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chaos - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | chaos |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | utter confusion |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, ataxia, bedlam, clutter, disarray, discord, disorder, disorganization, entropy, free-for-all*, holy mess, lawlessness, misrule, mix-up, mobocracy, muddle, pandemonium, rat's nest, snarl, topsy-turviness, tumult, turmoil, unruliness |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, normality, order, organization, quiet, system |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | anarchy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawlessness; absence of government |
| Synonyms: | chaos, confusion, disorder, disorganization, disregard, hostility, nihilism, rebellion, reign of terror, revolution, riot, turmoil, unrest, misrule, mob rule, nongovernment |
| Antonyms: | order, rule, lawfulness |
| Main Entry: | bedlam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chaotic situation |
| Synonyms: | chaos, clamor, commotion, confusion, din, disquiet, disquietude, furor, hubbub, madhouse, maelstrom, noise, pandemonium, racket, shambles, tumult, turmoil, uproar |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace, quiet |
| Main Entry: | clutter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disarray, mess |
| Synonyms: | chaos, confusion, derangement, disorder, hodgepodge, huddle, jumble, litter, medley, melange, muddle, rummage, scramble, shuffle, tumble, ataxia, untidiness |
| Antonyms: | neatness, order, tidiness |
| Main Entry: | disarray |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disorder, confusion, mess |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, chaos, clutter, disharmony, disorganization, jumble, muddle, shambles*, snarl, tangle, upset, ataxia, disarrangement, discomposure, dishevelment, holy mess, indiscipline, topsy-turviness, unholy mess, unruliness, untidiness |
| Antonyms: | arrangement, harmony, order, organization, orderliness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disaster area |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area affected by a general disaster |
| Synonyms: | chaos, confusion, desolation, havoc, war zone, area of devastation, crisis zone, disaster relief area, earthquake zone, emergency area, flood zone, hot spot, path of destruction, scene of destruction, storm center |
| Main Entry: | disorganization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unordered situation or thing |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, chaos, confusion, derangement, disarray, disjointedness, disorder, disruption, dissolution, disunion, foul-up*, incoherence, mix-up, rat's nest, screw-up, unconnectedness, unholy mess |
| Antonyms: | coherence, method, neatness, order, organization, plan, system, tidiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | havoc |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chaotic situation |
| Synonyms: | calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, chaos, confusion, damage, desolation, destruction, devastation, dilapidation, disorder, disruption, loss, mayhem, plunder, rack and ruin, shambles*, vandalism, waste, wreck, wreckage, despoiling, ravages, ruination |
| Antonyms: | peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | huddle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assemblage, crowd, often disorganized |
| Synonyms: | bunch, chaos, cluster, clutter, conference, confusion, disarray, discussion, disorder, gathering, group, heap, jumble, mass, meeting, mess*, muddle, confab |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hullabaloo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uproar |
| Synonyms: | bedlam, brouhaha, chaos, clamor, commotion, confusion, free-for-all*, furor, fuss, hassle, hubbub, hue and cry, mayhem, melee, noise, pandemonium, racket*, riot, row, ruckus, to-do*, big scene |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jumble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hodgepodge |
| Synonyms: | assortment, chaos, clutter, confusion, derangement, disarray, disorder, farrago, garbage, goulash, hash*, litter, mélange, medley, mess, miscellany, mishmash, mixture, muddle, olio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, scramble, shuffle, snarl, tangle, tumble, disarrangement, gallimaufry |
| Antonyms: | order, organization |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | madhouse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where mentally ill live; place full of commotion |
| Synonyms: | asylum, bedlam, chaos, insane asylum, loony bin*, mental hospital, pandemonium, turmoil, uproar, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, sanitarium |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mix-up |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confusion, misunderstanding |
| Synonyms: | botch*, chaos, commotion, disorder, jumble, mess, mistake, muddle, shambles*, tangle, turmoil |
| Antonyms: | understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | morass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bog; mess |
| Synonyms: | chaos, confusion, fen, jam, jungle, knot, labyrinth, marsh, maze, mesh, mix-up, muddle, quagmire, snarl, swamp, tangle, web, skein |
| Antonyms: | order, organization |
| Main Entry: | muddle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confused state |
| Synonyms: | ataxia, awkwardness, botch, chaos, clutter, complexity, complication, confusion, daze, difficulty, dilemma, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorganization, emergency, encumbrance, fog, foul-up*, hash, haze, intricacy, involvement, jumble, mess, mess and a half, mix-up*, muss*, perplexity, plight, predicament, quandary, rat's nest, screw-up, shambles*, snarl, struggle, tangle, trouble |
| Antonyms: | enlightenment, order, organization |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | muss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disorder |
| Synonyms: | chaos, confusion, hash, mess, mix-up*, muddle, shambles, turmoil, disarrangement, mess-up |
| Antonyms: | order, organization |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pandemonium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | craziness, commotion |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, babel, bedlam, bluster, brouhaha*, chaos, clamor, clatter, confusion, din, hassle, hubbub*, hue and cry*, hullabaloo*, jangle, noise, racket, riot, ruckus*, rumpus, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pell-mell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disorder |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, chaos, clutter, confusion, disarray, ferment, helter-skelter, huddle, muddle, pandemonium, snarl, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, ataxia |
| Antonyms: | order, organization |
| Main Entry: | shambles |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a mess |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, babel, bedlam, botch, chaos, confusion, disarray, disorder, disorganization, hash, havoc, hodge-podge, madhouse, maelstrom, mix-up, muddle, mess-up |
| Antonyms: | order, organization |
| Main Entry: | snarl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complication, mess |
| Synonyms: | chaos, clutter, complexity, confusion, disarray, disorder, entanglement, intricacy, jam, jungle, knot, labyrinth, maze, mishmash, morass, muddle, muss, swarm, tangle, web, intricateness, skein |
| Antonyms: | ease, order, organization, simplification |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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