Synonyms of mess

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noun

1

as in havoc

a state in which everything is out of order

the bachelor party had left the house in a total mess

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

2

as in meal

food eaten or prepared for eating at one time

a mess of oatmeal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• meal
• menu
• feed
• table
• dinner
• chow
• supper
• repast
• feast
• lunch
• buffet
• banquet
• board
• snack
• refection
• smorgasbord
• breakfast
• tea
• taste
• serving
• bite
• fry
• collation
• picnic
• refreshments
• gulp
• bake
• luncheon
• roast
• potluck
• spread
• cookout
• morsel
• clambake
• barbecue
• fry-up
• regale
• barbeque
• luau

3

as in sight

something unpleasant to look at

the car was a mess after the accident

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sight
• fright
• eyesore
• horror
• stain
• smudge
• hideosity
• monstrosity
• smear
• spot
• blot
• eye-catcher

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• vision

• vision

4

as in deal

a considerable amount

an unexpected Super Bowl loss that unleashed a whole mess of finger-pointing and second-guessing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deal
• loads
• pile
• plenty
• ton
• bunch
• lot
• chunk
• slew
• dozen
• hundred
• much
• bundle
• stack
• wealth
• quantity
• raft
• heap
• abundance
• good deal
• myriad
• gobs
• boatload
• pack
• bucket
• yard
• pot
• multiplicity
• mountain
• profusion
• plateful
• potful
• sight
• wad
• volume
• truckload
• mass
• oodles
• basketful
• scads
• barrel
• store
• fistful
• shipload
• quite a bit
• plague
• carload
• sheaf
• flood
• lashins
• peck
• passel
• reams
• plentitude
• plenitude
• embarrassment
• bushel
• spate
• lashings
• surplus
• all kinds (of)
• rash
• excess
• overkill
• epidemic
• thousands
• score
• overflow
• redundancy
• overabundance
• swarm
• multitude
• bonanza
• sea
• deluge
• overmuch
• plethora
• oversupply
• superabundance
• army
• superfluity
• cram
• crowd
• throng
• crush
• flock
• million
• host
• horde
• surfeit
• overage
• herd
• bevy
• press
• mob
• legion
• drove
• trillion
• zillion
• gazillion
• jillion
• kazillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bit
• strain
• touch
• taste
• spot
• scrap
• lick
• streak
• shadow
• mouthful
• suspicion
• speck
• whit
• hint
• trace
• pinch
• fragment
• sprinkling
• mite
• handful
• shade
• pittance
• shred
• peanuts
• grain
• particle
• crumb
• dab
• tad
• scruple
• glimmer
• little
• molecule
• sprinkle
• nip
• drop
• dot
• atom
• ounce
• ace
• ray
• modicum
• dram
• granule
• dash
• mote
• piece
• lack
• jot
• section
• tittle
• iota
• smattering
• portion
• shortage
• absence
• smidgen
• smidgeon
• smidge
• shot
• want
• scintilla
• smidgin
• fleck
• poverty
• flyspeck
• driblet
• deficit
• morsel
• scarcity
• smatter
• deficiency
• inadequacy
• paucity
• nubbin
• famine
• insufficiency
• dearth
• scantness
• meagerness
• undersupply
• skimpiness
• scantiness
• scarceness

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• bit
• strain
• touch
• taste
• spot
• scrap
• lick
• streak
• shadow
• mouthful
• suspicion
• speck
• whit
• hint
• trace
• pinch
• fragment
• sprinkling
• mite
• handful
• shade
• pittance
• shred
• peanuts
• grain
• particle
• crumb
• dab
• tad
• scruple
• glimmer
• little
• molecule
• sprinkle
• nip
• drop
• dot
• atom
• ounce
• ace
• ray
• modicum
• dram
• granule
• dash
• mote
• piece
• lack
• jot
• section
• tittle
• iota
• smattering
• portion
• shortage
• absence
• smidgen
• smidgeon
• smidge
• shot
• want
• scintilla
• smidgin
• fleck
• poverty
• flyspeck
• driblet
• deficit
• morsel
• scarcity
• smatter
• deficiency
• inadequacy
• paucity
• nubbin
• famine
• insufficiency
• dearth
• scantness
• meagerness
• undersupply
• skimpiness
• scantiness
• scarceness

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mess

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verb

as in to interfere

to interest oneself in what is not one's concern

please don't mess with me while I'm trying to concentrate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interfere
• snoop
• poke
• meddle
• butt in
• intervene
• intrude
• intermeddle
• nose
• pry
• interlope
• obtrude
• fool
• muck (about or around)
• fiddle
• intercede
• trespass
• invade
• monkey
• encroach
• tamper
• play
• infringe
• interpose
• barge (in)
• chisel (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoid
• ignore
• disregard
• neglect
• overlook
• shun
• eschew

• avoid
• ignore
• disregard
• neglect
• overlook
• shun
• eschew

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Phrases Containing mess

• mess over
• mess (with)
• mess around
• mess (up)

• mess over
• mess (with)
• mess around
• mess (up)

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Our research turned up two archaic literal meanings