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Definition: Commotion |
CommotionNoun1. A disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused". 2. The act of making a noisy disturbance. 3. Confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "commotion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Etymology: Commotion \Com*mo"tion\, noun. [Latin expression commotio: compare to the French expression commotion. See Motion.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A concussion; a violent shaking, or the shock which results from it. (references) |
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Synonyms: CommotionSynonyms: din (n), disruption (n), disturbance (n), flutter (n), hurly burly (n), ruckus (n), ruction (n), rumpus (n), stir (n), to-do (n), tumult (n), turmoil (n), whirl (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agitation | Turbulence, perturbation; commotion, turmoil, disquiet; tumult, tumultuation; hubbub, rout, bustle, fuss, racket, subsultus, staggers, megrims, epilepsy, fits; carphology, chorea, floccillation, the jerks, St. Vitus's dance, tilmus. |
Discord | Broil, brawl, row, racket, hubbub, rixation; embroilment, embranglement, imbroglio, fracas, breach of the peace, piece of work, scrimmage, rumpus; breeze, squall; riot, disturbance; (disorder); commotion; (agitation); bear garden, Donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Commotion |
| English words defined with "commotion": ado ♦ bustle ♦ Effervescency, Estuation, Esture ♦ flurry, fuss ♦ garboil ♦ hustle ♦ squalling, squally, stir, Stirrage, storm, stormy ♦ tempest, tumult, Tumultuation, tumultuousness ♦ uproar, Upstir ♦ whirl. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "commotion": apprehensive period ♦ Sweet Taste ♦ Vote. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "commotion": Stirrage ♦ Upstir. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Commotion" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (shock). |
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Lyrics | What's the commotion, (You're An Ocean; performing artist: Fastball; writing credit: Tony Scalzo) Causing a commotion, causing a commotion (Causing A Commotion; performing artist: Madonna) If we got together we'd be causing a commotion (Causing A Commotion; performing artist: Madonna) All this commotion, emotions run deep as oceans explodin' (Cleanin' Out My Closet; performing artist: Eminem) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Commotion on the Ocean (1956) | |
Song Titles | Causing A Commotion (performing artist: Madonna) Start The Commotion (performing artist: The Wiseguys) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Two children enjoying the commotion caused at meal time when a dog has chased a cat onto the back of their father] / A. Willard. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | Squeal; rev; high-speed; rushing; bustle; celerity; commotion; dash; dispatch; drive; expedition; expeditiousness; flurry; haste; precipitance; precipitateness; precipitation; promptitude; push; quickness; rush; rustle; scurry; speediness; swiftness; urge. | | Squeal; rev; high-speed; rushing; bustle; celerity; commotion; dash; dispatch; drive; expedition; expeditiousness; flurry; haste; precipitance; precipitateness; precipitation; promptitude; push; quickness; rush; rustle; scurry; speediness; swiftness; urge. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | To the first commotion of astonishment had succeeded a sepulchral silence. |
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Human Rights | Sierra Leone | In the ensuing commotion, several persons were killed. (references) |
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Rush Limbaugh | Just Wednesday there was story out of Oklahoma City about a man causing a commotion at FBI headquarters by spilling a soft drink on the floor. |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | By attempting to gratify their desires we have in the results of our legislation arrayed section against section, interest against interest, and man against man, in a fearful commotion which threatens to shake the foundations of our Union. |
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| "Commotion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Commotion" is used about 211 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 211 | 20,883 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "commotion". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Neiel | N/A | Biblical | Commotion |
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Expression using "commotion": civil commotion. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "commotion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | skandaal (scandal), aanstoot (indignation, jog, nudge, offence, scandal), beroering (abetment, agitation), agitasie (agitation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | turbullirë (blur, cloudiness, fog, tumult, turbidity, turbulence), trazirë (bewilderment, convulsion, disorder, dustup, fuss, hustle, outbreak, pother, qualm, queasiness, queasy, riot, ruction, shindy, turbulence, turmoil, upheaval), trazim (agitation, disquiet, disquietude, distemper, disturbance, dust, elaboration, fidget, flurry, fluster, flutter, immixture, kneading, melange, mixing, mixture, perturbation, poke, turbidity, turbulence), rebelim (disorder, insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, outbreak, rebellion, riot, sedition), gurgule (combustion, hubbub, tumult), agjitacion (agitation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فوضى (anarchy, chaos, clatter, clutter, confusion, disarray, disorder, hugger mugger, jumble, lawlessness, litter, mess, misrule, mix up, muddle, muss, rumpus, shambles, topsy turvy, turmoil, welter), فتنة شغب أو محنة (disorder, distress, tumult, unrest), هياج (eruption, excitation, excitement, flop, flutter, roughness, ruction, shindy), إهتياج (access, ado, agitation, bother, bustling, delirium, dither, ebullience, effervescence, excitation, exciting, ferment, fermentation, flurry, fuss, great rage, in a state, ramp, rampage, sensation, stir, willies), إضطراب سياسي (distemper), ثورة (mutiny, outbreak, rampage, rebellion, revolt, revolution, rising, upheaval, uprising). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сътресение (concussion, convulsion, earthquake, jar, jolt, percussion, shake, shock), суматоха (bustle, flurry, helter-skelter, hurry, mix up, perturbation, pother, rumpus, stirabout), размирици (rebellion, roman holiday, sedition, trouble), възбуждение (excitation, inflammation, inquietude, tumult), вълнение (agitation, dither, emotion, excitement, ferment, flurry, gurgitation, heartbeat, lather, nervousness, perturbation, pother, pulse, roughness, snit, stir, surge, tear, throb, to-do, trouble, tumult, turmoil, unrest, upset), объркване (abashment, addlement, bewilderment, confusion, discomfiture, dislocation, embarrassment, embroilment, entanglement, fuddle, involution, maze, stir, tizzy, tumble), безредици (disorder, distemper, rout, trouble, tumult). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 動盪 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zmítání, nepokoj (disquiet, turbulence, turmoil, unrest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | commotio (commotio, concussion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | commotio (commotio, concussion), beweging (abetment, agitation, movement), beroering (abetment, agitation, disturbance, excitement, flutter, turmoil), agitatie (abetment, agitation, disturbance, excitement, flutter, turmoil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | skandalo (scandal), agito (agitation, disturbance, excitement, flutter, turmoil), agitiĝo, agitado. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | هیاهو (Explosion, Hubbub, Ruckus), جنبش (Braid, Bustle, Cause, Flicker, Jar, Jiggle, Locomotion, Motion, Move, Movement, Rock, Stir, Tremor, Vibration), اغتشاش (Anarchy, Disarray, Rummage, Sedition, Turbulence), اضطراب (Anguish, Anxiety, Feeze, Unrest, Worry), اشوب (Alarm, Convulsion, Misrule, Revolution, Riot, Ruckus, Sedition, Tumult, Turbulence, Unrest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vilinä (bustle), häly (excitement, stir). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | agitation, scandale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | skandaal (scandal), oanstjit (indignation, scandal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | aufregung (agitation, discomposure, dither, excitement, fermentation, flap, flurry, fuss, inflammation, pother, stir), Erschütterung (blow, concussion, convulsion, disruption, earthquake, jar, repercussion, shock, tremor, vibration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αναταραχή (agitation, flurry, turmoil, unrest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaiian | agjitacion (agitation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קלחת (kettle, turbulence, turmoil, uproar), "מול" (ado, bustle, din, fray, fussiness, hubbub, hurly burly, hustle, noise, roar, tempest), רחש (feeling, rustle, stir, whisper), ר'ש" (noise, tumult). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nyugtalanság (apprehension, discomfort, discomposure, disquiet, disquietude, distraction, fidget, flurry, fluster, flutter, fret, inquietude, misgiving, puzzlement, restlessness, throes, uneasiness, unrest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | cabur (disturbance), pergaduhan (tumult), keributan (ado, affray, blatancy, boisteriousness, brawl, cain, hubbub), heboh (fuss, row, uproar), gempar (din, uproar), geger (be in tumult). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | agitazione (abetment, agitation, anxiety, bother, disturbance, excitement, flap, flurry, fluster, flutter, fret, fussiness, restlessness, state, stir, turmoil, twitter, uneasiness, unrest, upheaval), scandalo (indignation, offence, scandal), commozione (agitation, emotion, pathos). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 響動めき (stir), 響めき (stir), 動揺 (agitation, disturbance, excitement, oscillation, pitching, rolling, shaking, trembling, unrest), 動乱 (agitation, disturbance, riot, upheaval). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | どうら" (agitation, case for botanical specimens, disturbance, riot, upheaval), どうよう (agitation, children's song, disturbance, equal to, excitement, identical, like, nursery rhyme, oscillation, pitching, rolling, same, shaking, trembling, unrest), どよめき (stir). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | trusley (bungling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ommotioncay comoção (affection, concussion, emotion, sensation, shock), agitação (agitation, disturbance, emotion, excitation, excitement, ferment, fermentation, fidget, flurry, fluster, flutter, freak-out, fret, furor, furore, fuss, inquietude, perturbation, popple, racket, rattle, riot, ruffle, rush, shake, state, tempest, to-do, tremor, trepidation, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, upheaval). (various references) zguduire (concussion, convulsion, shake, shake up, shaking, shock), tulburare (agitation, bewilderment, confusion, discomfort, disorder, disturbance, excitement, feeling, flap, flurry, fluster, interruption, invasion, perturbation, revolt, trouble, unrest, vexation), tulburãri, mişcare (activity, agitation, an up stroke, bustle, change, circulation, gesture, go, locomotion, motion, move, movement, revolt, riotousness, sign, stir, stroke, waggle, wave), furtunã (agitation, blow, gale, hurricane, riot, squall, storm, swell, tempest, thunder storm, thunderstorm, tumult), freamãt (bustle, hum, lisp, murmur, quiver, riot, rioting, riotousness, roaring, rush, rustle, rustling, sough, stir, storm, thrill, tremor, tumult, uproar, vibration, whir), fierbere (agitation, boil, boiling, brewage, ebullition, effervescence, effervescency, emotion, fermentation, fever, fizz, gurgitation, tumult), fermentaţie (ebullition, effervescence, effervescency, ferment, fermentation), agitaţie (ado, agitation, bustle, clutter, dusty, emotion, excitement, ferment, fermentation, fever, flurry, flutter, fret, go, haste, inquietude, nervousness, perturbation, restlessness, riotousness, roughness, squirm, stir, trepidation, unrest, vexation, working). (various references) волнение (agitation, disturbance, effervescence, effervescency, emotion, excitement, fermentation, flutter, gurgitation, heartbeat, heave, perturbation, stew, stirring, throb, tizzies, tizzy, turbulence, unrest). (various references) urnebes (hoopla, hurly burly, pandemonium, rumpus), komocija, gungula (fracas, hubbub, huddle, ruction, turmoil). (various references) conmoción (concussion, earthquake, ferment, fuss, shake up, shock, stir), escandálo (indignation, offence, scandal). (various references) uppståndelse (excitement, flurry, fuss, resurrection, rising, sensation, stink, stir, to-do), oväsen (ado, brawl, Caterwaul, clatter, clutter, din, fray, hubbub, hubub, hullaballoo, hullabaloo, hurly burly, noise, outcry, racket, shindig, shindy), oordning (chaos, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disturbance, mess, tangle, upset). (various references) telaş (ado, alarm, bustle, directness, discomposure, disturbance, excitement, ferment, fever, flap, flurry, flutter, fume, fuss, fussiness, haste, hastiness, helter-skelter, hurry, panic, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitation, pucker, racket, ruffle, rush, stir, storm, taking, tingle, tizzy, to-do, turmoil, whirl), koşuşturma (bustle, hustle and bustle, rush, sprint, whirl), kargaşa (anarchism, anarchy, Babel, broil, chaos, coil, confusion, disarray, disorder, disturbance, earthquake, grab bag, hurly burly, moil, muss, pell mell, pellmell, rag bag, riot, rough and tumble, roughhouse, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shemozzle, snarl, sound and fury, squall, storm, tailspin, tempest, tumult, turbulence, uproar, welter), karışıklık (bedlam, bungle, cataclysm, chaos, clamor, clamour, clutter, complexity, complication, confusion, disarrangement, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, disturbance, dogs dinner, embroilment, ferment, fermentation, fray, frenzy, fuss, fuss and kerfufle, grab bag, havoc, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, huddle, hugger mugger, huggermugger, hurly burly, imbroglio, indiscrimination, intricacy, involution, jungle, kerfufle, maziness, mess, mishmash, misrule, mix, mix up, muddle, muss, perturbation, pie, pother, pretty kettle of fish, promiscuity, Ravel, riot, rough and tumble, ruckus, ruction, snafu, snarl, snarl up, stir, swirl, tangle, topsyturvy, topsyturvydom, tumble, turbidity, turbulence, unrest, upheaval, upset, wooliness, woolliness), heyecan (affect, agitation, animation, Ardor, ardour, bang, dither, drama, emotion, enthusiasm, exaltation, excitement, ferment, fermentation, fever, fire, flap, flurry, flush, flutter, furor, furore, glow, kick, pucker, razzle-dazzle, rhapsody, ruffle, sensation, shiver, spice, spring tide, stir, taking, tension, the shivers, thrill, tingle, twitter, vibes, vibration, wallop, warmth, yeast), ayaklanma (breach of the peace, insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, putsch, rebellion, revolt, riot, rising, upheaval, uprising). (various references) штовханина (cram, crush, hustle, jostle, jumble, squash, throng), переполох. (various references) sự rung chuyển (concussion), sự chấn đông. (various references) cynnwrf (agitation, stir), trybestod (bustle, fuss), mwstwr (bustle, muster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | commotio, commotione, commotionem, commotionis, fluctibus, fluctui, fluctum, fluctus, fluctuum, motabilem, motu, motum, motus, motuum, perturbatione, procella, procellae, procellam, procellarum, procellis, scandalum, tumor, tumultu, tumultum, tumultus, turba, turbae, turbam, turbarum, turbas, turbis. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | commocion. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Jeremiah Chapter 10, Verse 22 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Fwnh akohV idou ercetai kai seismoV megaV ek ghV borra tou taxai taV poleiV iouda eiV afanismon kai koithn strouqwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Vox auditionis ecce venit et commotio magna de terra aquilonis ut ponat civitates Iuda solitudinem et habitaculum draconum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Vois of heering lo! is comen, and gret stiring fro the lond of the north, that thei sette the cites of Juda in to wildernesse, and a dwelling place of dragounus. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Behold, the sound of the noise is come, and a great commotion from the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | News is going about, see, it is coming, a great shaking is coming from the north country, so that the towns of Judah may be made waste and become the living-place of jackals. |
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| Language | Jeremiah Chapter 10, Verse 22 |
| Cebuano | Ania karon, ang tingog sa mga balita, kini midangat ug ang usa ka dakung kagahub gikan sa yuta sa amihanan, aron sa paghimong kamingawan sa mga ciudad sa Juda, nga puloy-anan sa mga irong ihalas. |
| Croatian | Èujte vijest! Primièe se, evo, buka strašna iz zemlje sjeverne, da gradove judejske pretvori u pustinju, u brlog èagalja. |
| Danish | Der lyder en Tidende, se, den kommer med vældigt Drøn fra Nordens Land og gør Judas Byer til Ørk, til Sjakalers Bo. |
| Dutch | Ziet, er komt een stem des geruchts, en een groot beven uit het land van het noorden; dat men de steden van Juda zal stellen tot een verwoesting, een woning der draken. |
| Finnish | Ääni kuuluu! Katso, se tulee, suuri pauhina pohjoisesta maasta, tekemään Juudan kaupungit autioiksi, aavikkosutten asunnoksi. |
| French | Voici, une rumeur se fait entendre; C`est un grand tumulte qui vient du septentrion, Pour réduire les villes de Juda en un désert, En un repaire de chacals. - |
| German | Siehe, es kommt ein Geschrei daher und ein großes Beben aus dem Lande von Mitternacht, daß die Städte Juda's verwüstet und zur Wohnung der Schakale werden sollen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dengarlah! Ada berita bahwa sebuah bangsa di utara menimbulkan kegemparan. Tentaranya akan membuat kota-kota Yehuda menjadi sepi dan tak berpenghuni. Anjing-anjing hutan akan bersembunyi di sana." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwasanya, adalah datang bunyi kabar dan kegentaran besar dari negeri yang pada sebelah utara! Sebentar lagi maka segala negeri Yehuda ditaruh bagi kerusakan dan bagi tempat kediaman ular naga. |
| Italian | Si ode un rumore che avanza e un grande frastuono giunge da settentrione, per ridurre le citt di Giuda un deserto, un rifugio di sciacalli. |
| Maori | Nana, te haere mai nei te reo o nga korero, nui atu te whakaohooho, no te whenua ki te raki, hei mea i nga pa o Hura hei ururua, hei nohoanga mo nga kirehe mohoao. |
| Norwegian | Det lyder et budskap! Se, det kommer, og stort bulder fra landet i nord, og Judas byer skal gjøres til en ørken, til en bolig for sjakaler. |
| Portuguese | Eis que vem uma voz de rumor, um grande tumulto da terra do norte, para fazer das cidades de Judá uma assolação, uma morada de chacais. |
| Rumanian | Iatq, se aude un vuiet! O mare zarvq vine de la miazqnoapte sq prefacq cetqyile lui Iuda kntr`un pustiu, kntr`o vizuinq de wacali. - |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "commotion": commotions. (additional references) | |
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"Commotion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cimonian, Commachio, commotio, comorian, comorien, Comorin, comotion, comtian, coomotion, Komotau, tommotian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "commotion" (pronounced kumō"shun) |
| 7 | k u m ō" sh u n | locomotion. |
| 6 | -u m ō" sh u n | promotion. |
| 5 | -m ō" sh u n | demotion, emotion, motion. |
| 4 | -ō" sh u n | devotion, lotion, notion, ocean, potion. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, logician, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-m-m-n-o-o-o-t" | |
-2 letters: monocot. | |
-3 letters: commit, common, motion. | |
-4 letters: conto, nomoi, ontic, tonic. | |
-5 letters: cion, coin, coni, coon, coot, icon, into, mint, momi, mono, moon, moot, omit, onto, otic, toom, toon. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-m-m-n-o-o-o-t" | |
+1 letter: commotions. | |
+3 letters: monochromist. | |
+4 letters: accommodation, commemoration, monochromatic, monochromists. | |
+5 letters: accommodations, chemotaxonomic, commemorations, monochromatism. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Spoken 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Derived from 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Bible Trace 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Bibliography |
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