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 | ||