Hyper Dictionary

English Dictionary Computer Dictionary Thesaurus Dream Dictionary Medical Dictionary


Search Dictionary:  

Meaning of CLUTTER

Pronunciation:  'klutur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  many things in a disorderly state
  2. [n]  a confused multitude of things
  3. [v]  fill a space in a disorderly way
 
 Websites: 
 
 Synonyms: clutter up, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, smother, welter
 
 Antonyms: clear, unclutter
 
 See Also: disorder, disorderliness, fill, fill up, make full, rummage, stuff, sundries, sundry, whatchamacallit, whatsis

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Clut"ter\, n. [Cf. W. cludair heap, pile, cludeirio to
    heap.]
    1. A confused collection; hence, confusion; disorder; as, the
       room is in a clutter.
             He saw what a clutter there was with huge, overgrown
             pots, pans, and spits.                --L'Estrange.
    2. Clatter; confused noise. --Swift.
    
  2. \Clut"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cluttered}; p. pr. &
    vb. n. {Cluttering}.]
    To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things
    in disorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; as, to
    clutter a room.
    
  3. \Clut"ter\, v. i.
    To make a confused noise; to bustle.
          It [the goose] cluttered here, it chuckled there.
                                                   --Tennyson.
    
  4. \Clut"ter\, v. t. [From {Clod}, n.]
    To clot or coagulate, as blood. [Obs.] --Holland.
    
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: a mass of, a world of, abound with, army, arsy-varsiness, ataxia, atmospheric attenuation, be alive with, bevy, blind spots, bristle with, bunch, burst with, chaos, cloud, confusion, covey, crawl with, creep with, crowd, deflection, derange, disarrange, disarray, dishevel, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, false echoes, farrago, flight, flock, flocks, gallimaufry, ground clutter, hail, hash, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hive, hodgepodge, host, huddle, hugger-mugger, hysteron proteron, jam, jumble, jungle, large amount, legion, litter, lots, macedoine, many, mash, masses of, medley, melange, mess, mess up, misarrange, mishmash, mob, muchness, muddle, multiply, multitude, muss, muss up, nest, numbers, olla podrida, overflow with, pack, plurality, pullulate with, quantities, quite a few, refraction, rout, ruck, ruffle, rummage, rumple, scatter, scores, scramble, sea clutter, shoal, shuffle, snarl, strew, superrefraction, swarm, swarm with, tangle, teem with, throng, throng with, tidy sum, topsy-turviness, topsy-turvydom, tousle, tumble, turmoil, unholy mess, welter, worlds of
 

 

 

 

COPYRIGHT © 2000-2003 WEBNOX CORP. HOME | ABOUT HYPERDICTIONARY