Synonyms of the word

mess

• n. (obsolete) Mass; a church service.
• n. (archaic) A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one…
• n. A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common, especially military personnel…
• n. A set of four (from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner).
• n. (US) The milk given by a cow at one milking.
• v. (intransitive) To take meals with a mess.
• v. (intransitive) To belong to a mess.
• v. (intransitive) To eat (with others).
• v. (transitive) To supply with a mess.
• n. A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding;…
• n. (colloquial) A large quantity or number.
• n. (euphemistic) Excrement.
• v. (transitive) To make a mess of.
• v. (transitive) To throw into confusion.
• v. (intransitive) To interfere.

aliment

• n. (now rare) Food.
• n. (figuratively) Nourishment, sustenance.
• n. (Scotland) An allowance for maintenance; alimony.
• v. (obsolete) To feed, nourish.
• v. To sustain, support.

alimentation

• n. feeding, being fed; the provision of food and other necessities.

batch

• n. A bank; a sandbank.
• n. A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows.
• n. (obsolete) The process of baking.
• n. The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
• n. A quantity of anything produced at one operation.
• n. A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
• n. (computing) A set of data to be processed with one execution of a program.
• n. (Britain, dialect, Midlands) A bread roll.
• n. (Philippines) A graduating class.
• v. To aggregate things together into a batch.
• v. (computing) To handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process.
• adj. Of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting.
• v. (informal) To live as a bachelor temporarily, of a married man or someone virtually married.

deal

• n. (obsolete) A division, a portion, a share.
• n. (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
• v. (transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
• v. (transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.
• v. To distribute cards to the players in a game.
• v. (baseball) To pitch.
• v. (intransitive) To have dealings or business.
• v. (intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To take action; to act.
• v. (intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).
• v. (transitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
• v. (intransitive) To be concerned with.
• v. (intransitive) To handle, to manage, to cope.
• n. (archaic in general sense) An act of dealing or sharing.
• n. The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
• n. A particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction.
• n. Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
• n. An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
• n. (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
• n. (informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
• n. (uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
• n. (countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
• n. (countable, archaic) A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity…
• adj. Made of deal.

difficulty

• n. The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
• n. An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
• n. Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning.

dining-room

• n. Alternative spelling of dining room.

disarray

• v. (transitive) To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
• v. (transitive) To take off the dress of; to unrobe.
• n. Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.
• n. Confused attire; undress; dishabille.

disorder

• n. Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
• n. A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.
• n. (medicine, countable) A physical or psychical malfunction.
• v. (transitive) To throw into a state of disorder.
• v. (transitive) To knock out of order or sequence.

disorderliness

• n. The state or quality of being disorderly.

eat

• v. To ingest; to be ingested.
• v. To use up.
• v. (transitive, informal) To cause (someone) to worry.
• v. (transitive, business) To take the loss in a transaction.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To corrode or erode.
• v. (transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on someone.
• n. (colloquial) Something to be eaten; a meal; a food item.

fix

• n. A repair or corrective action.
• n. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.
• n. (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
• n. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game,…
• n. A determination of location.
• n. (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
• v. (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
• v. (transitive) To mend, to repair.
• v. (transitive, informal) To prepare (food).
• v. (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular…
• v. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
• v. (transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
• v. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
• v. (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will…
• v. (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
• v. (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
• v. (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal;…

flock

• n. A large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
• n. A large number of animals, especially sheep or goats kept together.
• n. Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
• n. A large number of people.
• v. (intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To flock to; to crowd.
• v. To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
• n. Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.
• n. A lock of wool or hair.
• n. Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating…
• v. (transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles.

hatful

• n. The amount that will fit into a hat.
• n. (soccer, Britain) A large number (usually talking about goalscoring chances).

heap

• n. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
• n. A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
• n. A great number or large quantity of things.
• n. (computing) A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
• n. (computing) Memory that is dynamically allocated.
• n. (colloquial) A dilapidated place or vehicle.
• n. (colloquial) A lot, a large amount.
• v. (transitive) To pile in a heap.
• v. (transitive) To form or round into a heap, as in measuring.
• v. (transitive) To supply in great quantity.

hole

• n. A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.;…
• n. (heading) In games.
• n. (archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
• n. (figuratively) A weakness, a flaw.
• n. (informal) A container or receptacle.
• n. (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged…
• n. (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
• n. (slang anatomy) An orifice, in particular the anus.
• n. (Ireland, idiomatic, particularly in the phrase "get one's hole") Sex, or a sex partner.
• n. (informal, with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
• n. (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit; a hovel.
• n. (figuratively) Difficulty, in particular, debt.
• n. (graph theory) A chordless cycle in a graph.
• v. (transitive) To make holes in (an object or surface).
• v. (transitive, by extension) To destroy.
• v. (intransitive) To go into a hole.
• v. (transitive) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
• v. (transitive) To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.
• v. simple past tense of hele.
• adj. Obsolete form of whole.

jam

• n. A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used…
• n. (countable) A difficult situation.
• n. (countable) Blockage, congestion.
• n. (countable, popular music) An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.
• n. (countable, by extension) An informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects.
• n. (countable, baseball) A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.
• n. (countable, basketball) A forceful dunk.
• n. (countable, roller derby) A play during which points can be scored.
• n. (climbing, countable) Any of several maneuvers requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.
• n. (Britain, slang) luck.
• n. (slang) sexual relations or the contemplation of them.
• v. To get something stuck in a confined space.
• v. To brusquely force something into a space; cram, squeeze.
• v. To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up".
• v. To block or confuse a broadcast signal.
• v. (baseball) To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.
• v. (music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).
• v. To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.
• v. (roller derby) To attempt to score points.
• v. (nautical) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
• v. (Canada, informal) To give up on a date or some joint endeavour; stand up, chicken out, jam out.
• n. (dated) A kind of frock for children.
• n. (mining) Alternative form of jamb.

lot

• n. A large quantity or number; a great deal.
• n. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
• n. One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
• n. (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
• n. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
• n. That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
• n. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without…
• n. The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
• n. A prize in a lottery.
• n. Allotment; lottery.
• n. (definite, the lot) All members of a set; everything.
• n. An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32…
• v. (transitive, dated) To allot; to sort; to apportion.
• v. (US, informal, dated) To count or reckon (on or upon).

mass

• n. (physical) Matter, material.
• n. A large quantity; a sum.
• n. (quantity) Large in number.
• v. (transitive) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses;…
• v. (intransitive) To have a certain mass.
• adj. Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number.
• adj. Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses.
• n. (Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
• n. (Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.
• n. (Christianity, usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
• n. A musical setting of parts of the mass.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To celebrate mass.

meal

• n. Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time (e.g. breakfast = morning meal, lunch = noon…
• n. Food served or eaten as a repast.
• n. (obsolete) A time or an occasion.
• n. The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals; flour or a coarser blend than…
• n. (Britain dialectal) A speck or spot.
• n. A part; a fragment; a portion.
• v. (transitive) To defile or taint.

messiness

• n. The property of being messy.

mickle

• n. (chiefly Scotland) A great amount.
• n. (Scotland) A small amount.
• n. (obsolete) Important or great people as a class.
• n. (obsolete) Greatness, largeness, stature.
• pron. (now chiefly Scotland) A large amount or great extent.
• adv. (now chiefly Scotland) To a great extent.
• adv. (obsolete) Often, frequently.

mint

• v. (intransitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt; take aim.
• v. (transitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try…
• v. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To hint; suggest; insinuate.
• n. (provincial, Northern England, Scotland) Intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor.
• n. A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
• n. (informal) A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.
• n. (figuratively) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
• v. (transitive) To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
• v. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
• adj. (of condition) as new.
• adj. (numismatics) In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
• adj. (philately) Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
• adj. (Britain, slang) Very good.
• n. Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
• n. The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
• n. Any plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
• n. A green colour, like that of mint.
• n. A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
• adj. Of a green colour, like that of the mint plant.

muckle

• n. (chiefly Scotland) A great amount.
• adj. (archaic outside Northumbria and Scotland) Large, massive.
• adj. (archaic outside Northumbria and Scotland) Much.
• v. (US, dialectal) To latch onto something with the mouth.
• v. (rare) To talk big; to exaggerate.

muddle

• v. To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
• v. To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
• v. To dabble in mud.
• v. To make turbid or muddy.
• v. To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
• v. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
• v. To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.
• n. A mixture; a confusion; a garble.

muss

• v. (transitive) To rumple, tousle or make (something) untidy.
• n. A mess (disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; disorder).
• n. (obsolete) A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them;…
• n. (obsolete) A term of endearment.

mussiness

• n. The quality of being mussy.

nourishment

• n. The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished.
• n. Something that nourishes; food.

nutriment

• n. A source of nourishment; food.
• n. Something that promotes growth or development; a nutrient.

nutrition

• n. (biology) The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.

peck

• v. To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird) or similar instrument.
• v. (transitive) To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
• v. To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick…
• v. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
• v. To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
• v. To type by searching for each key individually.
• v. (rare) To type in general.
• v. To kiss briefly.
• n. An act of pecking.
• n. A small kiss.
• n. One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
• n. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
• v. (regional) To throw.
• v. To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of…
• n. Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
• n. Misspelling of pec.

pickle

• n. A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
• n. (Often in plural: pickles), any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.
• n. The brine used for preserving food.
• n. A difficult situation, peril.
• n. (affectionate) A mildly mischievous loved one.
• n. (baseball) A rundown.
• n. A children’s game with three participants that emulates a baseball rundown.
• n. (slang) A penis.
• n. (slang) A pipe for smoking methamphetamine.
• n. (metalworking) A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale, rust, etc…
• n. In an optical landing system, the hand-held controller connected to the lens, or apparatus on which the…
• v. To preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.
• v. To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid.
• v. (programming) (in the Python programming language) To serialize.
• n. (Northern England, Scotland) A kernel; a grain (of salt, sugar, etc.).
• n. (Northern England, Scotland) A small or indefinite quantity or amount (of something); a little, a bit,…

pile

• n. A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
• n. (figuratively, informal) A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind…
• n. A mass formed in layers.
• n. A funeral pile; a pyre.
• n. A large building, or mass of buildings.
• n. A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering…
• n. A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks…
• n. (obsolete) The reverse (or tails) of a coin.
• n. (figuratively) A list or league.
• v. (transitive, often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to…
• v. (transitive) To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.
• v. (transitive) To add something to a great number.
• v. (transitive) (of vehicles) To create a hold-up.
• v. (transitive, military) To place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright,…
• n. (obsolete) A dart; an arrow.
• n. The head of an arrow or spear.
• n. A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support…
• n. (heraldry) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise,…
• v. (transitive) To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.
• n. (usually in the plural) A hemorrhoid.
• n. Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now…
• n. The raised hairs, loops or strands of a fabric; the nap of a cloth.
• n. An atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor.

plenty

• n. A more than adequate amount.
• pron. More than enough.
• adv. More than sufficiently.
• adv. (colloquial) Used as an intensifier, very.
• adj. (obsolete) plentiful.

pot

• n. A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food.
• n. Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly.
• n. (slang) Ruin or deterioration.
• n. (historical) An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
• n. (rail transport) A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail…
• n. (gambling) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively)…
• n. (Britain, horse-racing, slang) A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.
• n. (sports) The act of causing a ball to fall into a pocket in cue sports such as billiards.
• n. (slang) Clipping of potbelly: a pot-shaped belly, a paunch.
• n. (slang) Clipping of potshot: a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot.
• n. (chiefly East Midlands, Yorkshire) A plaster cast.
• n. (historical) Alternative form of pott: a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.
• v. To put (something) into a pot.
• v. To preserve by bottling or canning.
• v. (cue sports) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
• v. (cue sports) To be capable of being potted.
• v. (transitive) To shoot with a firearm.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To take a pot shot, or haphazard shot, with a firearm.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To secure; gain; win; bag.
• v. (Britain) To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.
• v. (obsolete, dialect, Britain) To tipple; to drink.
• v. (transitive) To drain.
• v. (transitive, Britain) To seat a person, usually a young child, onto a potty or toilet, typically during…
• v. (chiefly East Midlands) To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.
• n. (slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
• n. (slang, electronics) A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to…
• n. (role-playing games) Clipping of potion.

raft

• n. A flat structure made of planks, barrels etc., that floats on water, and is used for transport, emergencies…
• n. A flat-bottomed inflatable craft for floating or drifting on water.
• n. A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals.
• n. (US) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river.
• v. (transitive) to convey on a raft.
• v. (transitive) to make into a raft.
• v. (intransitive) to travel by raft.
• n. A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of reave.

repast

• n. (now literary) A meal.
• n. (uncountable) The food eaten at a meal.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To supply food to; to feast.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To take food.

sight

• n. (in the singular) The ability to see.
• n. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
• n. Something seen.
• n. Something worth seeing; a spectacle.
• n. A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
• n. A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
• n. (now colloquial) a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.
• n. In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame…
• n. (obsolete) The instrument of seeing; the eye.
• n. Mental view; opinion; judgment.
• v. (transitive) To register visually.
• v. (transitive) To get sight of (something).
• v. (transitive) To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction…
• v. (transitive) To take aim at.

slew

• n. (US) A large amount.
• n. The act, or process of slaying.
• n. A device used for slaying.
• n. A change of position.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
• v. (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
• v. (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
• v. (intransitive) To pivot.
• v. (intransitive) To skid.
• v. (transitive, rail transport) to move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
• v. (transitive, Britain, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
• v. simple past tense of slay.
• n. A wet place; a river inlet.

spate

• n. A river flood; an overflow or inundation.
• n. A sudden rush or increase.

stack

• n. (heading) A pile.
• n. A smokestack.
• n. (heading) In digital computing.
• n. (mathematics) A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
• n. (geology) A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
• n. (library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
• n. (figuratively) A large amount of an object.
• n. (military) A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
• n. (poker) The amount of money a player has on the table.
• n. (heading) In architecture.
• n. (Australia, slang) A fall or crash, a prang.
• n. (bodybuilding) A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.
• v. (transitive) To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.
• v. (transitive, card games) To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.
• v. (transitive, poker) To take all the money another player currently has on the table.
• v. (transitive) To deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).
• v. (transitive, US, Australia, slang) To crash; to fall.

sustenance

• n. Something that provides support or nourishment.

victuals

• n. plural of victual.
• v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of victual.

wad

• n. An amorphous, compact mass.
• n. A substantial pile (normally of money).
• n. A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge.
• n. (slang) A sandwich.
• n. (slang, vulgar) An ejaculation of semen.
• n. (mineralogy) Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various…
• v. To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
• v. (Ulster) To wager.
• v. To insert or force a wad into.
• v. To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.