From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pandemonium \Pan'de*mo"ni*um\, noun [NL., from Gr. pa^s, pa^n, all + dai'mwn a demon.]
1. The great hall or council chamber of demons or evil spirits. --Milton.
2. An utterly lawless, riotous place or assemblage.
3. A condition of unrestrained disorder and chaotic, riotous uproar. [1913 Webster +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a state of extreme confusion and disorder [syn: {chaos}, {bedlam}, {topsy-turvydom}, {topsy-turvyness}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "Pandemonium": Abaddon, Agapemone, Arcadia, Big Rock-Candy Mountain, Canaan, Cloudcuckooland, Cockaigne, Eden, Eldorado, Erewhon, Garden of Eden, Gehenna, Goshen, Hades, Happy Valley, Land of Youth, Laputa, Naraka, Never-Never-land, Neverland, New Atlantis, Quivira, Shangri-la, Sheol, Tophet, Utopia, avichi, cloudland, dreamland, dystopia, faerie, fairyland, heaven, hell, infernal regions, inferno, jahannan, kakotopia, kingdom come, land of dreams, land of enchantment, land of faerie, land of plenty, land of promise, limbo, lotus land, lower world, millennium, nether world, paradise, perdition, place of torment, promised land, purgatory, shades below, the abyss, the bottomless pit, the grave, the pit, underworld, utopia, wonderland
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
97 Moby Thesaurus words for "pandemonium": Babel, Bedlam let loose, Gehenna, Sheol, Sodom, Tophet, abyss, agitation, babel, bedlam, blast, bluster, bobbery, brawl, broil, brouhaha, cacophony, cesspit, cesspool, chaos, charivari, chirm, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, commotion, confusion, confusion of tongues, den, din, discord, disorder, disturbance, donnybrook, drunken brawl, dustup, ebullition, embroilment, fanaticism, ferment, flap, fomentation, foofaraw, fracas, free-for-all, frenzy, fume, furor, furore, fury, fuss, hades, hell, hell broke loose, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, inferno, jangle, loud noise, netherworld, noise, noise and shouting, outcry, passion, perdition, racket, rage, rattle, rhubarb, roar, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, shindy, shivaree, static, storminess, sty, tempestuousness, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, tumult, tumultuousness, turbulence, turmoil, underworld, uproar, upset, wildness, zeal, zealousness
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
PANDEMONIUM, noun Literally, the Place of All the Demons. Most of them have escaped into politics and finance, and the place is now used as a lecture hall by the Audible Reformer. When disturbed by his voice the ancient echoes clamor appropriate responses most gratifying to his pride of distinction.
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