tumult

Other forms of tumult

plural

tumults·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tumult

What does tumult mean?

tumult means "a state of commotion and noise and confusion". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tumult?

tumult has 2 syllables: tu-mult. The stress falls on "tu". In IPA it is /ˈtuməlt/.

What is another word for tumult?

Close synonyms include tumultuousness, uproar, garboil, turmoil, commotion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tumult a common word?

tumult is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.