- revolution
- n1. rebellion, revolt, insurrection, insurgence, insurgency, uprising, rising, outbreak, mutiny; sedition, subversion, treason; overthrow, takeover, putsch, coup d'dtat; riot, anarchy, civil disorder, mob-law, street-fighting, fighting in the streets, turmoil, chaos; peasant revolt, jacquerie.2. radical change, sea change, alteration, modification, metamorphosis, transformation; innovation, modernization; upset, upheaval, cataclysm.3. rotation, single turn, whirl, round, reel, spin; full circle, full cycle, 360°; gyration, whirling, turning, revolving; orbit, circular movement, circumgyration, circumrotation.4. circuit, cycle, round, ambit, run, lap.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.