trans mutation,
  • meta-stasis,
  • re-alignments,
  • trans mutations,
  • re alignments,
  • trans-mutation,
  • re-alignment,
  • meta-stases,
  • trans-mutations,
  • meta stasis,
  • re alignment.
  •trauma (noun)
  • traumatization.
  •tumult (noun)
  • seethings,
  • un-settlements,
  • un-settlement,
  • unsettlements,
  • un settlement,
  • un settlements.
  •turmoil (noun)
  • turmoil.
  •upheaval (noun)
  • uplift,
  • upthrust,
  • upthrow.
  •uprising (noun)
  • up-rising,
  • up risings,
  • up-risings,
  • up rising.

• Other synonyms:

  •disaster
  • catastrophe.

Paraphrases for Upheaval:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    turmoil, turbulence.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    stresses, uplift, instability, transformation, explosion, change, changes, crisis, volatility, inconvenience, trouble, stir, excitement, trauma, reversal, transition, fuss, eruption.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    unrest, disruption, agitation, uprising, revolution, shake-up, dislocation, coup, strife, uproar, chaos, commotion, disorder, destabilization, insurrection, insurgency, shock, rebellion, tumult, ferment, perturbation, restlessness, heave, confusion, distress, riot, rioting, mayhem, disquiet, disarray.

Antonyms for Upheaval:

• n.

  • major change
    harmony, miracle, calm, wonder, stagnation, good fortune, quiet, good luck, blessing, peace, happiness, silence, order, success.

Upheaval Sentence Examples:

• Officers, recklessly erect, stood here and there along the interior of the ditch; then from the lair of each regiment flags emerged, bugles blew clear and impatient; there came an upheaval of bayonets, and the three regiments scrambled to their feet, over the ditch's edge, and surged forward into the sunshine.

• Each pie came from the oven with some symbol of the range printed upon it, the general effect being enhanced by the upheaval of the piecrust in the process of baking.

Hypernym for Upheaval:

• n.

  • state
    fermentation, roller coaster, unrest, ferment, violence, tempestuousness, agitation.

Hyponym for Upheaval:

• n.

  • state
    disorder.