scramble | Definition of scramble

scramble

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of scramble

1 to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling

the toddler scrambled up the stairs

Synonyms of scramble

clamber, climb, scrabble, swarm

Words Related to scramble

shimmy, shin, shinny, skin

ascend, breast [chiefly British], free-climb, get up, mount, scale, summit, surmount

claw, sprawl, struggle

2 to undo the proper order or arrangement of

scrambled the letters of the word

Synonyms of scramble

confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, hash, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, muss, rumple, shuffle, tousle, tumble, upset

Words Related to scramble

embroil, entangle, snarl, tangle

agitate, perturb, stir (up), unsettle

Near Antonyms of scramble

align (also aline), line, line up, queue

classify, codify, methodize, systematize, systemize

groom, make up, spruce (up)

Antonyms of scramble

arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, regulate, straighten (up), tidy