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tumble

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of tumble

1 an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
  • I cleaned a crazy tumble of buttons, hair bands, loose change, and old candy wrappers out from the couch cushions.
Synonyms of tumble

agglomerate, agglomeration, assortment, clutter, collage, grab bag, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, jumble, litter, medley, mélange, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, motley, muddle, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, patchwork, potpourri, ragbag, rummage, salmagundi, scramble, shuffle, smorgasbord, variety, welter
Words Related to tumble

notions, oddments, odds and ends, sundries

admixture, alloy, amalgam, blend, combination, commixture, composite, compound, fusion, intermixture, mix-up

mess, morass, shambles
2 the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily
  • took a little tumble on the ice
Synonyms of tumble

fall, slip, spill, stumble
Words Related to tumble

header, pratfall

misstep, trip

descent, dive, plunge, skid, slide

free-fall
3 a state in which everything is out of order
  • Her office is a tumble of books and papers, but somehow she can find everything.
Synonyms of tumble

chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, dishevelment, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, free-for-all, havoc, heck, hell, jumble, mare's nest, mess, messiness, misorder, muddle, muss, shambles, welter
Words Related to tumble

anarchy, lawlessness, misrule, riot

knot, snarl, tangle

labyrinth, maze, web

maelstrom, storm

bollix, clutter, litter, mishmash, shuffle

hodgepodge, medley, miscellany, morass, motley
Near Antonyms of tumble

method, pattern, plan, system
Antonyms of tumble

order, orderliness

tumble

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of tumble

1 to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily
  • The infant stood for a moment and then tumbled on the carpet.
Synonyms of tumble

fall, slip, stumble, topple, trip
Words Related to tumble

collapse, crumple, drop, flump, keel, plop, plunk (or plonk), slump (over)

crash, free-fall, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, precipitate, wipe out

skid, slide
Antonyms of tumble

get up, rise, stand (up), uprise
2 to go to a lower level especially abruptly
  • Prices for those stocks have really tumbled.
Synonyms of tumble

crash, decline, descend, dip, dive, drop, fall, lower, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, sink, skid
Words Related to tumble

abate, decrease, de-escalate, die (down), diminish, droop, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, moderate, subside, taper off, wane

recede, retreat
Near Antonyms of tumble

accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mushroom, pick up, snowball, swell, wax
Antonyms of tumble

arise, ascend, lift, mount, rise, soar, spike, up
3 to undo the proper order or arrangement of
  • tumbled all the clothes in her closet as she furiously searched for her favorite pair of jeans
Synonyms of tumble

confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, hash, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, muss, rumple, scramble, shuffle, tousle, upset
Words Related to tumble

embroil, entangle, snarl, tangle

agitate, perturb, stir (up), unsettle

clutter
Near Antonyms of tumble

align (also aline), line, line up, queue

classify, codify, methodize, systematize, systemize

adjust, fix

groom, make up, spruce (up)

unscramble
Antonyms of tumble

arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, regulate, straighten (up), tidy
4 to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure
  • All we need is one strong wind, and that old barn is going to tumble.
Synonyms of tumble

buckle, cave (in), collapse, crumple, founder, give, go, go out, implode, yield
Words Related to tumble

deflate, flatten, melt, melt down

break, break down, conk (out), crash, die, fail, give out, stall

burst, shatter, smash, splinter, split

crack, crumble, pop, snap
Phrases Synonymous with tumble

give way
Near Antonyms of tumble

inflate, rise, swell

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