Synonyms of the word

riot

• n. Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
• n. The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the…
• n. Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
• n. A large variety of something.
• v. To create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.
• v. (obsolete) To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, etc.

bacchanal

• adj. Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
• adj. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
• n. A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated;…
• n. (in the plural) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
• n. Drunken revelry; an orgy.
• n. A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.

bacchanalia

• n. A wild, orgiastic party or celebration.

carouse

• v. (intransitive) To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.
• v. (intransitive) To drink to excess.
• n. A large draught of liquor.
• n. A drinking match; a carousal.

debauch

• n. An individual act of debauchery.
• n. An orgy.
• v. (transitive) To morally corrupt (someone); to seduce.
• v. (transitive) To debase (something); to lower the value of (something).

debauchery

• n. Indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous activities involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.
• n. (archaic) Seduction from duty.

disorder

• n. Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
• n. A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.
• n. (medicine, countable) A physical or psychical malfunction.
• v. (transitive) To throw into a state of disorder.
• v. (transitive) To knock out of order or sequence.

force

• n. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or…
• n. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
• n. (countable) Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.
• n. (countable, physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body…
• n. Something or anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else.
• n. (countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
• n. (uncountable) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
• n. (countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving…
• n. (law) Legal validity.
• n. (law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
• n. (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, …) to…
• n. (science fiction) A binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power in the fictional universe of the Star…
• v. (transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.
• v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
• v. (transitive) To compel (someone or something) to do something.
• v. (transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
• v. (transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
• v. (transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
• v. (transitive) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
• v. To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to…
• v. (transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return…
• v. (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
• v. (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
• v. (archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
• v. (obsolete) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
• n. (countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.
• v. To stuff; to lard; to farce.

gag

• n. A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto…
• n. (law) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.
• n. A joke or other mischievous prank.
• n. A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.
• n. (archaic) A mouthful that makes one retch or choke.
• v. (intransitive) To experience the vomiting reflex.
• v. (transitive) To cause to heave with nausea.
• v. (transitive) To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.
• v. (transitive) To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.

howler

• n. That which howls, especially an animal which howls, such as a wolf or a howler monkey.
• n. A person hired to howl at a funeral.
• n. A painfully obvious mistake.
• n. A hilarious joke.
• n. A bitterly cold day.
• n. A heavy fall, literally or figuratively.
• n. A serious accident (especially to come a howler or go a howler, e.g. "Our hansom came a howler"; compare:…
• n. A tremendous lie.
• n. A fashionably but extravagantly overdressed man, a "howling swell".
• n. A calamity howler is "one that makes dismal predictions of impending disaster".

jape

• n. A joke or quip.
• v. (intransitive) To jest; play tricks; joke.
• v. (transitive) To mock; deride; gibe; trick; befool.

jest

• n. (archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
• n. (archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
• n. (obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.
• n. (obsolete) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
• v. To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
• adv. (African American Vernacular, Southern US) Alternative spelling of just.

joke

• n. An amusing story.
• n. Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
• n. (figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one.
• n. (figuratively) A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
• v. (intransitive) To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.
• v. (transitive, dated) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally.

jollify

• v. (transitive) To make jolly.
• v. (intransitive) To engage in jollification; to carouse.

laugh

• n. An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
• n. Something that provokes mirth or scorn.
• n. (Britain) A fun person.
• v. (intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face,…
• v. (intransitive, obsolete, figuratively) To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant;…
• v. (intransitive, followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride;…
• v. (transitive) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
• v. (transitive) To express by, or utter with, laughter.

orgy

• n. A revel involving indiscriminate group sexual activity.
• n. Excessive indulgence in a specified activity.

racket

• n. (countable) A racquet: an implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew,…
• n. (Canada) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
• n. A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.
• v. To strike with, or as if with, a racket.
• n. A loud noise.
• n. A fraud or swindle; an illegal scheme for profit.
• n. (dated, slang) A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
• n. (dated, slang) Something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, etc. or as an ordeal.

rampage

• n. A course of violent, frenzied action.
• v. To move about wildly or violently.

revel

• n. An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
• v. To make merry; to have a gay, lively time.
• v. To take delight in.
• v. (obsolete) To draw back; to retract.
• n. (architecture) Alternative form of reveal.

revelry

• n. Joyful merry-making.

rioting

• v. present participle of riot.
• n. A riot.

roister

• v. (intransitive) To engage in noisy, drunken, or riotous behavior.
• v. (intransitive) To walk with a swaying motion.
• n. (archaic) A roisterer.

saturnalia

• n. A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence; a period…

scream

• n. A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, usually horror, fear, excitement et cetera. Can be the…
• n. (music) A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough,…
• n. (informal) Used as an intensifier.
• n. (printers' slang) exclamation mark.
• v. To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or…
• v. To move quickly; to race.

thigh-slapper

• n. (idiomatic) A joke, especially one which strikes the listener or reader as particularly humorous.

violence

• n. Extreme force.
• n. Action which causes destruction, pain, or suffering.
• n. Widespread fighting.
• n. (figuratively) Injustice, wrong.
• n. (obsolete) ravishment; rape; violation.
• v. (nonstandard) To subject to violence.

wassail

• n. A toast to health, usually at a festival.
• n. The beverage served during a wassail, especially one made of ale or wine flavoured with spices, sugar,…
• n. Revelry.
• n. A festive or drinking song or glee.
• v. (transitive) To toast, to drink to the health of another.
• v. (intransitive) To drink wassail.
• v. To go from house to house at Christmastime, singing carols.

wow

• interj. An indication of excitement, surprise, astonishment, or pleasure.
• interj. An expression of amazement, awe, or admiration.
• interj. Used sarcastically to express disapproval of something.
• v. (informal) To amaze or awe.
• n. (informal) An exceptionally surprising or unbelievable fact.
• n. (audio) A relatively slow form of flutter (pitch variation) which can affect both gramophone records and…