upheaval

upheaval is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 19 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust.
2. noun. disturbance usually in protest

   Synonyms: agitation, excitement, hullabaloo, turmoil

3. noun. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

   Synonyms: uplift, upthrow, upthrust

4. noun. a violent disturbance

   "the convulsions of the stock market"

   Synonyms: convulsion, turmoil

5. noun. a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)

   "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence"

   Synonyms: turbulence

Synonyms

agitation, excitement, hullabaloo, turmoil, uplift, upthrow, upthrust, convulsion, turbulence

Common word forms

upheavals

Words from these letters

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