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welternoun a state of noisy, confused activitythere was a welter of pushing and shoving as people rushed to grab the best seats for the outdoor concert ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter(chiefly dialect), coil, commotion, corroboree(Australian), disturbance, do(chiefly dialect), foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha(also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry(or hurry-skurry), kerfuffle(chiefly British), moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore(Scottish), squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl, williwaw, zoo cacophony, clamor, din, howl, hue and cry, noise, outcry, racket, roardisorder, unrest, upheavaleruption, flare-up, flurry, flutter, outbreak, outburstbrawl, fracas, fray, hassle, melee(also mêlée), scuffledither, fever, fret, lather, tizzy calm, hush, peace, quiet, quietude, rest, stillness, tranquillity(or tranquility)order, orderliness an unorganized collection or mixture of various thingsa welter of junk in the closet, most of which needed to be thrown out agglomerate, agglomeration, alphabet soup, assortment, botch, clutter, collage, crazy quilt, farrago, gallimaufry, grab bag, gumbo, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, jambalaya, jumble, jungle, litter, macédoine, medley, mélange, menagerie, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, montage, motley, muddle, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork, patchwork quilt, potpourri, ragbag, ragout, rummage, salad, salmagundi, scramble, shuffle, smorgasbord, stew, tumble, variety detritus, notions, oddments, odds and ends, sundriesaccumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomerate, conglomerationcatchalladmixture, alloy, amalgam, blend, combination, commixture, composite, compound, fusion, intermixture, mix-upbollix, chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, dog's breakfast(chiefly British), mess, morass, shamblesimbroglio, knot, snarl, tangle a state in which everything is out of orderthe claim that a troop withdrawal would plunge the country into a welter of anarchy and endless civil war chance-medley, chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, dishevelment, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, free-for-all, havoc, heck, hell, jumble, mare's nest, mess, messiness, misorder, muddle, muss, shambles, snake pit, tumble anarchy, lawlessness, misrule, riotknot, snarl, tanglelabyrinth, maze, webmaelstrom, stormbollix, clutter, litter, mishmash, shufflehodgepodge, medley, miscellany, morass, motley order, orderliness method, pattern, plan, system in the 14th century |