Synonyms of messes

messes 1 of 2

noun

plural of mess

1

as in jumbles

a state in which everything is out of order

the bachelor party had left the house in a total mess

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jumbles
• hells
• confusions
• havoc
• chaoses
• tangles
• disorders
• shambles
• muddles
• hecks
• disarrangements
• disorganizations
• disarrays
• musses
• snake pits
• clutters
• tumbles
• misorders
• riots
• welters
• mazes
• mares' nests
• snarls
• dishevelments
• free-for-alls
• anarchies
• chance-medleys
• mare's nests
• labyrinths
• misrules
• shuffles
• webs
• maelstroms
• storms
• knots
• litters
• mishmashes
• hodgepodges
• morasses
• bollixes
• medleys
• miscellanies
• motleys

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• systems
• methods
• plans
• orders
• patterns

2

as in meals

food eaten or prepared for eating at one time

a mess of oatmeal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• meals
• menus
• feeds
• tables
• dinners
• feasts
• repasts
• lunches
• refections
• chow
• snacks
• banquets
• buffets
• bites
• tastes
• suppers
• breakfasts
• boards
• refreshments
• servings
• teas
• collations
• gulps
• bakes
• luncheons
• picnics
• smorgasbords
• fries
• roasts
• morsels
• barbecues
• barbeques
• potlucks
• cookouts
• spreads
• clambakes
• fry-ups
• regales
• luaus

3

as in horrors

something unpleasant to look at

the car was a mess after the accident

Synonyms & Similar Words

• horrors
• sights
• frights
• stains
• eyesores
• smudges
• monstrosities
• hideosities
• spots
• smears
• blots
• eye-catchers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• visions

4

as in loads

a considerable amount

an unexpected Super Bowl loss that unleashed a whole mess of finger-pointing and second-guessing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• piles
• tons
• deals
• chunks
• quantities
• lots
• bunches
• bundles
• hundreds
• plenties
• dozens
• stacks
• masses
• slews
• dozen
• rafts
• abundances
• wealths
• heaps
• buckets
• myriads
• gobs
• all kinds (of)
• volumes
• quite a bit
• multiplicities
• wads
• mountains
• scads
• pots
• oodles
• barrels
• fistfuls
• good deals
• boatloads
• yards
• hundred
• bushels
• packs
• sheaves
• reams
• pecks
• truckloads
• carloads
• stores
• sights
• much
• shiploads
• platefuls
• potfuls
• basketfuls
• plagues
• profusions
• basketsful
• lashins
• floods
• excesses
• lashings
• rashes
• embarrassments
• plenitudes
• spates
• surpluses
• passels
• plentitudes
• epidemics
• overflows
• thousands
• millions
• multitudes
• seas
• redundancies
• swarms
• overages
• scores
• bonanzas
• superfluities
• flocks
• hosts
• armies
• throngs
• overkills
• overmuch
• deluges
• trillions
• hordes
• crowds
• superabundances
• zillions
• oversupplies
• crushes
• legions
• herds
• million
• surfeits
• overabundances
• plethoras
• presses
• mobs
• droves
• crams
• bevies
• gazillions
• jillions
• kazillions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shadows
• streaks
• spots
• touches
• particles
• tastes
• strains
• fragments
• molecules
• suspicions
• bits
• specks
• scruples
• crumbs
• ounces
• traces
• licks
• shades
• mouthfuls
• grains
• hints
• dots
• scraps
• atoms
• peanuts
• mites
• rays
• handfuls
• granules
• little
• sprinkles
• pinches
• shreds
• nips
• flecks
• sprinklings
• driblets
• aces
• drams
• glimmers
• dabs
• sections
• motes
• drops
• pieces
• pittances
• nubbins
• dashes
• portions
• flyspecks
• handsful
• shots
• smidgens
• smidges
• smidgeons
• morsels
• deficiencies
• shortages
• jots
• smidgins
• absences
• lacks
• whits
• inadequacies
• deficits
• modicums
• wants
• iotas
• tittles
• scintillas
• smatterings
• smatters
• famines
• scarcities
• insufficiencies
• poverties
• undersupplies
• paucities
• dearths

messes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mess

as in interferes

to interest oneself in what is not one's concern

please don't mess with me while I'm trying to concentrate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interferes
• snoops
• pokes
• meddles
• intervenes
• intrudes
• noses
• obtrudes
• intermeddles
• interlopes
• butts in
• mucks (about or around)
• pries
• fools
• invades
• trespasses
• intercedes
• encroaches
• fiddles
• plays
• tampers
• monkeys
• interposes
• infringes
• chisels (in)
• barges (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoids
• ignores
• neglects
• shuns
• disregards
• overlooks
• eschews