Synonyms of untidy

untidy

adjective

ˌən-ˈtī-dē 

1

as in messy

lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness

I can never find anything in this untidy office

Synonyms & Similar Words

• messy
• chaotic
• sloppy
• littered
• cluttered
• confused
• filthy
• jumbled
• dirty
• unkempt
• shaggy
• disheveled
• disorderly
• tangled
• disordered
• messed
• rumpled
• disarrayed
• muddled
• disarranged
• wrinkled
• mussy
• stained
• tousled
• mussed
• tumbled
• out of joint
• higgledy-piggledy
• nasty
• at sixes and sevens
• blackened
• knotted
• slovenly
• unclean
• squalid
• topsy-turvy
• dingy
• grimy
• hugger-mugger
• smudged
• grubby
• upside-down
• pell-mell
• soiled
• uncombed
• mucky
• uncleanly
• bedraggled
• grungy
• draggled
• begrimed
• grotty
• spotted
• slatternly
• dowdy
• frowsy
• polluted
• sullied
• contaminated
• foul
• shabby
• cruddy
• sloven
• neglected
• sordid
• neglectful
• befouled
• tainted
• snarled
• negligent
• besmirched
• adulterated
• defiled
• seedy
• bemired
• sleazy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tidy
• orderly
• neat
• organized
• uncluttered
• clean
• trim
• cleaned
• well-ordered
• crisp
• spotless
• immaculate
• shipshape
• hygienic
• systematic
• sparkling
• antiseptic
• ordered
• snug
• unsullied
• spick-and-span
• stainless
• kempt
• cleanly
• unsoiled
• regular
• methodical
• careful
• tidied
• neatened
• systematized
• meticulous
• fastidious
• fussy
• finicky
• bandbox
• manicured
• wholesome
• groomed
• combed
• unpolluted
• untainted
• undefiled
• well-groomed
• taintless

2

as in sloppy

lacking neatness in dress or person

neighbors gossiped about the woman's rumpled and untidy children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sloppy
• messy
• unkempt
• wrinkled
• shaggy
• slovenly
• dowdy
• filthy
• chaotic
• blowsy
• sloven
• frowsy
• slobby
• confused
• slobbish
• dirty
• cluttered
• disheveled
• disordered
• rumpled
• uncombed
• shabby
• muddled
• disarranged
• stained
• slatternly
• nasty
• blackened
• unclean
• squalid
• dingy
• grimy
• mussy
• grubby
• messed
• soiled
• mussed
• mucky
• grungy
• sleazy
• foul
• uncleanly
• spotted
• scuzzy
• scroungy
• sullied
• besmirched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sharp
• smart
• fashionable
• dapper
• stylish
• dashing
• chic
• spruce
• tidy
• orderly
• neat
• modish
• careful
• groomed
• combed
• clean
• meticulous
• fastidious
• fussy
• cleaned
• ordered
• immaculate
• spotless
• dolled up
• sparkling
• stainless
• unsullied
• cleanly
• unsoiled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of untidy

An untidy pile of chicken eyeballs on a slab, one of them gazing directly at us, is a vignette from a butcher’s shop—and also an echo of the horrific eye injuries inflicted on Kashmiri protestors by the police’s metal-pellet shotguns. — Samanth Subramanian, New Yorker, 2 May 2026

The expansion of the humanitarian system was untidy and asymmetric, driven by the organizational self-interest of the bigger international NGOs and UN agencies involved in crisis response and their desire for greater market share. — Time, 26 Feb. 2026

An early version of the best dessert in the house was a great-tasting but untidy wet block of orange cake the size of a solitaire deck with a ping-pong scoop of chocolate ice cream. — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Feb. 2026

Commoners’ untidy open fields are returning to contemporary agricultural practice. — Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026