'Upheaval' definitions:
Definition of 'upheaval'
(from WordNet)
noun
A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence" [syn: turbulence, upheaval, Sturm und Drang]
noun
A violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market" [syn: convulsion, turmoil, upheaval]
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(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) [syn: upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust]
noun
Definition of 'Upheaval'
From: GCIDE
- Upheaval \Up*heav"al\, n. The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust. --Lubbock. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'upheaval'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about-face,
- accommodation,
- adaptation,
- adjustment,
- alteration,
- amelioration,
- apoplexy,
- apostasy,
- apotheosis,
- ascent,
- assumption,
- beatification,
- betterment,
- blaze,
- bouleversement,
- break,
- breakup,
- burst,
- canonization,
- cataclysm,
- catastrophe,
- change,
- change of heart,
- changeableness,
- chaos,
- clamor,
- climax,
- commotion,
- confusion,
- constructive change,
- continuity,
- conversion,
- convulsion,
- cyclone,
- defection,
- degeneration,
- degenerative change,
- deification,
- deterioration,
- deviation,
- diastrophism,
- difference,
- disaster,
- discontinuity,
- disorder,
- disruption,
- disturbance,
- divergence,
- diversification,
- diversion,
- diversity,
- downfall,
- elevation,
- enshrinement,
- erection,
- eruption,
- escalation,
- exaltation,
- explosion,
- fall,
- ferment,
- fit,
- fitting,
- flare-up,
- flip-flop,
- furor,
- furore,
- gale,
- gradual change,
- gust,
- heaving,
- height,
- hurricane,
- improvement,
- irruption,
- lifting,
- melioration,
- mitigation,
- modification,
- modulation,
- outbreak,
- outburst,
- outcry,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- paroxysm,
- prostration,
- quake,
- qualification,
- radical change,
- raising,
- re-creation,
- realignment,
- rearing,
- redesign,
- reform,
- reformation,
- remaking,
- renewal,
- reshaping,
- restructuring,
- reversal,
- revival,
- revivification,
- revolution,
- sabotage,
- seizure,
- shift,
- spasm,
- stirring,
- storm,
- stroke,
- subversion,
- sudden change,
- sursum corda,
- switch,
- temblor,
- tempest,
- tidal wave,
- tornado,
- total change,
- transition,
- tsunami,
- tumult,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- unrest,
- upbuoying,
- upcast,
- uplift,
- uplifting,
- upping,
- uprearing,
- upset,
- upthrow,
- upthrust,
- upturn,
- variation,
- variety,
- violent change,
- whirlwind,
- worsening