pandemonium
noun
pan·de·mo·ni·um ˌpan-də-ˈmō-nē-əm 
1
: a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people)
Pandemonium erupted in the courtroom when the verdict was announced.
The game is stopped on account of pandemonium: players and spectators are screaming and staggering around the court …
Darcy Frey
Darcy Frey also : a chaotic situation
It is obvious that pandemonium would exist at most uncontrolled airports if every pilot did not conscientiously follow the traffic pattern. Joseph W. Benkert
Joseph W. Benkert 2
capitalized : the capital of Hell in Milton's Paradise Lost
3
capitalized : the infernal regions : hell
the demons of Pandemonium
Synonyms
- ado
- 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
- pother
- row
- ruckus
- ruction
- rumpus
- shindy
- splore [Scottish]
- squall
- stew
- stir
- storm
- to-do
- tumult
- turmoil
- uproar
- welter
- whirl
- williwaw
- zoo
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Word History
Etymology
pan- + Late Latin daemonium "evil spirit," borrowed from Greek daimónion "evil spirit," earlier "divine power, inferior divine being," derivative of daímōn "divinity, divine power, individual destiny" (with -ium probably to be read as Latin -ium or Greek -eion, suffixes of place) — more at demon
First Known Use
1667, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Kids Definition
pandemonium
noun
pan·de·mo·ni·um
ˌpan-də-ˈmō-nē-əm
: wild uproar
Pandemonium broke out with the winning goal.
pandemonium
noun
1
as in commotion
a state of noisy, confused activity Christmas morning at our house is always marked by pandemonium Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- commotion
- disturbance
- turmoil
- stir
- fuss
- hurry
- storm
- noise
- racket
- hullabaloo
- hurricane
- ruckus
- tumult
- zoo
- hubbub
- rumpus
- hoopla
- clatter
- uproar
- clutter
- fun
- bustle
- furore
- furor
- row
- roar
- kerfuffle
- blather
- ballyhoo
- hurly-burly
- ruction
- upheaval
- squall
- coil
- welter
- flurry
- ado
- stew
- hoo-hah
- helter-skelter
- hurly
- pother
- hoo-ha
- shindy
- bluster
- hurry-scurry
- cacophony
- bobbery
- foofaraw
- corroboree
- din
- disorder
- hubble-bubble
- unrest
- clamor
- hurry-skurry
- whirl
- outcry
- alarums and excursions
- bother
- splore
- eruption
- moil
- to-do
- howl
- williwaw
- brawl
- outbreak
- scuffle
- melee
- fracas
- do
- outburst
- flutter
- fever
- tizzy
- fray
- mêlée
- hue and cry
- fret
- flare-up
- hassle
- dither
- lather
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- calm
- rest
- tranquility
- peace
- hush
- tranquillity
- quiet
- stillness
- quietude
- order
- orderliness
2
as in inferno
capitalized the place of punishment for the wicked after death a surrealist painting in which all the torments of Pandemonium are vividly depicted Synonyms & Similar Words
- inferno
- hell
- underworld
- perdition
- abyss
- netherworld
- Tophet
- pit
- purgatory
- hades
- blazes
- Gehenna
- hellfire
- Tartarus
- shades
- fire and brimstone
- Sheol
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- bliss
- paradise
- heaven
- sky
- empyrean
- kingdom come
- nirvana
- elysian fields
- glory
- promised land
- New Jerusalem
- Sion
- Elysium
- Zion
- happy hunting ground
- Valhalla