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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | race; get into position clumsily |
| Synonyms: | clamber, climb, contend, crawl, hasten, jockey for position, jostle, look alive, make haste, move, push, run, rush, scrabble, scurry, scuttle, strive, struggle, swarm, trek, vie |
| Main Entry: | creep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crawl along, usually on ground |
| Synonyms: | approach unnoticed, crawl on all fours, edge, glide, grovel, gumshoe, inch, insinuate, lurk, pussyfoot, scrabble, scramble, skulk, slink, slither, snake*, sneak, squirm, steal, tiptoe, worm, wriggle, writhe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disarrange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disorder |
| Synonyms: | derange, discompose, disturb, get out of order, jumble, mess, mix up, ruffle, scramble, shuffle, unsettle, untidy |
| 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: | dispel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drive away thought, belief |
| Synonyms: | allay, banish, beat off, break it up, break up, bust up, cancel, chase away, crumble, deploy, disband, disintegrate, dismiss, disperse, dissipate, distribute, eject, eliminate, expel, oust, repel, resolve, rout, scatter, scramble, split up |
| Antonyms: | accumulate, collect, garner, gather, recall |
| Main Entry: | disperse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute; scatter |
| Synonyms: | banish, besprinkle, break up, broadcast, cast forth, circulate, deal, diffuse, disappear, disband, disburse, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, dissolve, divvy, dole out, eject, intersperse, measure out, partition, propagate, radiate, rout, scatter, scramble, send off, separate, shed, sow, split up, spray, spread, strew, take off in all directions, vanish |
| Notes: | to disburse means 'to pay out or expend'; to disperse is 'to scatter something' |
| Antonyms: | arrange, assemble, collect, garner, gather |
| Main Entry: | hurtle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plunge, charge |
| Synonyms: | bump, collide, fly, lunge, push, race, rush, rush headlong, scoot, scramble, shoot, speed, spurt, tear |
| Notes: | hurdle refers to a difficulty or obstacle; hurtle means to move with great speed or violence |
| Main Entry: | jostle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bump, shake |
| Synonyms: | bang into, bulldoze, bump heads, butt*, crash, crowd, elbow, hustle, jab, jog, joggle, jolt, nudge, press, push, push around, push aside, rough and tumble, scramble, shoulder, shove, squeeze, thrust |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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