Synonyms of pell-mell

pell-mell 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in hurried

acting or done with excessive or careless speed

when the theater doors opened, there was a pell-mell rush for the best seats

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hurried
• rushed
• headlong
• impulsive
• hasty
• sudden
• rash
• precipitous
• reckless
• precipitate
• flying
• cursory
• overhasty
• helter-skelter
• makeshift
• rapid
• drive-by
• spontaneous
• swift
• quick
• abrupt
• rush
• gadarene
• impetuous
• madcap
• breathtaking
• breakneck
• impromptu
• impatient
• speedy
• slapdash
• headstrong
• heady
• unadvised
• hotheaded
• spur-of-the-moment
• horseback
• snap
• offhand
• off-the-cuff
• offhanded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deliberate
• unhurried
• calculated
• unrushed
• circumspect
• measured
• prolonged
• calculating
• foresighted
• extended
• long-term
• tentative
• slow
• leisurely
• faltering
• hesitant
• forethoughtful
• hesitating
• pokey
• drawn-out
• laggard
• dallying
• poky
• dawdling
• shilly-shallying

2

as in chaotic

lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness

pell-mell piles of books everywhere in the professor's library

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chaotic
• messy
• littered
• jumbled
• cluttered
• sloppy
• confused
• tumbled
• filthy
• shaggy
• disordered
• tangled
• muddled
• disorderly
• dirty
• messed
• disarrayed
• rumpled
• untidy
• disarranged
• disheveled
• out of joint
• dishevelled
• higgledy-piggledy
• unkempt
• wrinkled
• stained
• tousled
• topsy-turvy
• mussy
• mussed
• at sixes and sevens
• hugger-mugger
• blackened
• knotted
• upside-down
• nasty
• grimy
• slovenly
• draggled
• spotted
• squalid
• dingy
• smudged
• frowzy
• uncombed
• soiled
• frowsy
• contaminated
• foul
• begrimed
• sullied
• bedraggled
• mucky
• grubby
• polluted
• unclean
• uncleanly
• grungy
• slatternly
• cruddy
• snarled
• tainted
• grotty
• dowdy
• sloven
• sordid
• adulterated
• bemired
• befouled
• neglected
• besmirched
• shabby
• negligent
• defiled
• neglectful
• seedy
• sleazy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• orderly
• organized
• well-ordered
• trim
• tidy
• uncluttered
• systematic
• neat
• crisp
• shipshape
• ordered
• sparkling
• cleaned
• clean
• methodical
• unsullied
• spick-and-span
• cleanly
• immaculate
• stainless
• regular
• antiseptic
• kempt
• spotless
• methodic
• snug
• careful
• systematized
• hygienic
• unsoiled
• spic-and-span
• tidied
• meticulous
• bandbox
• fastidious
• neatened
• fussy
• finicky
• combed
• manicured
• wholesome
• groomed
• unpolluted
• untainted
• undefiled
• well-groomed
• taintless

pell-mell

2 of 2

adverb

1

as in frantically

in a confused and reckless manner

tossed stuff pell-mell into the dorm room

Synonyms & Similar Words

• frantically
• wildly
• wild
• amuck
• uncontrollably
• desperately
• amok
• frenziedly
• frenetically
• hectically
• madly
• harum-scarum
• berserk
• helter-skelter
• heedlessly
• berserkly
• recklessly
• confusedly
• crazily
• agitatedly
• tumultuously
• haphazardly
• feverishly
• riotously
• haphazard
• haywire
• turbulently
• aimlessly
• skittishly
• topsy-turvy
• wantonly
• chaotically
• hit or miss
• hotheadedly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calmly
• coolly
• serenely
• placidly
• peacefully
• cooly
• imperturbably
• unconcernedly
• composedly
• meekly
• orderly
• mildly
• tamely
• systematically
• passively
• collectedly
• self-composedly
• methodically
• self-possessedly

2

as in hastily

with excessive or careless speed

ran pell-mell down the road to get help

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hastily
• hurriedly
• impulsively
• precipitately
• headlong
• precipitously
• rashly
• hotfoot
• cursorily
• automatically
• on the spur of the moment
• impatiently
• impetuously
• recklessly
• abruptly
• headfirst
• haphazardly
• spontaneously
• headily
• suddenly
• thoughtlessly
• glancingly
• impromptu
• hotheadedly
• offhandedly
• offhand

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deliberately
• circumspectly
• designedly
• slowly
• leisurely
• tentatively
• haltingly
• studiedly
• hesitantly
• hesitatingly
• calculatingly
• falteringly

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