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Jumble

To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up.

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Verb group 4

Confound 84% connected

To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Confound 84% connected

To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 4

Addle 76% connected

Liquid filth; mire.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Muddle 76% connected

To make turbid, or muddy, as water.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Puddle 76% connected

A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool.

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Tumble 76% connected

To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 10

Assemble 76% connected

To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cake 76% connected

A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disarray 76% connected

To throw into disorder; to break the array of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disorder 76% connected

Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.

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Disorderliness 76% connected

The state of being disorderly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Exist 76% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

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Piece 76% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tack 76% connected

A stain; a tache.

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Theory 76% connected

A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.

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Narrower term 1

Rummage 76% connected

A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowag…

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Derivationally related 10

Confusion 74% connected

The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Confusion 74% connected

The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hodgepodge 74% connected

A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hodgepodge 74% connected

A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Muddle 74% connected

To make turbid, or muddy, as water.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Muddle 74% connected

To make turbid, or muddy, as water.

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Scramble 74% connected

To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.

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Scramble 74% connected

To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.

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Scrambler 74% connected

One who scrambles; one who climbs on all fours.

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Scrambler 74% connected

One who scrambles; one who climbs on all fours.

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Synonym 10

Clutter 92% connected

A confused collection; hence, confusion; disorder; as, the room is in a clutter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Confuse 92% connected

Mixed; confounded.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fuddle 92% connected

To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hodgepodge 92% connected

A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mingle 92% connected

To mix; intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product; to confuse…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Muddle 92% connected

To make turbid, or muddy, as water.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Patchwork 92% connected

Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scramble 92% connected

To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Smother 92% connected

To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Welter 92% connected

To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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