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Clutter

/ˈklʌtə(ɹ)/

A confused disordered jumble of things.

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📖 Definitions of "Clutter"

noun

1
A confused disordered jumble of things.
2
Background echoes, from clouds etc., on a radar or sonar screen.
3
A group of cats; the collective noun for cats.
4
Clatter; confused noise.

verb

1
To fill something with clutter.
2
To clot or coagulate, like blood.
3
To make a confused noise; to bustle.
4
To utter words hurriedly, especially (but not exclusively) as a speech disorder (compare cluttering).

🔄 Synonyms of "Clutter"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
muddlenoun	To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
welternoun	A general confusion or muddle, especially of a large number of items.
smotherverb	(transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
jumblenoun	(transitive) To mix or confuse.
clutter upverb	(transitive) To fill with rubbish or with needless articles.

↔️ Antonyms of "Clutter"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
clearverb	Transparent in colour.
unclutterverb	(transitive) To eliminate clutter from.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Clutter"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
clutter upverb	(transitive) To fill with rubbish or with needless articles.
muddlenoun	A mixture; a confusion; a garble.
welternoun	A general confusion or muddle, especially of a large number of items.
jumblenoun	A mixture of often unrelated things.
smothernoun	That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly
junknoun	Miscellaneous items of little value, especially discarded or unwanted items.
messy	(of a place, situation, person, etc) In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
turmoilnoun	A state of great disorder or uncertainty.
mayhemnoun	A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos.
unrestnoun	A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests.
messnoun	a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation
disarraynoun	A lack of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.
havocnoun	Widespread devastation and destruction.
chaosnoun	Any state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.
disordernoun	Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
confusionnoun	The state of being confused; misunderstanding.
crowdingnoun	The act by which somebody is crowded.
parasitenoun	(biology) An organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism.
glutnoun	An excess, too much.
oversupplynoun	An excessive supply.