English adjective: turbulent | |||
1. | turbulent characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination | ||
Samples | Effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive. Riotous times. These troubled areas. The tumultuous years of his administration. A turbulent and unruly childhood. | ||
Synonyms | disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous | ||
Similar | unquiet | ||
Antonyms | quiet | ||
2. | turbulent (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence | ||
Samples | The river's roiling current. Turbulent rapids. | ||
Synonyms | churning, roiled, roiling, roily | ||
Similar | agitated | ||
Antonyms | unagitated | ||