WELTER Synonyms: 227 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of welter

as in commotion

a state of noisy, confused activity there was a welter of pushing and shoving as people rushed to grab the best seats for the outdoor concert

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as in jumble

an unorganized collection or mixture of various things a welter of junk in the closet, most of which needed to be thrown out

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as in havoc

a state in which everything is out of order the claim that a troop withdrawal would plunge the country into a welter of anarchy and endless civil war

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welter

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verb

as in to wallow

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But Chinese users and developers still face a welter of restrictions, including the inability to access third-party payment services, the newspaper said. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2026 Petrochemical plants convert hydrocarbons into materials that go into a welter of consumer goods – from plastics, clothing, and beauty products to digital devices and detergents. — Alfredo Sosa, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Nov. 2025 The welter of Globo international partnerships and deals confirmed on stage on Sunday at Cannes Carlton Hotel by Angela Colla, Globo Head of International Business and Co-productions, did much to suggest that for Globo the future is beginning again. — John Hopewell, Variety, 12 Oct. 2025 In the past ten years, the military’s constitutional prerogative to operate beyond civilian control had regularly obstructed a delicate nationwide peace initiative among a welter of groups. — Derek J. Mitchell, Foreign Affairs, 15 Apr. 2021 See All Example Sentences for welter

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Noun

In the commotion, she was briefly separated from her 85-year-old mother, who lives with her.

— Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
That allowed passengers to hear the commotion and discover what was happening.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of commotion

Noun

Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.

— Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.

— Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026

Definition of jumble

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The Misfits Complementing spring’s embrace of graphic havoc is an intriguing offness of fit, as seen at Jil Sander, Givenchy, and Lii.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026
Deleting a second has never previously been attempted and could create havoc in today’s digitally time-stamped world.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of havoc

Verb

Florentina Holzinger’s waste-processing, piss-wallowing Seaworld Venice at this year’s Austrian Pavilion?

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
There was a time when semiconductors wallowing 17% below their peak and big banks off 13% would be hazard warnings for the leadership profile and staying power of a bull market just crossing its fourth birthday.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of wallow

Noun

And in an unrelated incident on the morning of June 9, 2026, Jackson was arrested after Los Angeles police responded to a domestic disturbance call at his West Hills home late the previous night.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Jacobs was arrested May 26, three days after police officers came to his Wisconsin home to investigate a disturbance.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of disturbance

Noun

At an intersection in Hyde Park that, days earlier, had been the scene of chaos — a young girl on the ground, a car with a teenage boy on the windshield, a mother screaming — Jonathan Hale led his band of rebels.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
The banquet hall was total chaos, packed with people who shoved their way toward the front, trying to bribe the hostess for a table with red envelopes.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of chaos

Verb

Offensive line shuffled up Dykes said in earlier in the week that TCU looked at everything throughout the program during the 2-3 start and would make the necessary adjustments to try and turn things around.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2026
Uribe shuffled off the mound, and the crowd at American Family Field roared.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

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