Synonyms of jumbles

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noun

plural of jumble

1

as in messes

a state in which everything is out of order

the house is always in a jumble before and after vacation trips

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• systems
• methods
• orders
• plans
• patterns

2

as in assortments

an unorganized collection or mixture of various things

a jumble of rubber bands, batteries, and pencil stubs all stuffed into that drawer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assortments
• medleys
• varieties
• collages
• clutters
• shuffles
• scrambles
• litters
• hodgepodges
• mishmashes
• blends
• mélanges
• patchworks
• miscellanea
• muddles
• tangles
• montages
• amalgams
• pastiches
• jungles
• agglomerations
• hashes
• rummages
• botches
• salads
• smorgasbords
• miscellanies
• ragbags
• hotchpotches
• agglomerates
• ragouts
• combinations
• accumulations
• tumbles
• menageries
• potpourris
• stews
• grab bags
• olios
• gumbos
• patchwork quilts
• mixed bags
• crazy quilts
• jambalayas
• gallimaufries
• conglomerations
• motleys
• farragoes
• aggregates
• alphabet soups
• omnium-gatherums
• welters
• notions
• detritus
• macédoines
• aggregations
• olla podridas
• messes
• conglomerates
• salmagundis
• sundries
• fusions
• composites
• oddments
• compounds
• odds and ends
• catchalls
• intermixtures
• mix-ups
• snarls
• admixtures
• morasses
• disorders
• alloys
• confusions
• imbroglios
• shambles
• commixtures
• disarrays
• disarrangements
• chaoses
• bollixes
• knots
• dog's breakfasts

jumbles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of jumble

as in disrupts

to undo the proper order or arrangement of

the contest editor has jumbled the letters of some common words

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disrupts
• confuses
• shuffles
• disturbs
• muddles
• disorders
• scrambles
• disorganizes
• disarranges
• upsets
• deranges
• tousles
• tumbles
• hashes
• dislocates
• snarls
• rumples
• tangles
• mixes (up)
• musses
• disarrays
• disjoints
• dishevels
• clutters
• discomposes
• embroils
• unsettles
• messes (up)
• entangles
• perturbs
• stirs (up)
• agitates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lines
• organizes
• ranges
• arranges
• orders
• regulates
• disposes
• tidies
• arrays
• aligns
• straightens (up)
• marshals
• draws up
• classifies
• queues
• lines up
• systematizes
• codifies
• adjusts
• fixes
• makes up
• systemizes
• grooms
• methodizes
• spruces (up)
• unscrambles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jumbles

Noun

Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality. — Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026

Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk. — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026

The result also spotlights conference championships’ awkward fit in the current system, particularly given the fact that conference expansion has led to jumbles atop each league’s standings. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 7 Dec. 2025

Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves. — Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025

Verb

When a defense jumbles its communication, Brunson can pop to the arc and hit a catch-and-shoot 3-pointer or cut to the hoop for a layup. — Fred Katz, New York Times, 15 May 2026

The plan jumbles together uses that zoning had put asunder, so that homes, offices, factories, stores, entertainment venues, public space, and markets all share the same city block. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Feb. 2026