UPHEAVAL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • disturbance usually in protest
   Synonym(s)
   • agitation (what does agitation mean?)
   • excitement (what does excitement mean?)
   • hullabaloo (what does hullabaloo mean?)
   • turmoil (what does turmoil mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) upheaval is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • disturbance (what does disturbance mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
   Synonym(s)
   • uplift (what does uplift mean?)
   • upthrow (what does upthrow mean?)
   • upthrust (what does upthrust mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) upheaval is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • rise (what does rise mean?)
   • rising (what does rising mean?)
   • ascent (what does ascent mean?)
   • ascension (what does ascension mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • uplift (what does uplift mean?)
   • upheave (what does upheave mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a violent disturbance
   Synonym(s)
   • convulsion (what does convulsion mean?)
   • turmoil (what does turmoil mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the convulsions of the stock market
   Hypernyms(s) upheaval is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • disturbance (what does disturbance mean?)
   • disruption (what does disruption mean?)
   • commotion (what does commotion mean?)
   • stir (what does stir mean?)
   • flutter (what does flutter mean?)
   • hurly burly (what does hurly burly mean?)
   • to-do (what does to-do mean?)
   • hoo-ha (what does hoo-ha mean?)
   • hoo-hah (what does hoo-hah mean?)
   • kerfuffle (what does kerfuffle mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
   Synonym(s)
   • Sturm und Drang (what does Sturm und Drang mean?)
   • turbulence (what does turbulence mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence
   Hypernyms(s) upheaval is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • disorder (what does disorder mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • agitation (what does agitation mean?)
   • ferment (what does ferment mean?)
   • fermentation (what does fermentation mean?)
   • unrest (what does unrest mean?)
   • roller coaster (what does roller coaster mean?)
   • violence (what does violence mean?)