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cluttering

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present participle of clutter

Synonyms & Antonyms of cluttering

1 as in filling, clogging

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for cluttering

clogging,
filling,
packing

burdening,
encumbering,
freighting,
ladening,
lading,
loading,
lumbering,
saddling,
weighting

heaping,
mounding,
piling,
stacking

pressing,
weighing

straining,
taxing

overburdening,
overloading,
overtaxing,
surcharging

hampering,
handicapping

afflicting,
oppressing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for cluttering

disburdening,
discharging,
disencumbering,
unburdening,
unlading,
unloading

alleviating,
easing,
lightening,
relieving

2 as in disrupting, disturbing

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for cluttering

embroiling,
entangling,
snarling,
tangling

agitating,
perturbing,
stirring (up),
unsettling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for cluttering

arranging,
arraying,
disposing,
drawing up,
marshaling
(or marshalling),
ordering,
organizing,
ranging,
regulating,
straightening (up),
tidying

aligning
(also alining),
lining,
lining up,
queuing
(or queueing)

classifying,
codifying,
methodizing,
systematizing,
systemizing

adjusting,
fixing

grooming,
making up,
sprucing (up)

unscrambling

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“Cluttering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cluttering. Accessed 19 May. 2022.

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