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helter-skelter
Synonyms and Antonyms of helter-skelter
- a bill that was pushed through committee in a last-minute helter-skelter burst of legislative activity
- papers stacked helter-skelter on her desk
established, fixed, regular, set, stable, steady
arranged, managed, orchestrated, ordered, planned
aware, conscious, deliberate, purposeful, thoughtful, willful (or wilful)
methodical (also methodic), nonrandom, orderly, organized, regular, systematic, systematized
helter-skelter
Synonyms and Antonyms of helter-skelter
- The sheep ran helter-skelter inside their pen when the coyote appeared in their midst.
amok (or amuck), berserk, berserkly, frantically, frenetically, frenziedly, harum-scarum, hectically, madly, pell-mell, wild, wildly
- goods arranged helter-skelter on the shelves of the variety store
at random
helter-skelter
Synonyms and Antonyms of helter-skelter
- the helter-skelter of the playground
ado, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, commotion, disturbance, foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, hoopla, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo
calm, hush, peace, quiet, quietude, rest, stillness, tranquillity (or tranquility)
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