Another word for scramble | Synonyms for scramble

Another word for scramble

scramble Synonyms

scramble

v.

To mix
combine, blend, interfuse, jumble; see mix 1.
To climb hastily
clamber, push, struggle; see climb 2.

Search Thesaurus

WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"Scramble." YourDictionary. LoveToKnow. thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/scramble.

APA Style

Scramble. (n.d.). In YourDictionary. Retrieved from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/scramble

Another word for scramble

verb

To move or climb hurriedly, especially on all fours:
clamber. See move
To put into total disorder:
ball up, confuse, disorder, jumble, mess up, muddle, snarl². (Slang) snafu. Idiom: play havoc with. See order
To mix together so as to change the order of arrangement:
jumble, shuffle. (Games) riffle. See change, order

noun

A lack of order or regular arrangement:

chaos, clutter, confusedness, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, jumble, mess, mix-up, muddle, muss, topsy-turviness, tumble. (Slang) snafu. See order

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"Scramble." YourDictionary. LoveToKnow. thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/scramble.

APA Style

Scramble. (n.d.). In YourDictionary. Retrieved from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/scramble

SentencesSentence examples

Sentence Examples

Her first instinct was to scramble to the back of the bus and climb out.
In 1880 the influence of the international " scramble for Africa " made itself felt by the establishment under the recognized protection of the French government of two French firms which opened upwards of thirty trading stations on the Lower Niger.
Century was disgraced, in Palestine, by a feverish " scramble " for sacred sites, in which the most rudimentary ethics of Christianity were forgotten in the all-mastering desire to oust rival sects and orders.
The shade was grateful, and the tree was so easy to climb that with my teacher's assistance I was able to scramble to a seat in the branches.
It was difficult enough to decide the claims of the states in the scramble for territory.

Also Mentioned In

WORDS NEAR scramble IN THE THESAURUS