Home › Words › C › comesscomesscomess means noise and confusion.EtymologyFrom Antillean Creole komès, from French commerce. Doublet of commerce.nounNoise and confusion.e.g.“As Jasmine told me emphatically, "facts" are knowledge -- of correct practices and their meanings -- and provide the antidote to the comess of mixed ways of knowing and of behaving.” — 2004, Aisha Khan, Callaloo Nation, →ISBN, page 211:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.confusement 64% match — Confusion. vs comess →confuzzlement 62% match — confusion vs comess →noisemaking 60% match — The production of noise. vs comess →confusery 60% match — Confusion; confusing things. vs comess →hubbleshow 57% match — A noisy confusion; hubbub. vs comess →babel 57% match — A confused mixture of sounds and voices, especially in different languages. vs comess →durdum 56% match — noise, uproar, clamor vs comess →kesselgarten 55% match — A noisy, confusing and chaotic situation vs comess →