Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun welter
1 sense of welter
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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb welter
3 senses of welter
Sense 1
welter -- (toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way; "The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours")
=> roll over -- (make a rolling motion or turn; "The dog rolled over")
Sense 2
wallow, welter -- (roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud")
=> move -- (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right")
Sense 3
welter -- (be immersed in; "welter in work")