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

As Meta races ahead with its multi-hundred-billion-dollar AI push, rivals Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon are also chasing the same tax breaks and energy deals from states scrambling for a piece of the AI boom. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 13 July 2026

Caregivers brace for pay cuts, and maybe homelessness States are scrambling to trim their budgets ahead of major provisions of Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which cuts roughly $1 trillion from Medicaid over the coming decade. — Tara Bannow, STAT, 13 July 2026

At least 27 people were killed when a massive fire tore through the Na Ladprao pub in northern Bangkok shortly after midnight, sending panicked patrons scrambling to escape. — Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026

Tuchel tried to be proactive but unbalanced the side, removing Declan Rice for Eberechi Eze, and spent the rest of the second half scrambling to fix his mistake. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 12 July 2026

Instead of promoting their efforts, Republican lawmakers were left scrambling when the president abruptly withdrew his support over a separate political fight. — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 11 July 2026

The news is a welcome relief to those affected, but still leaves businesses, workers, and communities scrambling to figure out what will happen next. — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026

Once considered one of the brightest young talents in the Premier League, the 22-year-old is now scrambling to save his career at the top level of the English game. — Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Over the past few months, the anonymous researcher has published a handful of other zero-days that have sent Microsoft scrambling to develop patches. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026