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tumble

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of tumble

1 an unorganized collection or mixture of various things

cleaned a crazy tumble of buttons, hair bands, loose change, and old candy wrappers out from the couch cushions

Synonyms of tumble

agglomerate, agglomeration, alphabet soup, assortment, botch, clutter, collage, crazy quilt, farrago, gallimaufry, grab bag, gumbo, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, jambalaya, jumble, jungle, litter, macédoine, medley, mélange, menagerie, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, montage, motley, muddle, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork, patchwork quilt, potpourri, ragbag, ragout, rummage, salad, salmagundi, scramble, shuffle, smorgasbord, stew, variety, welter

Words Related to tumble

detritus, notions, oddments, odds and ends, sundries

accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomerate, conglomeration

catchall

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

bollix, chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, dog's breakfast [chiefly British], mess, morass, muddle, shambles

imbroglio, knot, snarl, tangle

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

chance-medley, 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, snake pit, 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

stock prices tumbled after the earnings report was released

Synonyms of tumble

crash, crater, 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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