upheaval
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 noun
a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence
Types & categories
- disorder hypernym
- unrest hyponym
- roller coaster hyponym
- violence hyponym
Related & opposite
- turbulent derivation
- political science domain topic
Sense 2 noun
a violent disturbance
the convulsions of the stock market
Types & categories
- commotion hypernym
Sense 3 noun
(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
Types & categories
- rising hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
disturbance usually in protest
Types & categories
- disturbance hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | turbulent |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | political science |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | disorder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | unrest |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | roller coaster |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | violence |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | commotion |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | upheave |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | uplift |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | geology |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | rising |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | disturbance |