Synonyms of tumbles

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noun

plural of tumble

1

as in jumbles

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 & Similar Words

• jumbles
• assortments
• medleys
• varieties
• collages
• shuffles
• scrambles
• litters
• blends
• rummages
• clutters
• botches
• jungles
• grab bags
• tangles
• muddles
• salads
• mélanges
• miscellanea
• agglomerates
• ragbags
• ollas podridas
• mixed bags
• patchwork quilts
• mishmashes
• ragouts
• montages
• stews
• farragoes
• crazy quilts
• agglomerations
• hotchpotches
• amalgams
• hodgepodges
• hashes
• alphabet soups
• gallimaufries
• patchworks
• pastiches
• olios
• miscellanies
• menageries
• jambalayas
• olla podridas
• omnium-gatherums
• smorgasbords
• gumbos
• accumulations
• motleys
• welters
• combinations
• macédoines
• potpourris
• aggregates
• salmagundis
• detritus
• aggregations
• messes
• conglomerates
• notions
• sundries
• conglomerations
• odds and ends
• snarls
• fusions
• composites
• compounds
• mix-ups
• shambles
• oddments
• catchalls
• chaoses
• commixtures
• disarrays
• disarrangements
• imbroglios
• alloys
• admixtures
• intermixtures
• disorders
• morasses
• bollixes
• confusions
• dog's breakfasts
• knots

2

as in falls

the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily

took a little tumble on the ice

Synonyms & Similar Words

• falls
• stumbles
• spills
• slips
• trips
• slides
• plunges
• dives
• skids
• pratfalls
• missteps
• headers
• free-falls
• descents

3

as in messes

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 & Similar Words

• jumbles
• messes
• hells
• chaoses
• confusions
• tangles
• musses
• disorders
• shambles
• muddles
• havoc
• snake pits
• hecks
• disarrays
• disarrangements
• disorganizations
• misorders
• welters
• clutters
• snarls
• shuffles
• riots
• mares' nests
• dishevelments
• mazes
• chance-medleys
• mare's nests
• anarchies
• misrules
• labyrinths
• free-for-alls
• maelstroms
• storms
• knots
• webs
• litters
• mishmashes
• morasses
• medleys
• miscellanies
• hodgepodges
• bollixes
• motleys

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• systems
• orders
• methods
• plans
• patterns

tumbles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of tumble

1

as in stumbles

to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily

the infant stood for a moment and then tumbled on the carpet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stumbles
• falls
• trips
• slips
• topples
• collapses
• plops
• plunges
• crashes
• crumples
• slides
• skids
• drops
• plunks
• plummets
• precipitates
• plonks
• slumps (over)
• keels
• free-falls
• wipes out
• nose-dives
• flumps

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rises
• stands (up)
• gets up
• uprises

2

as in plunges

to go to a lower level especially abruptly

stock prices tumbled after the earnings report was released

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plunges
• falls
• dips
• declines
• drops
• plummets
• descends
• sinks
• skids
• crashes
• decreases
• dives
• lowers
• nose-dives
• retreats
• subsides
• diminishes
• craters
• droops
• dies (down)
• ebbs
• wanes
• dwindles
• lessens
• tapers off
• abates
• recedes
• moderates
• lets up
• de-escalates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rises
• ascends
• lifts
• arises
• soars
• ups
• mounts
• spikes
• grows
• increases
• builds
• accumulates
• expands
• swells
• intensifies
• enlarges
• escalates
• mushrooms
• picks up
• waxes
• snowballs
• burgeons
• balloons
• bourgeons

3

as in disrupts

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 & Similar Words

• disrupts
• shuffles
• disturbs
• confuses
• scrambles
• jumbles
• upsets
• dislocates
• tousles
• muddles
• disorganizes
• disorders
• disarranges
• snarls
• musses
• rumples
• deranges
• mixes (up)
• disarrays
• hashes
• tangles
• discomposes
• embroils
• dishevels
• disjoints
• unsettles
• perturbs
• messes (up)
• entangles
• clutters
• stirs (up)
• agitates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• organizes
• arranges
• disposes
• regulates
• ranges
• orders
• lines
• tidies
• aligns
• draws up
• straightens (up)
• adjusts
• classifies
• marshals
• arrays
• marshalls
• queues
• codifies
• systematizes
• lines up
• fixes
• alines
• grooms
• makes up
• methodizes
• systemizes
• spruces (up)
• unscrambles

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as in collapses

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 & Similar Words

• collapses
• goes
• crumples
• melts
• yields
• gives
• crumbles
• shatters
• dies
• buckles
• implodes
• goes out
• crashes
• gives way
• flattens
• breaks
• founders
• fails
• bursts
• smashes
• pops
• snaps
• splits
• cracks
• caves (in)
• stalls
• deflates
• breaks down
• melts down
• gives out
• splinters
• conks (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rises
• swells
• inflates