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Muddle

🔄 Synonyms of "Muddle"

12 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
holenoun	A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
welternoun	A general confusion or muddle, especially of a large number of items.
addlenoun	To make or become addled; to muddle or confuse.
jamnoun	(less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
messnoun	a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation
smotherverb	(transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
picklenoun	(chiefly US, Canada, Australia) A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
fixverb	(transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
jumblenoun	(transitive) To mix or confuse.
puddlenoun	A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.
kettle of fishnoun	(idiomatic) An awkward situation.
clutternoun	(uncountable) A confused disordered jumble of things.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Muddle"

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Word	Definition
welternoun	A general confusion or muddle, especially of a large number of items.
jumblenoun	(transitive) To mix or confuse.
messnoun	a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation
kettle of fishnoun	(idiomatic) An awkward situation.
clutternoun	(uncountable) A confused disordered jumble of things.
smotherverb	(transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
fixverb	(transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
addlenoun	To make or become addled; to muddle or confuse.
holenoun	A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
puddlenoun	A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.
jamnoun	(less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
picklenoun	(chiefly US, Canada, Australia) A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
mix-upnoun	A confusion, mistake, muddle or misunderstanding.
chaosnoun	Any state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.
confusionnoun	The state of being confused; misunderstanding.
mayhemnoun	A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos.
confoundingnoun	Confusing, bewildering, baffling or perplexing.
turmoilnoun	A state of great disorder or uncertainty.
disarraynoun	A lack of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.
disordernoun	Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.