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

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

The errant throw caused a scrambling Lombard to collide with Guerrero at third. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026

Families, many of whom were having children, learning English and enrolling in college, are now scrambling to find answers on the best way to respond to the government's letters. — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 15 Aug. 2026

The Shelton of 2025 who scrapped out wins by scrambling along the baseline and finding a way has evolved into a more assertive player. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

At one point, three people on sidewalk of 41st Avenue could be seen scrambling away as the man and the officers approached them. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

Video captured in June showed Russian soldiers scrambling to respond to one attack by firing off man portable air defense systems (MANPADS) on a busy highway. — Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026

After days of anticipation about whether this 'NIL Bill' would actually be taken up for a vote, Senate aides were scrambling early Saturday morning to make their way back to the Capitol. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Instead of scrambling to make a decision in the moment, a decision made proactively, at a calmer time, can support the entire family. — Daniel M. Bagner, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026