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

1 sense of rioting

Sense 1
rioting, riot -- (a state of disorder involving group violence)
       => disorder -- (a disturbance of the peace or of public order)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb riot

2 senses of riot

Sense 1
riot -- (take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot; "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968")
       => rampage -- (act violently, recklessly, or destructively)

Sense 2
carouse, roister, riot -- (engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking; "They were out carousing last night")
       => revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail -- (celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!")