pandemonium
noun
pan·de·mo·ni·um ˌpan-də-ˈmō-nē-əm 
1
: a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people)
Pandemonium erupted in the courtroom when the verdict was announced.
The game is stopped on account of pandemonium: players and spectators are screaming and staggering around the court …
Darcy Frey
Darcy Frey also : a chaotic situation
It is obvious that pandemonium would exist at most uncontrolled airports if every pilot did not conscientiously follow the traffic pattern. Joseph W. Benkert
Joseph W. Benkert 2
capitalized : the capital of Hell in Milton's Paradise Lost
3
capitalized : the infernal regions : hell
the demons of Pandemonium
Synonyms
- ado
- alarums and excursions
- ballyhoo
- blather
- bluster
- bobbery
- bother
- bustle
- clatter
- clutter [chiefly dialect]
- coil
- commotion
- corroboree [Australian]
- disturbance
- do [chiefly dialect]
- foofaraw
- fun
- furor
- furore
- fuss
- helter-skelter
- hoo-ha
- hoo-hah
- hoopla
- hubble-bubble
- hubbub
- hullabaloo
- hurly
- hurly-burly
- hurricane
- hurry
- hurry-scurry
- hurry-skurry
- kerfuffle [chiefly British]
- moil
- pother
- row
- ruckus
- ruction
- rumpus
- shindy
- splore [Scottish]
- squall
- stew
- stir
- storm
- to-do
- tumult
- turmoil
- uproar
- welter
- whirl
- williwaw
- zoo
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Word History
Etymology
pan- + Late Latin daemonium "evil spirit," borrowed from Greek daimónion "evil spirit," earlier "divine power, inferior divine being," derivative of daímōn "divinity, divine power, individual destiny" (with -ium probably to be read as Latin -ium or Greek -eion, suffixes of place) — more at demon
First Known Use
1667, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Kids Definition
pandemonium
noun
pan·de·mo·ni·um
ˌpan-də-ˈmō-nē-əm
: wild uproar
Pandemonium broke out with the winning goal.
pandemoniums
noun
as in disturbances
a state of noisy, confused activity Christmas morning at our house is always marked by pandemonium Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- disturbances
- commotions
- stirs
- alarums and excursions
- turmoils
- hullabaloos
- fusses
- furors
- rows
- noises
- ballyhoos
- furores
- storms
- bobberies
- rackets
- rumpuses
- hurricanes
- hubbubs
- fun
- coils
- shindies
- williwaws
- zoos
- hubble-bubbles
- moils
- ruckuses
- clutters
- clatters
- corroborees
- hurry-skurries
- pothers
- bustles
- blathers
- splores
- hurly-burlies
- shindys
- hurry-scurries
- ados
- helter-skelters
- roars
- bothers
- hurlies
- foofaraws
- do's
- stews
- ructions
- bluster
- hoo-hahs
- hooplas
- tumults
- welters
- squalls
- uproars
- kerfuffles
- flurries
- upheavals
- disorders
- whirls
- hue and cries
- to-dos
- howls
- dos
- dins
- eruptions
- outcries
- cacophonies
- hoo-has
- outbreaks
- clamors
- brawls
- outbursts
- mêlées
- flutters
- fevers
- scuffles
- fracases
- fracas
- melees
- frays
- frets
- tizzies
- lathers
- dithers
- hassles
- flare-ups
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- tranquillities
- tranquilities
- rests
- calms
- quiets
- peaces
- hushes
- quietudes
- orders