Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chaos

4 senses of chaos

Sense 1
chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness -- (a state of extreme confusion and disorder)
       => confusion -- (disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion")

Sense 2
chaos -- (the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos)
       => physical phenomenon -- (a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy)

Sense 3
Chaos -- ((Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe)
       INSTANCE OF=> Greek deity -- (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

Sense 4
chaos -- ((physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions)
       => dynamical system -- ((physics) a phase space together with a transformation of that space)