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

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

Executives are scrambling to integrate software and optimize efficiency. — Kent Ingle, Forbes.com, 7 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

According to Leaf, embassies, lacking ambassadors at the helm, were left scrambling to respond to anxious citizens seeking guidance. — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2026

With the ending of Temporary Protected Status, Haitian Americans are scrambling to determine the path forward. — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026

If the hospital, which is an affiliate of UCI Health, closed, they might be left with no choice but to move off the island, which could leave businesses scrambling for workers and harm the tourism industry that fuels the island’s economy. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

In the early hours of the morning in Australia, theories about potential long-term knee injuries began to gain traction online, with fans scrambling to find the truth about his absence. — Elias Burke, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026