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mixes (up)

verb , present tense third-person singular of mix (up)

Synonyms and Antonyms of mixes (up)

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

you've mixed piety up with pietism

Synonyms of mixes (up)

conflates, confounds, confuses, mistakes

Words Related to mixes (up)

lumps (together)

misapplies, miscalls, misidentifies, misnames

Antonyms of mixes (up)

differences, differentiates, discriminates, distinguishes, separates

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 mixes (up)

confuses, deranges, disarranges, disarrays, discomposes, dishevels, disjoints, dislocates, disorders, disorganizes, disrupts, disturbs, hashes, jumbles, messes (up), muddles, musses, rumples, scrambles, shuffles, tousles, tumbles, upsets

Words Related to mixes (up)

embroils, entangles, snarls, tangles

agitates, perturbs, stirs (up), unsettles

Near Antonyms of mixes (up)

aligns (also alines), lines, lines up, queues

classifies, codifies, methodizes, systematizes, systemizes

grooms, makes up, spruces (up)

Antonyms of mixes (up)

arranges, arrays, disposes, draws up, marshals (also marshalls), orders, organizes, ranges, regulates, straightens (up), tidies

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