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

2 senses of rummage

Sense 1
rummage -- (a jumble of things to be given away)
       => clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother -- (a confused multitude of things)

Sense 2
ransacking, rummage -- (a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis")
       => search, hunt, hunting -- (the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone)

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

1 sense of rummage

Sense 1
rummage -- (search haphazardly; "We rummaged through the drawers")
       => search -- (subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys")