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litter - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | litter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a mess |
| Synonyms: | clutter, confuse, derange, dirty, disarrange, disarray, disorder, jumble, mess up, scatter, strew |
| Antonyms: | tidy, clean up |
| Main Entry: | litter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mess, debris |
| Synonyms: | clutter, collateral, confusion, detritus, disarray, disorder, garbage, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, jungle, junk, mishmash, muck, muddle, offal, rash, refuse, rubbish, rummage, scattering, scramble, shuffle, trash, waste, untidiness |
| Antonyms: | cleanliness, sterility |
| Main Entry: | litter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animal offspring |
| Synonyms: | brood, family, progeny, school, young, cubs, kittens, piglets, puppies |
| Main Entry: | brood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cluster of children |
| Synonyms: | breed, clutch, family, flock, hatch, issue, litter, offspring, posterity, progeny, seed, young, begats, chicks, descendants, infants, progeniture, scions |
| Antonyms: | child |
| 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: | clutter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause mess, disarray |
| Synonyms: | dirty, jumble, litter, muddle, scatter, snarl, strew |
| Antonyms: | array, neaten, order, tidy, clean up |
| Main Entry: | disorganize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disrupt arrangement; make shambles of |
| Synonyms: | break up, clutter, complicate, confound, confuse, demobilize, derange, destroy, disarrange, disarray, disband, discompose, dishevel, dislocate, disorder, disperse, disturb, embroil, jumble, litter, mess up, mislay, misplace, muddle, perturb, scatter, scramble, shuffle, toss, unsettle, upset, break down, discreate, put out of order, turn topsy-turvy |
| Antonyms: | compose, neaten, order, organize, plan, systematize, tidy |
| Main Entry: | flock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | congregation |
| Synonyms: | army, assembly, bevy, brood, cloud, collection, colony, company, convoy, crowd, crush, drift, drove, flight, gathering, group, herd, host, legion, litter, mass, multitude, pack, progeny, rout, throng, gaggle, scores, skein |
| Main Entry: | hash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mess, mix-up |
| Synonyms: | assortment, clutter, confusion, hodgepodge*, jumble, litter, mélange, medley, miscellany, mishmash*, muddle*, salmagundi*, shambles*, stew*, hotchpotch |
* = 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: | junk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odds and ends; garbage |
| Synonyms: | clutter, collateral, debris, filth, hogwash*, litter, miscellany, offal, refuse, rubbish, rubble, rummage, salvage, scrap, trash, waste |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mess up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disorder, dirty |
| Synonyms: | befoul, besmirch, botch, bungle, clutter, confuse, damage, derange, destroy, disarrange, discompose, dishevel, disorganize, disturb, foul, jumble, litter, muddle, pollute, ruin, rummage, scramble, screw up*, smear, soil, spoil, unsettle, upset, bobble, bollix, goof up*, gum up, louse up |
| Antonyms: | arrange, order, organize, tidy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | odds and ends |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscellaneous grouping |
| Synonyms: | assortment, debris, hodgepodge, jumble, litter, mélange, medley, melee, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, motley, olio, patchwork, potpourri, rags, refuse, remainder, remains, rest, rubbish, rummage, scraps, bits, bits and pieces, bits and pieces, etcetera, knickknacks, leavings, leftovers, miscellaneous paraphernalia, notions, novelties, oddments, particles, remnants, sundries, sundry items, this and that |
| Main Entry: | refuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
| Synonyms: | debris, dregs, dross, dump, dust, hogwash*, junk, litter, muck, offal, remains, residue, rubbish, scraps, scum*, sediment, slop*, swill, trash, waste, dunghill, leavings, rejectamenta, sweepings, waste matter |
| Notes: | one declines (or accepts) something that is offered; one refuses (or agrees) to accept something offered |
| Antonyms: | assets, property, possessions |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strew, disperse |
| Synonyms: | broadcast, cast, derange, diffuse, disband, discard, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, distribute, disunite, diverge, divide, expend, fling, intersperse, litter, migrate, part, pour, scramble, separate, set, sever, shatter, shed, shower, sow, spend, split up, spray, spread, sprinkle, sunder, throw out, besprinkle, disject, put to flight, run away, set asunder, take off in all directions, throw around |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather |
| Main Entry: | scramble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mix-up, confusion |
| Synonyms: | clutter, commotion, competition, conglomeration, free-for-all*, hash*, hassle, hustle, jumble, jungle, litter, melee, mishmash, muddle, race, rat race*, rush, shuffle, struggle, tumble, tussle |
| Antonyms: | order, organization |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wreck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severe damage or severely damaged goods |
| Synonyms: | collapse, crash, crate, debacle, debris, derelict, destruction, devastation, disruption, fender bender*, heap*, hulk*, jalopy*, junk*, litter, mess, relic, ruin, ruins, smashup*, total*, waste, wreckage, junker, pile-up, rear-ender, shipwreck |
| Antonyms: | creation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | young |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animate beings that are not mature |
| Synonyms: | baby, brood, family, issue, litter, offspring, progeny, babies, infants, little ones |
| Antonyms: | parent |
| Main Entry: | rubbish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
| Synonyms: | debris, dregs, dross, junk, litter, lumber, offal, refuse, rubble, rummage, scrap, trash, waste, sweepings |
| Antonyms: | property, possessions |
| Main Entry: | trash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
| Synonyms: | debris, dregs, droppings, dross, excess, filth, junk, litter, odds and ends*, offal, refuse, residue, rubbish, rubble, rummage, scrap, scraps, scum*, sediment, waste, fragments, leavings, oddments, pieces, scourings, shavings, sweepings |
| Antonyms: | assets, possessions, valuables |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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