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| Main Entry: | chaotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | utterly confused |
| Synonyms: | deranged, disordered, disorganized, every which way*, harum-scarum*, helter-skelter*, lawless, purposeless, riotous, topsy-turvy*, tumultuous, turbid, turbulent, uncontrolled, anarchic, rampageous |
| Antonyms: | calm, normal, ordered, organized, quiet, systematic, harmonized |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | desultory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | random |
| Synonyms: | aimless, chance, chaotic, deviating, erratic, haphazard, rambling, unstable, orderless, unmethodical, unsystematic, without purpose |
| Main Entry: | disorganized |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unmethodical; messed up |
| Synonyms: | chaotic, confused, disordered, disorderly, haphazard, jumbled, muddled, mixed up, screwed up, shuffled, unsystematic |
| Notes: | disorganized means 'not properly planned and controlled; (of a person) unable to plan one's activities efficiently'; unorganized means 'not organized' |
| Antonyms: | methodical, neat, ordered, organized, planned, regulated, systematic, tidy, systematized |
| Main Entry: | formless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disorganized, vague |
| Synonyms: | amorphous, baggy*, chaotic, crude, inchoate, incoherent, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, nebulous, obscure, raw, rough, rude, shapeless, unclear, undefined, unformed, unorganized, blobby, orderless |
| Antonyms: | coherent, distinct, organized, specific, formed, shaped |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | haywire |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken; crazy |
| Synonyms: | amiss, batty, berserk, bonkers*, chaotic, confused, cracked, crazed, defective, disordered, disorganized, erratic, insane, mad, messy, nuts, out of order, psycho, screwball*, screwy*, touched*, unbalanced, unhinged, wacky, amok, flipped, in a mess, in pieces, orderless, out of whack, out to lunch, schizo, unglued |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hectic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | frantic, turbulent |
| Synonyms: | animated, boisterous, burning, chaotic, confused, disordered, excited, exciting, fervid, feverish, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hassle, heated, jungle*, madhouse*, restless, riotous, tumultuous, unsettled, wild, woolly*, fevered, flurrying, flustering, hell broke loose, nutsy, rip-roaring, zoolike |
| Antonyms: | calm, leisurely, unhurried, easeful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jumbled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused, mixed-up |
| Synonyms: | chaotic, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, messy, misunderstood, out of order, tangled, unsettled, untidy, blurred, cluttered, disarranged, in disarray, scrambled, unsorted |
| Main Entry: | lawless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reckless, ungoverned |
| Synonyms: | bad, barbarous, chaotic, contumacious, criminal, despotic, disobedient, disordered, disorderly, evil, fierce, heterodox, insubordinate, insurgent, mutinous, nihilistic, noncompliant, nonconformist, rebellious, revolutionary, riotous, savage, seditious, tempestuous, traitorous, turbulent, uncivilized, uncultivated, unorthodox, unrestrained, unruly, untamed, violent, warlike, wild, anarchic, anarchical, anarchistic, infringing, piratical, recusant, terrorizing, tyrannous, unpeaceful |
| Antonyms: | governed, lawful, legal, legitimate, licit, proper, rightful, valid |
| Main Entry: | messy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cluttered, dirty |
| Synonyms: | blotchy*, careless, chaotic, confused, disheveled, disordered, disorganized, grimy, grubby*, muddled, raunchy*, slapdash*, slipshod*, sloppy, slovenly, unkempt, untidy, littered, rumpled, unfastidious |
| Antonyms: | clean, ordered, organized, uncluttered |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | muddled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
| Synonyms: | addled, befuddled, bewildered, chaotic, convoluted, dazed, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, jumbled, messy, topsy-turvy, untidy, blurred, disarranged, disarrayed, in disarray, mixed up, scrambled |
| Main Entry: | pell-mell |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disordered |
| Synonyms: | chaotic, confused, disorganized, haphazard, muddled, tumultous/tumultuous, disarrayed |
| Antonyms: | ordered, organized |
| Main Entry: | topsy-turvy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mixed-up |
| Synonyms: | chaotic, cockeyed, confused, disheveled, disjointed, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, jumbled, messy, muddled, pell-mell*, riotous, tangled, tumultous/tumultuous, unhinged, untidy, upside-down, upturned, cluttered, disarranged, dislocated, downside-up, inside-out, inverted, littered, luxated, overturned, upended |
| Antonyms: | ordered, organized, straight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unbridled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrestrained |
| Synonyms: | berserk, chaotic, crazed, crazy, enthusiastic, hysterical, madcap, noisy, rabid, riotous, turbulent, unchecked, uncontrolled, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, violent, wild, unconstrained, uncurbed |
| Main Entry: | unmanageable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unruly, wild |
| Synonyms: | awkward, berserk, chaotic, crazy, disobedient, disorderly, hysterical, lawless, madcap, nuts, out of control, outrageous, riotous, rowdy, turbulent, unbridled, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, undisciplined, ungovernable, unrestrained, violent |
| Main Entry: | unorganized |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disorderly, disorganized |
| Synonyms: | chaotic, confused, disordered, jumbled, messy, scattered, sloppy, unkempt, untidy, all over the place, cluttered, dislocated, messed up, mixed up, scrambled, unarranged, unsystematic |
| Main Entry: | untidy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty, disorderly |
| Synonyms: | bedraggled, careless, chaotic, disheveled, dowdy*, frowzy*, jumbled, mess, messy, muddled, slapdash*, slipshod*, sloppy, slovenly, tacky*, tangled, topsy-turvy, tousled, unkempt, unsettled, upset, cluttered, disarranged, disarrayed, in disorder, littered, mixed up, rumpled, snarled, uncombed, unfastidious, unneat, unorderly |
| Antonyms: | clean, neat, orderly, tidy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | upset |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disturbed, bothered |
| Synonyms: | agitated, antsy*, apprehensive, blue*, chaotic, confused, disconcerted, disordered, distressed, frantic, hurt, ill, jittery, jumpy, low, muddled, overwrought, shocked, sick, spilled, thrown, troubled, unsettled, upside-down, worried, all torn up, amazed, broken up, bummed out, capsized, come apart, dismayed, disquieted, dragged, grieved, in disarray, overturned, psyched out, rattled, ruffled, shook up, tipped over, toppled, tumbled, unglued, unzipped |
| Antonyms: | happy, undisturbed, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | helter-skelter |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | with undue hurry and confusion |
| Synonyms: | arbitrary, carelessly, chaotic, confused, disorderly, haphazard, hastily, hit or miss, hurried, random, recklessly, slapdash, hurry-scurry, in disorder |
| Main Entry: | topsy-turvy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
| Definition: | in utter disorder |
| Synonyms: | chaotic, confused, jumbled, upside-down, backwards, inside-out, mixed up, upended, wrong side up |
| Main Entry: | disorderly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | messy, untidy |
| Synonyms: | chaotic, confused, disorganized, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, irregular, jumbled, scattered, slovenly, topsy-turvy*, tumult, undisciplined, unkempt, unrestrained, untrained, all over the place, cluttered, dislocated, mixed up, out-of-control, out-of-line, out-of-step, out-of-whack, scrambled, uncombed, unmethodical, unsystematic |
| Antonyms: | neat, ordered, orderly, organized, trim, arranged, systematized |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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