| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a mess |
| Synonyms: | clutter, confuse, derange, dirty, disarrange, disarray, disorder, jumble, mess up, scatter, strew |
| Antonyms: | clean up, tidy |
| 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: | 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: | mess up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disorder, dirty |
| Synonyms: | befoul, besmirch, bobble, bollix, botch, bungle, clutter, confuse, damage, derange, destroy, disarrange, discompose, dishevel, disorganize, disturb, foul, goof up, gum up, jumble, litter, louse up, muddle, pollute, ruin, rummage, scramble, screw up, smear, soil, spoil, unsettle, upset |
| Antonyms: | arrange, order, organize, tidy |
| Main Entry: | messy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cluttered, dirty |
| Synonyms: | blotchy, careless, chaotic, confused, disheveled, disordered, disorganized, grimy, grubby, littered, muddled, raunchy*, rumpled, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, unfastidious, unkempt, untidy |
| Antonyms: | clean, ordered, organized, uncluttered |
| Main Entry: | scatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strew, disperse |
| Synonyms: | besprinkle, broadcast, cast, derange, diffuse, disband, discard, disject, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, distribute, disunite, diverge, divide, expend, fling, intersperse, litter, migrate, part, pour, put to flight, run away, scramble, separate, set, set asunder, sever, shatter, shed, shower, sow, spend, split up, spray, spread, sprinkle, sunder, take off in all directions, throw around, throw out |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather |
| Main Entry: | topsy-turvy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mixed-up |
| Synonyms: | chaotic, cluttered, cockeyed, confused, disarranged, disheveled, disjointed, dislocated, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, downside-up, inside-out, inverted, jumbled, littered, luxated, messy, muddled, overturned, pell-mell, riotous, tangled, tumultous/tumultuous, unhinged, untidy, upended, upside-down, upturned |
| Antonyms: | ordered, organized, straight |
| Main Entry: | untidy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty, disorderly |
| Synonyms: | bedraggled, careless, chaotic, cluttered, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled, dowdy, frowzy, in disorder, jumbled, littered, mess, messy, mixed up, muddled, rumpled, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, snarled, tacky*, tangled, topsy-turvy, tousled, uncombed, unfastidious, unkempt, unneat, unorderly, unsettled, upset |
| Antonyms: | clean, neat, orderly, tidy |
| Main Entry: | mussy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | messy |
| Synonyms: | blotchy, careless, chaotic, confused, disheveled, disordered, disorganized, grimy, grubby, littered, muddled, raunchy*, rumpled, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, unfastidious, unkempt, untidy |