Synonyms of disarray

disarray 1 of 2

noun

ˌdis-ə-ˈrā 

as in havoc

a state in which everything is out of order

the boys' bedroom was in its usual disarray

Synonyms & Similar Words

• havoc
• mess
• chaos
• jumble
• confusion
• hell
• disorder
• disorganization
• shambles
• disarrangement
• messiness
• dishevelment
• disorderliness
• tangle
• heck
• muddle
• riot
• clutter
• welter
• free-for-all
• muss
• snake pit
• tumble
• anarchy
• misorder
• maze
• disorderedness
• chance-medley
• misrule
• labyrinth
• mare's nest
• lawlessness
• maelstrom
• snarl
• mishmash
• hodgepodge
• shuffle
• storm
• web
• morass
• knot
• litter
• motley
• miscellany
• medley
• bollix

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• order
• system
• orderliness
• plan
• method
• pattern

disarray

2 of 2

verb

as in to disrupt

to undo the proper order or arrangement of

he had accidentally disarrayed his brother's CDs, leaving a telltale sign of borrowing without permission

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disrupt
• shuffle
• confuse
• disturb
• upset
• jumble
• disorganize
• muddle
• disorder
• disarrange
• scramble
• derange
• mix (up)
• muss
• tumble
• discompose
• dishevel
• dislocate
• hash
• snarl
• disjoint
• tangle
• mess (up)
• clutter
• tousle
• embroil
• stir (up)
• unsettle
• rumple
• perturb
• entangle
• agitate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• array
• organize
• order
• range
• regulate
• dispose
• arrange
• tidy
• draw up
• straighten (up)
• marshal
• line
• align
• line up
• classify
• adjust
• fix
• systematize
• codify
• make up
• queue
• spruce (up)
• methodize
• groom
• systemize
• unscramble

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disarray

Noun

If common national culture were the crucial glue for team cohesion, the USMNT would be in disarray. — Michael Morris, Time, 1 July 2026

Venezuela has faced economic disarray for more than a decade, and many people reject the legitimacy of the political movement Rodríguez represents. — Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026

Verb

The hands-off approach in Washington is adding to disarray around the death penalty nationwide as pressure increases in some conservative states to find ways to continue executions amid shortages of the lethal-injection drugs. — Michael Tarm, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2021

The film’s most trenchant scenes involve Gere in states of repose or regret or nostalgia, especially when psychically disarrayed in a chair with a camera facing toward him, wondering what, for example, desire smells like. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024