Hubbub — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Hubbub (noun) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

1. a state of noisy, confused activity

   "imagine all the hubbub at the zoo when the lion escaped"

   similar: ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter (chiefly dialect), coil, commotion, disturbance, do (chiefly dialect), foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha, hoopla, hubble-bubble, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry, kerfuffle (chiefly British), moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore (Scottish), squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo
   related: cacophony, clamor, din, howl, hue and cry, noise, outcry, racket, roar, disorder, unrest, upheaval, eruption, flare-up, flurry, flutter, outbreak, outburst, brawl, fracas, fray, hassle, melee, scuffle, dither, fever, fret, lather, tizzy
   near: calm, hush, peace, quiet, quietude, rest, stillness, tranquility, order, orderliness

2. a violent shouting

   "the people who had been in line for tickets made a huge hubbub when they were told that the concert was all sold out"

   similar: clamor, howl, hue and cry, hullabaloo, noise, outcry, roar, tumult, uproar, vociferation
   related: clangor, din, jangle, racket, cri de coeur, outburst, protest
   near: mumble, mumbling, murmur, murmuring, rumble, rumbling