| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, disorganize |
| Synonyms: | addle, befuddle, bewilder, blunder, botch, bungle, clutter, complicate, confound, daze, derange, disarrange, discombobulate, disorder, disorient, disturb, entangle, fluster, foul, foul up, jumble, louse up, make a mess of, mess, misarrange, mix, mix up, muck, mumble, murmur, nonplus, perplex, perturb, psych out, rattle, ravel, ruffle, scramble, shuffle, snafu, snarl, spoil, stir up, stumble, stupefy, tangle, throw, throw off, tumble |
| Antonyms: | clear up, educate, enlighten, explain, explicate, order, organize |
| Main Entry: | pell-mell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disorder |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, ataxia, chaos, clutter, confusion, disarray, ferment, helter-skelter, huddle, muddle, pandemonium, snarl, tumult, turmoil, upheaval |
| Antonyms: | order, organization |
| 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 |
| 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: | confusedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disorder |
| Synonyms: | bedlam, chaos, clutter, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, mess, mix-up, muddiness, pandemonium, topsy-turviness, untidiness |
| Main Entry: | disorderedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disorder |
| Synonyms: | bedlam, chaos, clutter, confusedness, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorderliness, disorganization, mess, mix-up, muddiness, pandemonium, topsy-turviness, untidiness |
| Main Entry: | disorderliness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disorder |
| Synonyms: | bedlam, chaos, clutter, confusedness, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorderedness, disorganization, grubbiness, mess, messiness, mix-up, muddiness, pandemonium, sloppiness, topsy-turviness, unkemptness, untidiness |
| Main Entry: | topsy-turviness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disorder |
| Synonyms: | agitation, anarchism, anarchy, brawl, bustle, chaos, clamor, clutter, complication, confusedness, confusion, convulsion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, discombobulation, discord, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, distemper, disturbance, dither, entanglement, fight, flap, fracas, fuss*, hubbub, hullabaloo*, imbroglio, insurrection, jumble, lawlessness, mayhem, mess*, misrule, mix-up, mob rule, muddle, muss, quarrel, rebellion, reign of terror, revolution, riot, rioting, ruckus*, rumpus, scramble, static*, strike, terrorism, tizzy, trouble, tumble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, unruliness, uproar |
| Main Entry: | tousle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disarray |
| Synonyms: | clutter, disaarange, disarrange, discompose, dishevel, disorder, mess*, muss, rumple |
| Notes: | to tousle is to dishevel or make something untidy; to tussle is to scuffle |