Synonyms of scrambling

scrambling

verb

present participle of scramble

1

as in climbing

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 & Similar Words

• climbing
• clambering
• scrabbling
• swarming
• ascending
• scaling
• struggling
• surmounting
• shimmying
• shinning
• shinnying
• clawing
• mounting
• breasting
• sprawling
• summiting
• skinning
• free-climbing
• getting up

2

as in disrupting

to undo the proper order or arrangement of

scrambled the letters of the word

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disrupting
• shuffling
• confusing
• disturbing
• jumbling
• tumbling
• muddling
• upsetting
• hashing
• disarranging
• disorganizing
• mussing
• mixing (up)
• disordering
• dislocating
• tousling
• snarling
• deranging
• disarraying
• tangling
• disheveling
• discomposing
• rumpling
• disjointing
• messing (up)
• embroiling
• unsettling
• cluttering
• entangling
• perturbing
• stirring (up)
• agitating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• organizing
• arranging
• ranging
• ordering
• regulating
• disposing
• tidying
• lining
• marshaling
• queuing
• aligning
• adjusting
• straightening (up)
• classifying
• drawing up
• arraying
• fixing
• codifying
• lining up
• systematizing
• grooming
• making up
• methodizing
• systemizing
• sprucing (up)
• unscrambling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of scrambling

Prediction market companies are scrambling to improve their public reputation. — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Populist opposition to massive data centers fueling the artificial intelligence boom is scrambling up the 2026 midterms, cutting across ideological lines. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

In races from Ohio to Wisconsin to Pennsylvania, candidates in both parties are scrambling to distance themselves from data center projects their own leaders spent years courting. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026

And political leaders in both parties are scrambling to respond. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Now, parents are scrambling to find alternatives while wondering whether their children will be able to train in time for upcoming competitions. — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026

But communities already are scrambling to store up road salt for the snowy season ahead. — Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026

Authorities are scrambling to open makeshift shelters and process asylum claims, with estimates of those left ranging from 5,000 to 10,000 and aid groups warning of serious humanitarian gaps. — Antonio Sempere, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

For survivors scattered around the world scrambling for sanctuary, Toon and his group say Australia might emerge as a comparative safe-haven, with only minor disruptions to its cultivation of wheat and other crops. — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026