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scramble

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of scramble

an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
  • a scramble of pens and pencils in the desk drawer
Synonyms of scramble

agglomerate, agglomeration, assortment, clutter, collage, grab bag, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, jumble, litter, medley, mélange, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, motley, muddle, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, patchwork, potpourri, ragbag, rummage, salmagundi, shuffle, smorgasbord, tumble, variety, welter
Words Related to scramble

notions, oddments, odds and ends, sundries

admixture, alloy, amalgam, blend, combination, commixture, composite, compound, fusion, intermixture, mix-up

mess, morass, shambles

scramble

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of scramble

1 to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling
  • The toddler scrambled up the stairs.
Synonyms of scramble

clamber, climb, scrabble, swarm
Words Related to scramble

shimmy, shin, shinny, skin

ascend, free-climb, get up, mount, scale, summit, surmount

claw, sprawl, struggle
2 to undo the proper order or arrangement of
  • scrambled the letters of the word
Synonyms of scramble

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

embroil, entangle, snarl, tangle

agitate, perturb, stir (up), unsettle

clutter
Near Antonyms of scramble

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

classify, codify, methodize, systematize, systemize

adjust, fix

groom, make up, spruce (up)

unscramble
Antonyms of scramble

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

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