1. (noun) unstable flow of a liquid or gas

• turbulency

2. (noun) a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)

• sturm und drang
• upheaval

1. (noun) unstable flow of a liquid or gas

• countercurrent
• crosscurrent
• rip
• riptide
• tide rip

2. (noun) instability in the atmosphere

• clear-air turbulence

3. (noun) a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)

• agitation
• ferment
• fermentation
• tempestuousness
• unrest
• roller coaster
• violence

1. (noun) unstable flow of a liquid or gas

• physical phenomenon

2. (noun) instability in the atmosphere

• bad weather
• inclemency
• inclementness

3. (noun) a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)

• disorder

1. (noun) a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)

• government
• political science
• politics

1. (noun) unstable flow of a liquid or gas

• churning
• churning
• roiled
• roiled
• roiling
• roiling
• roily
• roily
• turbulent
• turbulent

2. (noun) a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)

• disruptive
• riotous
• troubled
• tumultuous
• turbulent