- convulsion, turmoil, upheaval - a violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market"
--1 is a kind of disturbance, disruption, commotion, stir, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle
- tumult, turmoil - violent agitation
--2 is a kind of agitation
- agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo - disturbance usually in protest
--3 is a kind of disturbance