States and conditions
Synonyms for disturbance
Synonyms for disturbance: commotion and perturbation. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for disturbance
- commotionnoun, in the sense "a disorderly outburst or tumult"
- perturbationnoun, in the sense "activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption"
Two senses of disturbance, two audited synonyms, one for each. The bank does not stack alternatives under a sense it has not separated.
a disorderly outburst or tumult
They were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused.
The true synonym
commotion
Same sentence, swapped: They were amazed by the furious commotion they had caused.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for disturbance in the sentence quoted.
- interference
- fray
- anarchy
activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
There was a disturbance of neural function.
The true synonym
perturbation
Same sentence, swapped: There was a perturbation of neural function.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where disturbance stands in the sentence above.
- fray
- diversion
- organisation
Where disturbance turns up in the game
disturbance is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where disturbance is the trap
Play disturbance
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so disturbance reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. disturbance carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.