tantrum

The word “tantrum” has 2 syllables: tan-trum

It's pronounced as /ˈtæn.trəm/


What is synonym and antonym for tantrum?

In the thesaurus, “tantrum” has 55 synonyms and 4 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for tantrum

  • agitation
  • anger
  • angriness
  • animosity
  • blowup
  • choler
  • conniption
  • dander
  • delirium
  • distraction
  • eruption
  • explosion
  • fireworks
  • fit
  • flare-up
  • frenzy
  • furor
  • furore
  • fury
  • grouch
  • hemorrhage
  • hissy
  • hissy fit
  • huff
  • hump
  • hysteria
  • hysterics
  • indignation
  • irateness
  • ire
  • lividity
  • lividness
  • outburst
  • paroxysm
  • pet
  • pouts
  • rage
  • rampage
  • reaction
  • rise
  • scene
  • seizure
  • snit
  • spasm
  • spleen
  • storm
  • sulkiness
  • sullenness
  • temper
  • temper tantrum
  • upheaval
  • uproar
  • wax
  • wrath
  • wrathfulness

Antonyms for tantrum

Meanings of tantrum

  • noun
    1. An often childish display or fit of bad temper.
  • verb
    1. To throw a tantrum.

Example Sentences

  • The toddler threw a tantrum when his toy was taken away.
  • She managed to stay calm despite her child's loud tantrum.
  • His sudden tantrum surprised everyone in the meeting.
  • After a brief tantrum, he finally agreed to go to bed.
  • The teacher knew how to handle a student's tantrum with patience.

On this page you'll find 59 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tantrum, such as: agitation, anger, angriness, animosity, blowup, calm, choler.

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

Related Words

umbrage

  • affront
  • aggravation
  • agitation
  • anger
  • angriness
  • annoyance
  • barb
  • bother
  • botheration
  • brickbat
  • chagrin
  • dander
  • dig
  • discomfort
  • displeasure
  • distress
  • disturbance
  • dudgeon
  • exasperation
  • fit
  • frustration
  • fury
  • grief
  • grudge
  • high dudgeon
  • huff
  • indignation
  • indignity
  • injury
  • insult
  • irateness
  • ire
  • irking
  • irritation
  • miff
  • nettling
  • offence
  • offense
  • outrage
  • peeve
  • perturbation
  • pet
  • pique
  • pouts
  • provoking
  • put-down
  • rage
  • resentment
  • sense of injury
  • slap
  • slight
  • slur
  • tantrum
  • temper
  • tizzy
  • upset
  • vexation
  • wrath

rage

  • aberration
  • abnormality
  • acerbity
  • acrimoniousness
  • acrimony
  • aggravation
  • agitate
  • agitation
  • air rage
  • anger
  • angriness
  • animosity
  • annoyance
  • antagonism
  • antipathy
  • apoplexy
  • asperity
  • bandwagon
  • be beside oneself
  • be furious
  • be uncontrollable
  • bedlam
  • belligerence
  • bile
  • biliousness
  • birse
  • bitterness
  • blow a fuse
  • blow up
  • blowup
  • bluster
  • boil
  • boil over
  • bother
  • bristle
  • brouhaha
  • burn
  • bustle
  • buzz
  • caprice
  • carry on
  • chafe
  • chaos
  • chic
  • choler
  • clamor
  • clatter
  • commotion
  • conceit
  • confusion
  • contempt
  • contentiousness
  • contrariness
  • convulse
  • convulsion
  • crankiness
  • craze
  • crotchet
  • crusade
  • crush
  • cry
  • cult
  • dander
  • deliriousness
  • delirium
  • delusion
  • dementedness
  • dementia
  • derangement
  • dernier cri
  • disorder
  • disputatiousness
  • distraction
  • disturbance
  • dudgeon
  • embitterment
  • empoisonment
  • enflame
  • enmity
  • enthusiasm
  • envy
  • erupt
  • eruption
  • exasperation
  • excitement
  • explosion
  • fad
  • fancy
  • fashion
  • ferment
  • ferocity
  • fervor
  • fever
  • feverishness
  • fireworks
  • flap
  • flare
  • flare-up
  • flavor
  • fly off the handle
  • foam
  • foam at the mouth
  • freak
  • frenzy
  • fret
  • fulminate
  • fume
  • furor
  • furore
  • fury
  • fuss
  • gall
  • go
  • go berserk
  • grudge
  • hallucination
  • hallucinosis
  • happening
  • have a fit
  • have a tantrum
  • havoc
  • heat
  • hemorrhage
  • hoo-ha
  • hoo-hah
  • hostility
  • hot spot
  • hot ticket
  • hot-headedness
  • hubbub
  • huff
  • hullabaloo
  • hurly-burly
  • hypomania
  • hysteria
  • hysterics
  • in
  • in thing
  • in-spot
  • indignation
  • infatuation
  • inflame
  • insanity
  • instability
  • irascibility
  • irascibleness
  • irateness
  • ire
  • irrationality
  • irritability
  • irritation
  • jaundice
  • jealousy
  • last word
  • latest
  • latest thing
  • latest wrinkle
  • let off steam
  • lividity
  • lividness
  • look daggers
  • lunacy
  • mad
  • madness
  • make a fuss over
  • make a scene
  • malevolence
  • malice
  • mania
  • mode
  • monomania
  • mood
  • movement
  • neurosis
  • new wave
  • newest wrinkle
  • nine day wonder
  • novelty
  • now
  • obsession
  • orneriness
  • outburst
  • outrage
  • overflow
  • pandemonium
  • paranoia
  • paroxysm
  • passion
  • pet
  • phobia
  • pique
  • psychosis
  • pugnaciousness
  • pugnacity
  • quarrelsomeness
  • querulousness
  • rail at
  • rampage
  • rancor
  • rankle
  • rant
  • rant and rave
  • rave
  • raving
  • resentment
  • rise
  • road rage
  • roar
  • roil
  • ruckus
  • ruction
  • ruffle
  • rumpus
  • run amok
  • run amuck
  • schizophrenia
  • scold
  • scream
  • see red
  • seethe
  • senile dementia
  • sensation
  • shake
  • shindy
  • sizzle
  • slow burn
  • smolder
  • smoulder
  • snap at
  • spasm
  • spite
  • spleen
  • splutter
  • squall
  • steam
  • stew
  • stir
  • storm
  • style
  • surge
  • take on
  • tantrum
  • tear
  • temper
  • tempest
  • thing
  • throw a fit
  • to-do
  • ton
  • trend
  • tumult
  • turmoil
  • umbrage
  • unreasonableness
  • unsoundness
  • uproar
  • upset
  • vagary
  • vehemence
  • vengefulness
  • venom
  • vexation
  • vindictiveness
  • violence
  • virulence
  • vitriol
  • vogue
  • warmth
  • whim
  • wingding
  • work oneself into sweat
  • wrath
  • wrathfulness
  • wrinkle
  • yell

gale

  • agony
  • blast
  • blaze
  • blow
  • blowup
  • burst
  • chinook
  • cyclone
  • delirium
  • ebullition
  • ecstasy
  • eruption
  • explosion
  • firestorm
  • fit
  • flare
  • flare-up
  • flash
  • flush
  • frenzy
  • furor
  • grouch
  • gush
  • gust
  • hurricane
  • mistral
  • monsoon
  • outbreak
  • outburst
  • paroxysm
  • rage
  • rapture
  • spasm
  • squall
  • storm
  • tantrum
  • tempest
  • tornado
  • transport
  • typhoon
  • wind
  • windstorm

offences

  • abuses
  • affronts
  • aggravations
  • aggressions
  • agitations
  • air raids
  • ambuscades
  • ambushes
  • angers
  • annoyances
  • assaults
  • attacks
  • attempts
  • barbs
  • barrages
  • bias crimes
  • blitzes
  • blitzkriegs
  • bombardments
  • bombings
  • botherations
  • bothers
  • breaches
  • breaks
  • breakthroughs
  • brickbats
  • cannonades
  • catcalls
  • charges
  • corruptions
  • counter-aggressions
  • counter-assaults
  • counter-attacks
  • counter-strikes
  • counteraggressions
  • counterassaults
  • counterattacks
  • counteroffensives
  • counterstrikes
  • coups de main
  • crimes
  • criminalities
  • criticisms
  • cuts
  • danders
  • darts
  • debaucheries
  • debts
  • depravities
  • descents
  • digs
  • disapprovals
  • discomforts
  • dises
  • disgraces
  • dishonors
  • displeasures
  • disses
  • distresses
  • disturbances
  • downfalls
  • dudgeons
  • envelopments
  • epithets
  • errors
  • exasperations
  • falls
  • faults
  • felonies
  • fits
  • foibles
  • forays
  • frustrations
  • fusillades
  • gibes
  • girds
  • griefs
  • hails
  • hate crimes
  • huffs
  • illegalities
  • immoralities
  • incursions
  • indignations
  • indignities
  • infringements
  • iniquities
  • insults
  • invasions
  • invectives
  • ires
  • irritations
  • jeers
  • jibes
  • knocks
  • lawbreakings
  • malefactions
  • miffs
  • misconducts
  • misdeeds
  • misdemeanors
  • misdoings
  • misfeasances
  • mocks
  • names
  • offensives
  • onsets
  • onslaughts
  • opprobriums
  • outrages
  • peccadilloes
  • peccadillos
  • peeves
  • personalities
  • perturbations
  • pets
  • pillages
  • piques
  • pokes
  • pouts
  • put-downs
  • quips
  • raids
  • ravages
  • resentments
  • rushes
  • sacks
  • sallies
  • salvoes
  • salvos
  • sarcasms
  • shames
  • sieges
  • sins
  • slams
  • slaps
  • slights
  • slurs
  • sneers
  • sorties
  • storms
  • strikes
  • sulks
  • swipes
  • tantrums
  • taunts
  • tempers
  • tizzies
  • torments
  • tortures
  • transgressions
  • trespasses
  • umbrages
  • upsets
  • vexations
  • vices
  • violations
  • vituperations
  • volleys
  • whammies
  • wrongdoings

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