Synonyms of pell-mell

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adjective

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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pell-mell

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adverb

1

as in frantically

in a confused and reckless manner

tossed stuff pell-mell into the dorm room

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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2

as in hastily

with excessive or careless speed

ran pell-mell down the road to get help

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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