ado
noun
ə-ˈdü 
1
: heightened fuss or concern : to-do
much ado about the need for reform
2
: time-wasting bother over trivial details
wrote the paper without further ado
3
: trouble, difficulty
The journey itself is not described; our heroes disembark without ado at Philadelphia.
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Synonyms
- 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
- pandemonium
- pother
- row
- ruckus
- ruction
- rumpus
- shindy
- splore [Scottish]
- squall
- stew
- stir
- storm
- to-do
- tumult
- turmoil
- uproar
- welter
- whirl
- williwaw
- zoo
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
a bride-to-be caught up in the usual prenuptial ado
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Etymology
Middle English, reduced from the infinitive phrase at do, from at "to, at entry 1" + do, don "to do entry 1"
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing ado
Kids Definition
ado
noun
ə-ˈdü
: foolish or unnecessary trouble, activity, or excitement
ados
noun
as in commotions
a state of noisy, confused activity a bride-to-be caught up in the usual prenuptial ado Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- commotions
- disturbances
- fusses
- turmoils
- stirs
- noises
- ballyhoos
- clatters
- furores
- rows
- furors
- rackets
- storms
- dos
- fun
- corroborees
- hurricanes
- zoos
- moils
- ruckuses
- rumpuses
- blathers
- clutters
- alarums and excursions
- hubbubs
- hoo-hahs
- welters
- hurlies
- pandemoniums
- shindies
- coils
- ructions
- tumults
- hullabaloos
- hooplas
- bustles
- dins
- kerfuffles
- splores
- williwaws
- pothers
- bothers
- shindys
- hurly-burlies
- uproars
- squalls
- roars
- stews
- foofaraws
- helter-skelters
- bluster
- cacophonies
- bobberies
- hurry-skurries
- hoo-has
- whirls
- outcries
- hurry-scurries
- flurries
- hubble-bubbles
- disorders
- eruptions
- do's
- howls
- upheavals
- clamors
- brawls
- to-dos
- outbreaks
- outbursts
- fevers
- tizzies
- flutters
- melees
- hue and cries
- scuffles
- frays
- fracases
- fracas
- frets
- mêlées
- hassles
- lathers
- dithers
- flare-ups
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- tranquilities
- tranquillities
- peaces
- hushes
- rests
- quietudes
- calms
- quiets
- orders
- behave
- behaved
- behaver
- behavers
- behaves
- behaving
- behavior
- behavior disorder
- behavior genetics
- behavior modification
- behavior problem
- behavior therapist
- behavior therapy
- behavioral
- behavioral ecologist
- behavioral ecology
- behavioral genetics
- behavioral modification
- behavioral science
- behavioral scientist
- behavioral therapist
- behavioral therapy
- behavioralist
- behaviorally
- behaviorism