Synonyms of shambles

shambles 1 of 2

plural noun

ˈsham-bəlz 

1

as in dump

a dirty or messy place

this room is a shambles—clean it up right now!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dump
• mess
• hole
• pigsty
• hellhole
• disarray
• pigpen
• sty
• chaos
• disorganization
• disorder
• confusion
• hell
• disarrangement
• jumble
• havoc
• muddle
• clutter
• mishmash
• muss
• snake pit
• litter
• welter
• mare's nest

2

as in mess

a state in which everything is out of order

the earthquake left the whole town in a shambles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mess
• havoc
• jumble
• hell
• chaos
• confusion
• disarray
• disorder
• disorganization
• tangle
• heck
• disarrangement
• messiness
• disorderliness
• dishevelment
• muddle
• free-for-all
• riot
• tumble
• welter
• snake pit
• clutter
• muss
• anarchy
• maze
• misorder
• chance-medley
• disorderedness
• labyrinth
• misrule
• mare's nest
• lawlessness
• snarl
• maelstrom
• web
• mishmash
• shuffle
• storm
• morass
• knot
• hodgepodge
• litter
• motley
• miscellany
• medley
• bollix

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• order
• system
• plan
• orderliness
• method
• pattern

shambles

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of shamble

as in shuffles

to move heavily or clumsily

disconsolate and exhausted after losing the match, the wrestler shambled toward the locker room

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffles
• stumbles
• stomps
• lurches
• barges
• flounders
• clumps
• sloughs
• trudges
• stamps
• drags
• lumps
• staggers
• plods
• tramps
• stumps
• pounds
• weaves
• lumbers
• hauls
• scuffs
• scuffles
• galumphs
• slogs
• flops
• flogs
• blunders
• totters
• sways
• tromps
• waddles
• reels
• wobbles
• teeters
• careens
• dodders

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slides
• waltzes
• glides
• hangs
• whisks
• floats
• drifts
• hovers
• coasts
• wafts
• breezes
• poises

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