Babel
noun
Ba·bel ˈbā-bəl 
ˈba-
ˈba- 1
: a city in Shinar where the building of a tower is held in Genesis to have been halted by the confusion of tongues
2
or babel
a
: a confusion of sounds or voices
b
: a scene of noise or confusion
Synonyms
- bedlam
- circus
- madhouse
- scrum [British]
- three-ring circus
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Hebrew Bābhel, from Akkadian bāb-ilu gate of god
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing Babel
babel
noun
1
as in bedlam
a place of uproar or confusion on opening day the area's newest big-box store was an incredible babel Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- bedlam
- madhouse
- din
- circus
- pandemonium
- commotion
- scrum
- tumult
- mess
- racket
- chaos
- clatter
- clamor
- bustle
- three-ring circus
- hubbub
- noise
- turmoil
- ruckus
- brouhaha
- confusion
- muss
- disorder
- disarray
- shambles
- disarrangement
- havoc
- hell
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- utopia
- heaven
- paradise
- organization
- order
- orderliness
- arcadia
- peace
- silence
- hush
- lull
- calm
- respite
- stillness
- quiet
2
as in noise
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound the babel of wheeling and dealing that can be heard at the stock exchange every day Synonyms & Similar Words
- noise
- roar
- din
- chatter
- rattle
- cacophony
- clamor
- commotion
- clatter
- clangor
- discordance
- racket
- blare
- katzenjammer
- bluster
- bang
- brawl
- bowwow
- discord
- bruit
- dissonance
- tumult
- decibel(s)
- boom
- hubbub
- hullabaloo
- rumpus
- uproar
- furor
- jangle
- hurly-burly
- clap
- crash
- blast
- crack
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- silence
- still
- hush
- quiet
- stillness
- lull
- calm
- silentness
- quietude
- tranquility
- serenity
- tranquillity
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- crystallogenesis
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- crystallogenic
- crystallogenical
- crystallogeny
- crystallographer
- crystallographers
- crystallographic
- crystallographically
- crystallographies
- crystallography
- crystalloid
- crystalloidal
- crystalloids
- crystalloluminescence
- crystalloluminescent
- crystallomagnetic
- crystallomancy
- crystallophone
- crystallophones
- crystals
- crystals of ve
- crystals of Venus
- crystalwort