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mix (up)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of mix (up)

1 to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or related

  • you've mixed piety up with pietism
Synonyms of mix (up)

conflate, confound, confuse, mistake
Words Related to mix (up)

lump (together)

misapply, miscall, misidentify, misname
Antonyms of mix (up)

difference, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, separate

2 to undo the proper order or arrangement of

  • in my rush I had mixed up the files and had to sort them out later
Synonyms of mix (up)

confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, hash, jumble, mess (up), muddle, muss, rumple, scramble, shuffle, tousle, tumble, upset
Words Related to mix (up)

embroil, entangle, snarl, tangle

agitate, perturb, stir (up), unsettle

clutter
Near Antonyms of mix (up)

align (also aline), line, line up, queue

classify, codify, methodize, systematize, systemize

adjust, fix

groom, make up, spruce (up)

unscramble
Antonyms of mix (up)

arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, regulate, straighten (up), tidy

mix-up

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of mix-up

an instance of confusion

  • there was a mix-up at the airport and our luggage was accidentally sent to Ohio
Synonyms of mix-up

foul-up
Words Related to mix-up

bobble, botch, bungle, fumble

blunder, error, fault, flub, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, slip, slipup, stumble

chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorganization, hash, jumble, mess, muddle, shambles

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