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
babels
noun
1
as in bedlams
a place of uproar or confusion on opening day the area's newest big-box store was an incredible babel Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- bedlams
- three-ring circuses
- madhouses
- pandemoniums
- circuses
- chaoses
- hubbubs
- messes
- rackets
- disarrays
- bustles
- scrums
- dins
- turmoils
- ruckuses
- commotions
- noises
- disarrangements
- disorders
- clatters
- musses
- brouhahas
- clamors
- tumults
- shambles
- hells
- havoc
- confusions
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- organizations
- heavens
- utopias
- orders
- arcadias
- paradises
- lulls
- respites
- silences
- calms
- peaces
- hushes
- quiets
2
as in noises
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
- noises
- roars
- rattles
- katzenjammers
- chatters
- clangors
- dins
- rackets
- bowwows
- decibels
- cacophonies
- commotions
- clatters
- clamors
- bangs
- discordances
- brawls
- blares
- bruits
- bluster
- furors
- rumpuses
- hubbubs
- hurly-burlies
- hullabaloos
- dissonances
- discords
- booms
- jangles
- crashes
- tumults
- claps
- blasts
- uproars
- cracks
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- stills
- silences
- quiets
- serenities
- tranquillities
- calms
- hushes
- tranquilities
- lulls
- quietudes