Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Revolution (Sudden or violent change)

Nouns
  • revolution, bouleversement, subversion, break up
  • destruction etc. [Nonproduction.] Destruction
  • sudden change, radical change, sweeping organic change
  • change of state, phase change
  • quantum leap, quantum jump
  • clean sweep, counter revolution. jump, leap, plunge, jerk, start, transilience
  • explosion
  • spasm, convulsion, throe, revulsion
  • storm, earthquake, cataclysm. legerdemain etc. (trick) Deception.
Verbs
  • revolutionize
  • new model, remodel, recast
  • strike out something new, break with the past
  • change the face of, unsex.
Adjectives
  • unrecognizable
  • revolutionary.