Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun jumble

3 senses of jumble

Sense 1
clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother -- (a confused multitude of things)
       => disorderliness, disorder -- (a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder")

Sense 2
jumble, jumbal -- (small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie)
       => cake -- (baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat)

Sense 3
patchwork, hodgepodge, jumble -- (a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas)
       => theory -- (a belief that can guide behavior; "the architect has a theory that more is less"; "they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb jumble

3 senses of jumble

Sense 1
jumble, mingle -- (be all mixed up or jumbled together; "His words jumbled")
       => be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")

Sense 2
jumble, confuse, mix up -- (assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence")
       => assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together -- (create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee")

Sense 3
scramble, jumble, throw together -- (bring into random order)
       => disorder, disarray -- (bring disorder to)

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