Synonyms of scrums

scrums

noun

plural of scrum

1

as in throngs

a great number of persons or creatures massed together

I had to fight my way through the scrum of holiday shoppers at the mall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throngs
• swarms
• hordes
• flocks
• crowds
• masses
• mobs
• multitudes
• armies
• legions
• masses
• bikes
• herds
• routs
• crushes
• droves
• presses
• hosts
• millions
• crams
• rabbles
• gaggles
• riffraffs
• piles
• rabblements
• heaps
• mountains
• jams
• logjams

2

as in skirmishes

a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups

when the server spilled a drink on a customer, they got into a bit of a scrum before being separated

Synonyms & Similar Words

• skirmishes
• clashes
• fights
• battles
• scuffles
• tussles
• scrimmages
• brawls
• dustups
• struggles
• contests
• confrontations
• duels
• fracas
• altercations
• frays
• fracases
• conflicts
• combats
• melees
• scraps
• quarrels
• fisticuffs
• fistfights
• hassles
• disputes
• slugfests
• blows
• jousts
• mêlées
• affrays
• battle royals
• rows
• punch-ups
• squabbles
• spats
• ructions
• pitched battles
• donnybrooks
• tangles
• broils
• face-offs
• controversies
• mix-ups
• ruckuses
• battle royales
• contretemps
• wrangles
• tiffs
• battles royal
• catfights
• rough-and-tumbles
• punch-outs
• disagreements
• battles royale
• free-for-alls
• misunderstandings
• fallings-out
• arguments
• grapples
• cross fires
• kickups
• handgrips
• falling-outs
• argle-bargles
• argy-bargies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• truces

3

as in madhouses

British a place of uproar or confusion

London's tube is quite a scrum during rush hour

Synonyms & Similar Words

• madhouses
• bedlams
• circuses
• messes
• three-ring circuses
• babels
• commotions
• bustles
• rackets
• brouhahas
• ruckuses
• noises
• pandemoniums
• turmoils
• dins
• tumults
• clatters
• shambles
• disorders
• clamors
• hubbubs
• musses
• havoc
• chaoses
• disarrays
• disarrangements
• confusions
• hells

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• organizations
• utopias
• heavens
• orders
• paradises
• lulls
• arcadias
• silences
• respites
• peaces
• calms
• hushes
• quiets