| Main Entry: | skein |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tangle |
Synonyms: |
cat's cradle, coil, complication, entanglement, jam*, jungle*, knot, labyrinth, mass, mat, maze, mesh, mess*, mix-up, morass, muddle, rummage, snag, snarl, strand, thread, twist, web |
| Notes: | a group of geese is a gaggle, but only when they are on the ground; in the air, the group is a skein |
| Main Entry: | flock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | congregation |
Synonyms: |
army, assembly, bevy, brood, cloud, collection, colony, company, convoy, crowd, crush, drift, drove, flight, gaggle, gathering, group, herd, host, legion, litter, mass, multitude, pack, progeny, rout, scores, skein, throng |
| Main Entry: | labyrinth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maze, complexity |
Synonyms: |
coil, complication, convolution, entanglement, intricacy, jungle, knot, mesh, morass, perplexity, problem, puzzle, riddle, skein, snarl, tangle, web |
| Main Entry: | maze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | labyrinth; confusion |
Synonyms: |
bewilderment, convolution, entanglement, hodgepodge, imbroglio, intricacy, jungle, knot, meander, meandering, mesh, miscellany, morass, muddle, network, perplexity, puzzle, quandary, skein, snarl, tangle, torsion, twist, uncertainty, web, winding |
| Main Entry: | mesh |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | netting, entanglement |
Synonyms: |
cobweb, jungle, knot, labyrinth, maze, morass, net, network, plexus, reticulation, screen, skein, snare, snarl, tangle, toils, tracery, trap, web |
| 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, skein, snarl, swamp, tangle, web |
Antonyms: |
order, organization |
| Main Entry: | sequence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | series, order |
Synonyms: |
arrangement, array, catenation, chain, classification, concatenation, consecution, consecutiveness, continuance, continuity, continuousness, course, cycle, disposition, distribution, flow, graduation, grouping, ordering, pecking order, perpetuity, placement, procession, progression, row, run, sequel, skein, streak, string, subsequence, succession, successiveness, track, train |
| Main Entry: | series |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | order, succession |
Synonyms: |
alternation, arrangement, array, category, chain, classification, column, consecution, continuity, course, file, gradation, group, line, list, procession, progression, range, row, run, scale, sequel, sequence, set, skein, streak, string, suit, suite, tier, train |
Antonyms: |
disorder, disorganization |
| Main Entry: | snarl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complication, mess |
Synonyms: |
chaos, clutter, complexity, confusion, disarray, disorder, entanglement, intricacy, intricateness, jam, jungle, knot, labyrinth, maze, mishmash, morass, muddle, muss, skein, swarm, tangle, web |
Antonyms: |
ease, order, organization, simplification |
| Main Entry: | tangle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | knot, confusion |
Synonyms: |
coil, complication, entanglement, jam, jungle, labyrinth, mass, mat, maze, mesh, mess, mix-up, morass, muddle, rummage, skein, snag, snarl, twist, web |
Antonyms: |
line, order, peace |