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| 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: | scramble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | race; get into position clumsily |
| Synonyms: | clamber, climb, contend, crawl, hasten, jostle, move, push, run, rush, scurry, scuttle, strive, struggle, swarm, trek, vie, jockey for position, look alive, make haste, scrabble |
| Main Entry: | bustle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move around quickly, busily |
| Synonyms: | dash, dust, flit, flutter, fuss, hasten, hum, hurry, hustle, run, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry, scuttle, stir, tear, whirl, whisk, bestir |
| 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: | creep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crawl along, usually on ground |
| Synonyms: | edge, glide, grovel, gumshoe*, inch, insinuate, lurk, pussyfoot, scramble, skulk, slink, slither, snake*, sneak, squirm, steal, tiptoe, wriggle, writhe, approach unnoticed, crawl on all fours, scrabble, worm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disarrange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disorder |
| Synonyms: | derange, discompose, disturb, jumble, mess, mix up, ruffle, scramble, shuffle, unsettle, untidy, get out of order |
| 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: | dispel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drive away thought, belief |
| Synonyms: | allay, banish, break up*, cancel, crumble, deploy, disband, disintegrate, dismiss, disperse, dissipate, distribute, eject, eliminate, expel, oust, repel, resolve, rout, scatter, scramble, split up*, beat off*, break it up, bust up, chase away |
| Antonyms: | accumulate, collect, garner, gather, recall |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disperse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute; scatter |
| Synonyms: | banish, break up, broadcast, circulate, deal, diffuse, disappear, disband, disburse, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, dissolve, dole out, eject, intersperse, partition, propagate, radiate, rout, scatter, scramble, separate, shed, sow, split up, spray, spread, strew, vanish, besprinkle, cast forth, divvy, measure out, send off, take off in all directions |
| Notes: | to disburse means 'to pay out or expend'; to disperse is 'to scatter something' |
| Antonyms: | arrange, assemble, collect, garner, gather |
| Main Entry: | fighting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | battle, encounter |
| Synonyms: | argument, battle royal*, beef*, bloodshed, blowup, bout, brush, combat, conflict, contention, dispute, donnybrook*, exchange, flap*, fracas, free-for-all*, go, hassle, hostility, joust, match, melee, mix, riot, roughhouse, row, rowdy, rumble, rumpus, run-in*, scramble, scrap*, scrimmage, scuffle, spat, strife, struggle, tiff, war, warfare, words, wrangle, brannigan, brawling, hell broke loose, punch out, set-to* |
| Antonyms: | peace, surrender, ceasefire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | haste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme speed, hurry |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, bustle, carelessness, celerity, dash, dispatch, drive, expedition, flurry, hurly-burly*, hustle, hustling, impatience, nimbleness, pace, press, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rashness, recklessness, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry, scuttle, swiftness, urgency, velocity, briskness, expeditiousness, fleetness, foolhardiness, hastiness, heedlessness, hurriedness, impetuosity, incautiousness, precipitancy, precipitateness, prematureness, promptitude, rapidness |
| Antonyms: | delay, leisure, rest, slowness, lingering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hurtle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plunge, charge |
| Synonyms: | bump, collide, fly, lunge, push, race, rush, scoot, scramble, shoot, speed, spurt, tear, rush headlong |
| Main Entry: | jostle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bump, shake |
| Synonyms: | bulldoze*, butt*, crash, crowd, elbow, hustle, jab, jog, jolt, nudge, press, push, scramble, shoulder, shove, squeeze, thrust, bang into, bump heads, joggle, push around, push aside, rough and tumble |
* = 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: | 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: | muddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, disorganize |
| Synonyms: | befuddle, bewilder, blunder, botch, bungle, clutter, complicate, confound, daze, derange, disarrange, disorder, disturb, entangle, fluster, foul, foul up*, jumble, mess, mix, mix up*, muck, mumble, murmur, nonplus, perplex, perturb, rattle, ravel, ruffle, scramble, shuffle, snafu*, snarl, spoil, stumble, stupefy, tangle, throw, throw off, tumble, addle, discombobulate, disorient, louse up, make a mess of, misarrange, psych out, stir up |
| Antonyms: | clear up, educate, enlighten, explain, explicate, order, organize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | onrush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rush |
| Synonyms: | attack, avalanche, blitz, charge, dash, deluge, flood, flow, flux, haste, hurry, onslaught, push, race, scramble, stampede, storm, stream, surge, swiftness, hastiness, hurriedness |
| Main Entry: | race |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run, speed in competition |
| Synonyms: | boil, bolt, bustle, career, chase, compete, contest, course, dart, dash, fling, fly, gallop, haste, hasten, hie, hurry, hustle, lash, outstrip, post, pursue, rush, scamper, scramble, scud, scuttle, shoot, skim, sprint, spurt, swoop, tear, whisk, wing, plunge ahead |
| 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: | straggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander, stray |
| Synonyms: | dawdle, drift, lag, loiter, maunder, meander, poke, ramble, range, roam, rove, scramble, spread, straddle, tail, trail, be late, poke around, string out |
| Antonyms: | hurry, run, rush |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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