| Main Entry: | clutter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause mess, disarray |
Synonyms: |
dirty, jumble, litter, muddle, scatter, snarl, strew |
Antonyms: |
array, clean up, neaten, order, tidy |
| Main Entry: | cluttered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | littered |
Synonyms: |
crowded, messy, piled, scattered, strewed, strewn, untidied, untidy |
| Main Entry: | confuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bewilder someone |
Synonyms: |
abash, addle, amaze, astonish, baffle, becloud, bedevil, befuddle, bemuse, cloud, clutter, complicate, confound, darken, daze, demoralize, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disorient, distract, embarrass, faze, fluster, fog, frustrate, fuddle, involve, lead astray, mess up*, misinform, mislead, mortify, muddle, mystify, nonplus, obscure, perplex, perturb, puzzle, rattle, render uncertain, shame, stir up, stump, throw off, throw off balance, trouble, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry |
Antonyms: |
clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain |
| Main Entry: | confuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix up; involve |
Synonyms: |
bedlamize, blend, clutter, confound, disarrange, disarray, discombobulate, discreate, disorder, disorganize, embroil, encumber, entangle, intermingle, involve, jumble, litter, mess up*, mingle, mistake, muddle, muss up, rumple, snarl up, tangle, tousle, tumble |
Antonyms: |
order, organize, separate |
| Main Entry: | disorder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix up, disarrange |
Synonyms: |
clutter, confound, confuse, derange, discompose, discreate, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorganize, disrupt, distemper, disturb, embroil, jumble, mess up, muddle, muss up, rummage, rumple, scatter, shuffle, tumble, unsettle, upset |
Antonyms: |
arrange, conform, neaten, order, regulate, systematize |
| Main Entry: | disorderly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | messy, untidy |
Synonyms: |
all over the place, chaotic, cluttered, confused, dislocated, disorganized, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, irregular, jumbled, mixed up, out-of-control, out-of-line, out-of-step, out-of-whack, scattered, scrambled, slovenly, topsy-turvy, tumult, uncombed, undisciplined, unkempt, unmethodical, unrestrained, unsystematic, untrained |
Antonyms: |
arranged, neat, ordered, orderly, organized, systematized, trim |
| Main Entry: | disorganize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disrupt arrangement; make shambles of |
Synonyms: |
break down, break up, clutter, complicate, confound, confuse, demobilize, derange, destroy, disarrange, disarray, disband, discompose, discreate, dishevel, dislocate, disorder, disperse, disturb, embroil, jumble, litter, mess up, mislay, misplace, muddle, perturb, put out of order, scatter, scramble, shuffle, toss, turn topsy-turvy, unsettle, upset |
Antonyms: |
compose, neaten, order, organize, plan, systematize, tidy |
| Main Entry: | helter-skelter |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | carelessly, confused |
Synonyms: |
about, any which way, anyhow, anywise, around, at random, cluttered, disorderly, haphazard, hastily, headlong, higgledy-piggledy, hit-or-miss, hotfoot, hurriedly, impetuously, in confusion, incautiously, incontinently, irregular, jumbled, muddled, pell-mell, random, randomly, rashly, recklessly, topsy-turvy, tumultous/tumultuous, unmindfully, wildly |
Antonyms: |
carefully, methodical, organized, straight, systematic |
| Main Entry: | jumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix up, confuse |
Synonyms: |
clutter, confound, derange, disarrange, disarray, dishevel, disorder, disorganize, disturb, entangle, foul up, mess up, mistake, muddle, rummage, shuffle, snarl, tangle, tumble |
Antonyms: |
arrange, clear up, order, organize |
| Main Entry: | jumbled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused, mixed-up |
Synonyms: |
blurred, chaotic, cluttered, disarranged, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, in disarray, messy, misunderstood, out of order, scrambled, tangled, unsettled, unsorted, untidy |