'Chaos' definitions:
Definition of 'chaos'
From: WordNet
noun
A state of extreme confusion and disorder [syn: chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy- turvyness]
noun
The formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
noun
(Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe
noun
(physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions
Definition of 'Chaos'
From: GCIDE
- Chaos \Cha"os\ (k[=a]"[o^]s), n. [L. chaos chaos (in senses 1 & 2), Gr. cha`os, fr. cha`inein (root cha) to yawn, to gape, to open widely. Cf. Chasm.]
- 1. An empty, immeasurable space; a yawning chasm. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- Between us and there is fixed a great chaos. --Luke xvi. 26 (Rhemish Trans.). [1913 Webster]
- 2. The confused, unorganized condition or mass of matter before the creation of distinct and orderly forms. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Any confused or disordered collection or state of things; a confused mixture; confusion; disorder. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'chaos'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agitation,
- aloofness,
- amorphia,
- amorphism,
- amorphousness,
- anarchism,
- anarcho-syndicalism,
- anarchy,
- antinomianism,
- astronomical unit,
- bedlam,
- befuddlement,
- bewilderment,
- blurriness,
- bluster,
- bother,
- botheration,
- brawl,
- broil,
- brouhaha,
- cacophony,
- celestial spaces,
- cloud,
- commotion,
- confusion,
- cosmic space,
- criminal syndicalism,
- daze,
- diffusion,
- discombobulation,
- discomfiture,
- discomposure,
- disconcertion,
- discontinuity,
- discreteness,
- disjunction,
- dislocation,
- disorder,
- disorderliness,
- disorganization,
- disorientation,
- dispersal,
- dispersion,
- disruption,
- dissolution,
- disturbance,
- ebullition,
- embarrassment,
- embroilment,
- empty space,
- entropy,
- ether space,
- fabulous formless darkness,
- fanaticism,
- ferment,
- flap,
- flummox,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutter,
- fog,
- fomentation,
- foofaraw,
- formlessness,
- foul-up,
- frenzy,
- fuddle,
- fuddlement,
- fume,
- furor,
- furore,
- fury,
- fuss,
- fuzziness,
- hassle,
- haze,
- haziness,
- hubbub,
- incoherence,
- inconsistency,
- indecisiveness,
- indefiniteness,
- indeterminateness,
- interstellar space,
- jumble,
- lawlessness,
- license,
- light-year,
- lynch law,
- maze,
- mess,
- messiness,
- metagalactic space,
- misrule,
- mist,
- mistiness,
- mix-up,
- mob law,
- mob rule,
- mobocracy,
- morass,
- muddle,
- muddlement,
- nihilism,
- nonadhesion,
- noncohesion,
- obscurity,
- ocean of emptiness,
- ochlocracy,
- orderlessness,
- outer space,
- pandemonium,
- parsec,
- passion,
- perplexity,
- perturbation,
- pother,
- pressureless space,
- primal chaos,
- pucker,
- racket,
- rage,
- rebellion,
- revolution,
- row,
- ruckus,
- ruffle,
- rumpus,
- scattering,
- screw-up,
- separateness,
- shapelessness,
- shuffle,
- snafu,
- space,
- stew,
- storminess,
- sweat,
- swivet,
- syndicalism,
- tempestuousness,
- the void,
- the void above,
- tizzy,
- tohubohu,
- tumult,
- tumultuousness,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- unadherence,
- unadhesiveness,
- unclearness,
- unruliness,
- unsettlement,
- untenacity,
- uproar,
- upset,
- vagueness,
- wildness,
- zeal,
- zealousness