havoc

The word “havoc” has 2 syllables: hav-oc

It's pronounced as /ˈhævək/


What is synonym and antonym for havoc?

In the thesaurus, “havoc” has 181 synonyms and 68 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for havoc along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for havoc

  • anarchy
  • annihilate
  • annihilation
  • assassinate
  • assassination
  • beat
  • best
  • blast
  • blot out
  • blow up
  • bollix
  • break
  • breakup
  • butcher
  • chance-medley
  • chaos
  • clobber
  • clutter
  • collapse
  • confusion
  • conquer
  • cream
  • cripple
  • crush
  • cut down
  • damage
  • decimate
  • decimation
  • deface
  • defeat
  • demolish
  • demolishment
  • demolition
  • depredation
  • desolate
  • desolation
  • despoil
  • despoilment
  • despoliation
  • destroy
  • destruction
  • deteriorate
  • devastate
  • devastation
  • dilapidate
  • disarrangement
  • disarray
  • disassemble
  • disfigure
  • dishevelment
  • disintegrate
  • disintegration
  • dismantle
  • dismantlement
  • disorder
  • disorderedness
  • disorderliness
  • disorganization
  • dispatch
  • dissolution
  • dissolve
  • do in
  • drub
  • dynamite
  • efface
  • effacement
  • eradicate
  • eradication
  • erode
  • execute
  • execution
  • expunge
  • exterminate
  • extermination
  • extinction
  • extinguish
  • extirpate
  • fell
  • free-for-all
  • gut
  • harm
  • heck
  • hell
  • hodgepodge
  • impair
  • injure
  • jumble
  • kill
  • kill off
  • killing
  • knot
  • labyrinth
  • lawlessness
  • lick
  • liquidate
  • litter
  • loot
  • loss
  • maelstrom
  • mangle
  • mar
  • massacre
  • master
  • maze
  • medley
  • mess
  • messiness
  • mincemeat
  • miscellany
  • mishmash
  • misorder
  • misrule
  • morass
  • motley
  • muddle
  • murder
  • muss
  • mutilate
  • nuke
  • obliterate
  • obliteration
  • overbear
  • overcome
  • overmatch
  • pillage
  • plunder
  • pull down
  • pulverize
  • ravage
  • raze
  • remove
  • riot
  • rout
  • rub out
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • sack
  • scotch
  • scour
  • shambles
  • shatter
  • shuffle
  • skunk
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • smash
  • snake pit
  • snarl
  • spoil
  • storm
  • subdue
  • surmount
  • take down
  • take out
  • tangle
  • tear down
  • thrash
  • total
  • trample
  • trash
  • trim
  • trounce
  • tumble
  • unbuild
  • undo
  • unmake
  • vandalize
  • vaporize
  • vitiate
  • wallop
  • wash out
  • wastage
  • waste
  • web
  • welter
  • whip
  • wipe out
  • wrack
  • wreck
  • wreckage
  • zap

Antonyms for havoc

Meanings of havoc

  • noun
    1. Widespread devastation, destruction.
    2. Mayhem.
  • verb
    1. To pillage.
    2. To cause havoc.
  • interjection
    1. A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.

Example Sentences

  • The storm caused havoc throughout the entire region.
  • His reckless behavior wreaked havoc on their friendship.
  • A virus outbreak can create havoc in a densely populated city.
  • The pranksters unleashed havoc in the school hallway.
  • Economic instability continues to play havoc with global markets.

On this page you'll find 249 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to havoc, such as: anarchy, annihilate, annihilation, assassinate, assassination, assemble, beat.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • bang
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  • brawl
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  • bruit
  • bustle
  • cacophony
  • chaos
  • chatter
  • circus
  • clamor
  • clang
  • clangor
  • clap
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  • commotion
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  • crack
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  • din
  • disarrangement
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  • discord
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  • dissonance
  • furor
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  • hell
  • hubbub
  • hullabaloo
  • hurly-burly
  • jangle
  • jargon
  • katzenjammer
  • madhouse
  • mess
  • muss
  • noise
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  • racket
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  • ruckus
  • rumpus
  • scrum
  • shambles
  • three-ring circus
  • tower
  • tumult
  • turmoil
  • uproar

babels

  • bangs
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  • blares
  • blasts
  • bluster
  • booms
  • bowwows
  • brawls
  • brouhahas
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  • bustles
  • cacophonies
  • chaoses
  • chatters
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  • clamors
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  • confusions
  • cracks
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  • decibels
  • dins
  • disarrangements
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  • discordances
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  • disorders
  • dissonances
  • furors
  • havoc
  • hells
  • hubbubs
  • hullabaloos
  • hurly-burlies
  • jangles
  • katzenjammers
  • madhouses
  • messes
  • musses
  • noises
  • pandemoniums
  • rackets
  • rattles
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  • ruckuses
  • rumpuses
  • scrums
  • shambles
  • three-ring circuses
  • tumults
  • turmoils
  • uproars

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sacking

  • abasement
  • abolishing
  • abolition
  • annihilation
  • assassinating
  • axing
  • bag
  • bane
  • bouncing
  • breaking in
  • bump
  • burglarizing
  • burglary
  • canning
  • carnage
  • cashiering
  • cloth
  • combing
  • crashing
  • crime
  • crushing
  • debasement
  • defacing
  • demotion
  • depredation
  • desecration
  • desolation
  • despoiling
  • despoilment
  • despoliation
  • devastation
  • discharging
  • disintegrating
  • dismissal
  • dismissing
  • disrating
  • disrupting
  • dissolving
  • downfall
  • downgrade
  • downsizing
  • elimination
  • end
  • eradication
  • excessing
  • extermination
  • extinction
  • extinguishing
  • extinguishment
  • extirpation
  • firing
  • furloughing
  • grafitti
  • gunny
  • harrying
  • havoc
  • humiliation
  • hunting
  • invalidating
  • invalidation
  • kicking out
  • laying off
  • laying waste
  • layoff
  • liquidation
  • looting
  • loss
  • marauding
  • massacre
  • mischief
  • murder
  • mustering out
  • obliteration
  • overthrow
  • pillage
  • pillaging
  • pink-slipping
  • piracy
  • pirating
  • plunder
  • plundering
  • privateering
  • raiding
  • raking
  • ransacking
  • rapine
  • ravaging
  • ravishing
  • reduction
  • releasing
  • removing
  • retiring
  • rifling
  • ripping off
  • robbery
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • rummaging
  • sending packing
  • separating
  • shattering
  • slaughter
  • slaying
  • smashing
  • spoliation
  • stealing
  • subjugation
  • subversion
  • subverting
  • terminating
  • theft
  • throwing out
  • trashing
  • trimming
  • turning off
  • undoing
  • unseating
  • wasting
  • wrack
  • wrapping
  • wreck
  • wreckage
  • wrecking

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