Synonyms

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turbulent, adj. 1. disturbed, agitated, upset. See - tumultuous (def 3).
2. disordered, confused, mixed-up, untidy, tumultuous; choppy, irregular, shifting, mercurial, undependable; upside-down, SI. out of whack, Inf. out of kilter, SI. screwed-up; clamorous, clangorous, noisy, rowdy; explosive, volcanic, dangerous, perilous, uncertain, unpredictable.
3. violent, stormy, tempestuous, wroth, rampagious, uproarious; aggressive, combative, offensive, militant, pugnacious, bellicose, belligerent, hostile, with a chip on one's shoulder; obstreperous, boisterous, roistering; unbridled, raging, furious, rampant, fierce, wild, untamed, savage, unrestrained, no-holds-barred; disorderly, ungovernable, uncontrollable, unruly; fighting, brawling, wrangling, up in arms, angry, ready to fight; pushing, Inf pushy, forward, forceful, bold, assertive.

turf, n. 1. grass, sod, sward, greensward, artificial grass, Trademark. Astroturf; lawn, grassplot, patch of grass, green, grassy land.
2. Slang, territory, SI. home ground, Sports, home field; neighborhood, block, street, backyard, Inf. stamping ground.
3. the turf a. race track, Sports, track, racecourse,

b. horse racing, racing.

turgid, adj. See - tumid, (defs. 1, 2).

turgidity, n. 1. swelling, bloatedness, puffiness, turgescence, tumidity, intumescence, tumefaction, ballooning; distention, expansion, extension, enlargement; dilation, dilatation, inflation, Pathol. aneurysm, Pathol, varix.
2. bombast, grandiosity, rodomontade, pomposity, orotundity, magniloquence, grandiloquence; oratory, rant, declamation, extravagance, highflown language, sesquipedality; verbosity, verboseness, wordiness, prolixity, prolixness; flatulence, inflatedness, Archaic. tympany; bravado, braggadocio, gasconade, boasting, SI. hot air.

turmoil, n. 1. tumult, tumultousness, uproar, uproariousness, pandemonium, chaos; agitation, unrest, ferment, Archaic, pucker, disquiet, disturbance, upheaval, storm, tempest, disorder, confusion, imbroglio; hurly-burly, hurly, brouhaha, commotion, stir, furor, hubbub, noise, racket, din, clamor; excitement, Inf. lather, fuss, fuss and feathers, bother, pother, trouble, Inf to-do, ado; storm in a teacup, tempest in a teapot, much ado about nothing, Inf. foofaraw, SI. hoo-ha; upset, Inf. dither, Inf. tizzy, Inf stew, SI. flap.
2. fight, fisticuffs, scuffle, tussle, Inf set-to, Inf. scrap; combat, battle, skirmish, fray, clash, struggle, conflict, embroilment; broil, brawl, donnybrook, free-for-all, melee; riot, demonstration, protest, protest march, sit-in, strike, picketing; violence, rebellion, insurrection, insubordination, mutiny, revolt, outbreak, uprising, revolution, sedition, insurgency, insurgence.

turn, v. 1. rotate, spin, revolve, Archaic, trundle; swivel, pivot, wheel, caracole; roll, rev, twirl, twiddle, crank; reel, circumvolve, circumrotate, gyre; gyrate, circle, whirl, circumduct; swirl, eddy, circulate, move in circles, go round; (of the hips) bump, grind.
2. change, alter, shift, move, divaricate; diverge, deviate, divagate, detour; sheer, change course, veer; veer off, angle off, shoot off, sidetrack, shunt, rechannel.