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Definition: Jumble |
JumbleNoun1. A confused multitude of things. 2. Small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie. 3. A theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas. Verb1. Be all mixed up or jumbled together; "His words jumbled". 2. Assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence". 3. Bring into random order. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "jumble" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references) |
Note: Jumble \Jum"ble\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Jumbled; Jumbling.]. (references) |
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Mining | Derb. The place where veins intersect. (references) |
Personal Care & Hotels | Name given to various types of small biscuits which are always made in the form of a ring. May be also flavoured with rind of lemon, citron, orange or aniseed, vanilla water. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: JumbleSynonyms: clutter (n), hodgepodge (n), jumbal (n), mare's nest (n), muddle (n), patchwork (n), smother (n), welter (n), confuse (v), mingle (v), mix up (v), scramble (v), throw together (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: jumbling (publishing & graphic arts). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arrangement | Verb: derange; disarrange, misarrange; displace, misplace; mislay, discompose, disorder; deorganize, discombobulate, disorganize; embroil, unsettle, disturb, confuse, trouble, perturb, jumble, tumble; shuffle, randomize; huddle, muddle, toss, hustle, fumble, riot; bring into disorder, put into disorder, throw into disorder; muss; break the ranks, disconcert, convulse; break in upon. |
Disorder | Noun: disorder; derangement; irregularity; anomaly; (unconformity); anarchy, anarchism; want of method; untidiness; Adjective: disunion; discord. confusion; confusedness; Adjective: mishmash, mix; disarray, jumble, huddle, litter, lumber; cahotage; farrago; mess, mash, muddle, muss, hash, hodgepodge; hotch-potch, hotch-pot; imbroglio, chaos, omnium gatherum, medley; mere mixture; fortuitous concourse of atoms, disjecta membra, rudis indigestaque moles. |
Mixture | Alloy, amalgam; brass, chowchow, pewter; magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts; jumble; (disorder); salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn; mosaic; (variegation). |
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Crosswords: Jumble |
| English words defined with "jumble": Bejumble ♦ confusing ♦ hopeless ♦ Jumbling ♦ Lurry ♦ nonsense, nonsensical ♦ Raff, rummage ♦ word salad. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Blackboard Jumble (1957) A Jungle Jumble (1932) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Jumble pictures. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Garble; jumble; distort. | Ante; plastic; clink; pile; piling; accumulation; aggregate; aggregation; amassment; assemblage; bank; barrel; buildup; chunk; collection; conglomeration; gob; great deal; hill; hoard; hunk; jumble; lump; mass; mound; oodles; pack; peck; pyramid; quantity. | ||
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | There was something of the cloaca in this redoubt, and something of Olympus in this jumble. |
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| "Jumble" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.55% of the time. "Jumble" is used about 349 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.55% | 323 | 16,021 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 3.72% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.44% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 349 | N/A |
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Expressions using "jumble": be in a jumble ♦ in a jumble ♦ jumble bead ♦ jumble sale ♦ jumble together ♦ jumble up. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "jumble": jumble-filled, jumble-sale. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "jumble"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | tundem (budge, dodder, jiggle, niddle-noddle, nod, nutate, oscillate, quake, reel, rock, stagger, sway, swing, wabble, waddle, waggle, wamble, wobble), trazoj (agitate, break up, commingle, dash, dismay, distemper, disturb, fidget, flitter, flurry, fluster, flutter, harass, Harry, incommode, intermix, knead, perturb, poke, pother, ruffle, shuffle, stir, turn, vex), shtyj (actuate, adjourn, bring, carry over, dare, delay, detrude, dig, dispose, drive, dub, flip, goad, hang up, hold over, hustle, impel, incite, induce, instigate, jab, jog, jolt, jostle, lead on, leave over, lengthen, motivate, motive, move, postpone, pressurize, propel, push, recess, shove, thrust, trundle, urge, waive, walk), rrëmujë (alarm, bustle, clutter, disarray, disorder, disturbance, dust, farrago, hash, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, huddle, hugger mugger, litter, mess, mix up, moil, muss, pandemonium, pell mell, pie, pother, roistering, snafu, tangle, topsy turvy, topsy-turvydom, tumble, upheaval, upset, welter), pirg (aggregation, bank, clamp, cumulus, drift, heap, heaps of, huddle, hump, mountain, pile, stack), përziej (admix, adulterate, alloy, attemper, beat, blend, commingle, compound, confound, conglomerate, dash, drag in, embark, emulsify, implicate, intermingle, intermix, knead, malaxate, mingle, mix, shuffle, stir), ngatërroj (bedevil, bewilder, complicate, confound, confuse, disorient, disorientate, disturb, embarrass, embrangle, embroil, entangle, entrap, flummox, fuddle, garble, hash, immerse, implicate, intricate, involve, jerk off, lug in, make a hash of cutting, make a mess of, mess about, mistake, mix up, monkey, muddle, muddy, put out, Ravel, snarl, tamper, tie up), ngatërrim (bewilderment, confusion, embarrassment, embroilment, entanglement, implication, involution, mess, mingle-mangle, mixing, mixture, muddiness, muss), lëmsh (ball, clew, clot, jam, jumbal, mass, mix, mix up, pell mell, pellet, puff, ruck, tangle, welter, winding), lëkundem (dangle, falter, halt, hang, hesitate, jolt, nod, nutate, oscillate, pendulate, reel, rock, shake, shift, stagger, sway, swing, totter, vacillate, vibrate, wabble, wallow, wamble, waver, wobble), grumbull (abatis, aggregation, amassment, bank, batch, bevy, bunch, clamp, clump, cluster, collection, congeries, crowd, group, heap, mass, mob, mountain, pile, pile up, stack, stamp mill), byrek i ëmbël (mince pie). (various references) | |
Arabic | فوضى (anarchy, chaos, clatter, clutter, commotion, confusion, disarray, disorder, hugger mugger, lawlessness, litter, mess, misrule, mix up, muddle, muss, rumpus, shambles, topsy turvy, turmoil, welter), مزيج (admixture, blend, commixture, compost, farrago, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, medley, melange, mishmash, mix, mixing up, mixture), لخبط (mess, mess up, shuffle, tousle), سوق خيرية (bazaar, fair), خلط (admix, alloy, blending, confusion, metis, mingle, mix, mix up, mixing, mixture, scramble, shuffle), ركام (bank, cumulus, drift, heap, mess, moraine, morass, mound, pile, stuff), شوش (bedevil, befuddle, blanket, confuse, demoralize, derange, disarrange, dislocate, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, dizzy, embroil, fog, fuddle, garble, gum up, hamper, jam, mire, mix up, muddle, muddy, obfuscate, obscure, outface, parasite, perplex, perturb, rattle, ravel, scramble, smudge, unhinge, unsettle). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | размествам (change round, dislocate, interchange, permute, reverse, shuffle, transpose, unfix, unsettle), разбърквам (addle, agitate, clutter, derange, disarrange, disorder, litter, mess up, mix, mix up, muddle, puddle, rumple, scramble, tousle, trouble, tumble, unbalance, unfix, unsettle), кръгла курабийка (jumbal), обърквам (abash, addle, baffle, bedevil, befuddle, bewilder, complicate, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, disjoint, dislocate, distract, embarrass, embroil, flatten, flummox, fluster, foil, fuddle, gravel, maze, mess about, mess around, mess up, muddle, muff, muss, nonplus, obfuscate, overwhelm, perplex, pose, put off, put out, puzzle, sew up, snarl, stonker, throw out, tumble, vex, wilder), неуредица, неразбория (double dutch, mess, mix up, muddle, muss), бъркотия (bungle, clutter, confusion, disarrangement, disturbance, dust, farrago, fuss, hash, havoc, huddle, hugger mugger, hurry-scurry, imbroglio, involution, involvement, jungle, maze, melee, mess, mess up, mishmash, mix, mix up, muddle, muss, patchwork, pell mell, razzle, razzle-dazzle, rout, salmagundi, skein, snafu, tangle, tumble, uproar, upset, welter), бърканица (mingle-mangle, tangle), друсане (bump, bumpy ride, jerk, joggle, jolt, jolting, rumble-tumble, shaking), друсам (jig, joggle, jolt, jounce, jump, shake), движа се в безпорядък. (various references) | |
Czech | zmatek (anarchy, bewilderment, chaos, circus, clutter, confusion, disarray, disorder, disturbance, embroilment, fluster, hash, hodge-podge, maze, mess up, mix up, moil, muddle, Mull, nonplus, non-plus, pandemonium, perplexity, perturbation, puzzlement, shambles, stew, tangle, tempest, tumble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, turnup, upset, welter), zašmodrchat, poplést (become confused, confuse, darken, embarrass, maze, obfuscate, perplex, puzzle), míchanice (concoction, hodgepodge, hodge-podge), blázinec (bedlam, booby hatch, circus, confusion, lunatic asylum, madhouse, nut house, pandemonium, tangle). (various references) | |
Danish | småkage(r) (ring-biscuit), fisk (fish). (various references) | |
Dutch | kransje (ring-biscuit), dooreenmenging van verschillende lettersoorten (mixture, pie). (various references) | |
Esperanto | bonfara vendo (bazaar, fancy fair, jumble-sale). (various references) | |
Farsi | کیک کوچک شبیه حلقه , تکان تکان خوردن (Joggle), سواری کردن (Drive, Saddle), شلوغی (Bustle, Chaos, Crowd), درهم امیختگی . (various references) | |
Finnish | sotku (mess, muddle, tangle), sillisalaatti (mess, salad of pickled herring and vegetables), sekasotku (gibberish, mess). (various references) | |
French | mettre en désordre, magma, méli-mélo, mélanger, mélange de caractères, gimblette, fouillis, embrouiller, désordre, bric brac (jumble sale). (various references) | |
German | durcheinander (babel of tongues, bedlam, chaos, clutter, cluttered, confused, confusion, disorder, entanglement, hash, helter-skelter, in a mess, in a muddle, in confusion, mess, mix up, mixed up, muddle, muddled, muddled up, mussy, pell mell, piecemeal, punch-drink, tangle, tumble, upset). (various references) | |
Greek | κυκεώνασ (bewilderment, farrago, hotpot, mess), κυκεών (hotpot, raff), σύμφυρμα (hodgepodge, hotpot, melange), συγχέω (becloud, confound, confuse, fuddle, muddle, snafu), συμφύρω (mash), μιγνύω ατακτώσ, μπέρδεμα (complication, confusion, snarl), μπερδεύω (baffle, bemuse, complicate, confound, confuse, enmesh, kink, mix up, muddle), ανακατώνω (admix, alligate, commingle, confound, intermix, mash, mingle, mix, muss, puddle, riffle, rumple, shuffle, tousle), ανακατεμένο κομμάτι (mixture, pie). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לערבב (blend, confuse, mess, mingle, mix, muddle, scramble, stir, temper), לבלול (mash, mingle, mix, stir), ערבובי" (clutter, confusion, disorder, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hodgpodge, hotchpotch, medley, mess, mingle-mangle, mishmash, muddle, muss, pastiche, tumble, welter). (various references) | |
Hungarian | zagyvalék (hash, hodgepodge, medley, mish-mash), összevisszaság (disarray, helter-skelter, hotchpotch, huddle, hurry-skurry, mess, mess-up, mish-mash, pell mell, pell-mell, promiscuity, promiscuousness, shambles, topsyturvydom, upturn). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kumpulan (corpus, gathering, pack, set). (various references) | |
Italian | miscuglio (admixture, blend, brew, compound, concoction, gallimaufry, hotchpotch, medley, mishmashes, mixture, motley), mescolarsi (admix, blend, intermingle, intermix, interosculate, mingle, mix), mescolare (admix, alloy, blend, compound, concoct, confuse, dose, get mixed up, intermingle, intermix, lots, mingle, mix, mix up, muddle up, shuffle, stir), mescolanza (alloy, blend, blending, commixture, medley, mix, mixture, promiscuity), guazzabuglio (bungle, gallimaufry, hotchpotch, mixture, muddle), farragine (farrago, muddle), confusione (abashment, ado, bedlam, carry on, chaos, clutter, commotion, confusion, disorder, disturbance, embarrassment, fuss, haze, hotchpotch, hubbub, mess, mix up, muddle, noise, pother, puzzledom, shambles, stir), confondere (abash, addle, baffle, beat, become confuse, bemuse, bewilder, bother, confound, confuse, embarrass, foil, garble, get mixed up, merge, mistake, mix, mix up, muddle, mystify, obfuscate, puzzle, stump), ciambella (bun, doughnut, life ring, rubber ring), carattere in fascio (mixture, pie), accozzaglia (rabble). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | がらがら蛇 (deserted, emptiness, empty, garbage, hollowness, odds and ends, pickled ginger, rattlesnake, sliced shouga prepared in vinegar served with sushi, to be deserted, to be empty, void), "れと同じ (complaining about various things, confusion, easily, effortlessly, game of make-believe, huddle, in this way, jarring sound, like this, mess, misspelling of "ko n ba n ha", misspelling of "kon ni chi ha", mix, rummaging sound, small and round thing rolling, so, something done together, something that changes frequently, such, suddenly, the same as this, trouble, utterly). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | がらくた (garbage, odds and ends), "ちゃ"ちゃ (complaining about various things). (various references) | |
Manx | orchal (litter, spoil), mollid (coarseness, hairs, luggage, lumber, roughness, rubbish, rummage), mestey (churning, compound, confuse, cross-breed, dispense, garble, hybridize, interlace, mash, miscellany, mix, mixture, promiscuity, shuffle, stir), cur fud y cheilley (bemuse, confuse, derange, disarray, disorganization, disorganize, embarrass, litter, maze, perturb, puzzle, subvert; dislocation, tangle). (various references) | |
Norwegian | virvar. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | umblejay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | juntar em desordem, trapalhada (foul-up, hodge-podge, hotchpotch, huddle, imbroglio, medley, mess, mingle-mangle, mishmash, mix, moil, muddle, mull, muss, puddle), solavanco (bouncing, bump, jolt, lurch, rumble-tumble), remexer (fossick, rake, rummage, search), puxão (jerk, lug, pluck, pull, tug, tweak, twitch, wrench, yank), pastel (cake, pastel, pastry, pate, pie, tartlet), misturar (admix, blend, combine, commingle, concoct, confound, diffuse, draw in, fuse, huddle, incorporate, interfuse, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix, involve, knead, mash, medley, merge, mingle, mix, mix up, shuffle, temper), mistura (admixture, blend, commixture, compound, concoction, cross, fusion, gallimaufry, half-and-half, hodge-podge, hotchpotch, immixture, interfusion, intermixture, mash, medley, miscellany, mix, mixture, olio, patchwork, salmagundi, shuffle), embrulhar-se, embaralhar (ball, mess around, mix up, muddle, obscure, shuffle), desordem (affray, clutter, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, discomposure, donnybrook, fray, huddle, hugger-mugger, hurry-scurry, litter, mess, misrule, muddle, mush, muss, pandemonium, pell-mell, perturbation, riot, rough-and-tumble, rout, ruction, ruffle, rumpus, scuffle, stir, topsy-turvy, tumble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, untidiness, uproar, upset), confusão (baffle, bedlam, bother, bungle, clutter, confusion, daze, disarray, discomfiture, discomposure, disturbance, donnybrook, embroilment, entanglement, fog, foul-up, fuddle, intricacy, involution, involvement, kettle of fish, labyrinth, macaroni, maze, medley, mess, mind-breaker, mingle-mangle, mishmash, misrule, mix, mix-up, moil, muddle, mull, muss, olio, pandemonium, pell-mell, perplexity, perturbation, pother, puddle, puzzle, ravel, rough-and-tumble, rout, shuffle, skein, to-do, tumble, turbidity, turmoil), confundir (addle, astonish, astound, baffle, befog, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, confusing, confute, daze, dazzle, disarray, disconcert, distract, dizzy, dumbfound, embarrass, embrangle, embroil, flabbergast, floor, flummox, flurry, fluster, fog, gravel, interfuse, intermingle, maze, mistake, mix up, moider, muddle, muddy, mull, nonplus, obfuscate, obscure, overwhelm, perplex, put out, puzzle, rattle, ravel, stagger). (various references) | |
Romanian | zãpãci (addle, bedazzle, bewilder, confound, confuse, daze, disconcert, dizzy, embrangle, entangle, flurry, gravel, knot, maze, muddle, muss, nonplus, pie, pose, shuffle), zãpãcealã (Babel, bewilderment, confusion, daze, discomfiture, disorder, distraction, entanglement, flurry, fuddle, haze, kerfuffle, mix up, muddle, topsy turvy), talmeş-balmeş (confusion, farrago, fustian, glory-hole, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hodge-podge, hotchpotch, hurry-scurry, mix up, muddle, olio, topsy turvy, upside down, welter), se învãlmãşi (swarm), se înghionti (jostle), pune de-a valma, harababurã (confusion, fuss, glory-hole, hubbub, mess, mix up, motley, muddle, pease meal, pell mell, turmoil, welter), fi pus de-a valma, fi amestecat, face talmeş-balmeş, covrigel dulce, confuzie (bewilderment, blankness, clutter, confusion, disorder, distraction, embroilment, fuss, haziness, huddle, hugger mugger, mix up, muddle, obfuscation, shuffle, storm, tumble), amesteca (admix, adulterate, amalgamate, attemper, blend, combine, commingle, compound, concoct, confound, confuse, cross, dilute, embroil, entangle, immix, interblend, interfuse, intermingle, intermix, intersperse, involve, medley, melt, merge, mingle, mix, muddle, pie, poison, rabble, shuffle, temper, work), amestec (admixture, blend, composite, compound, concoction, connection, crossing, disarray, farrago, fusion, hash, hotchpotch, huddle, interference, intermixture, intervening, mash, medley, mixture, muddle, olio, omnium gatherum, palaver), încurca (complicate, confound, confuse, cumber, discomfit, embrangle, embroil, entangle, floor, foul, gravel, hamper, hash, hinder, intertangle, involve, maze, medley, muddle, nonplus, perplex, pile up, pose, put out, puzzle, restrain, shuffle, sputter, stump, tangle, trouble). (various references) | |
Russian | суматоха (bustle, clutter, fuss, helter-skelter, hurry-scurry, kerfuffle, muss, razzle, razzle-dazzle, ruffle, rumpus, splutter, to-do, tumult, tumults, turmoil), смесь (amalgam, blend, chow-chow, collectanea, commixture, composite, composition, compound, concoction, farrago, hotchpotch, interfusion, intermixture, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixture, olio, pasticcio, pastiche, potpourri, salmagundi), смешиваться (blend, intermingle, intermix, mingle), смешивать (blend, commingle, compound, confound, confuse, cream, intermingle, intermix, malax, mess up, mingle, mix, mix up, mixed), сладкая сдобная пышка, толчея (jam, stamp mill, stamp-mill), куча (clamp, congeries, cumulus, heap, mountain, pile, pileup, stack), беспорядочно двигаться, беспорядочно двигать, беспорядочная смесь (jumbal), путать путаница, перепутать (mix up), двигаться в беспорядке. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zbrka (bungle, confusion, disarray, fuddle, helter-skelter, hugger mugger, imbroglio, macaronics, maze, mess, mishmash, muddle, muss, omnium gatherum, pell mell, welter), promućkati (shake), pomešati (admix, blend, commingle, compost, intermingle, intermix, mix, rabble), mućkati (agitate, mix, shake), mešavina (admixture, amalgam, blend, composite, compost, congeries, farrago, hash, intermixture, medley, melange, mix, mixture, olio, pasticcio, pastiche), mešati (alloy, blend, mingle, mix, puddle, rabble, shuffle, stir). (various references) | |
Spanish | jaleo (commotion, dance, din, fuss, pandemonium, racket, row, shouting, to-do), revolverse para (fumble, shuffle), revoltijo (mess, salmagundi, welter), mezclar (admix, blend, commingle, concoct, intermix, lump together, mash, medley, mingle, mix, mix up, puddle, scramble), involucrar (implicate, involve), empastelamiento (mixture, pie), emburujar (bewilder, jumble together), confusión (abashment, baffle, clutter, commotion, confusion, disarray, dislocation, disorganization, distraction, fluster, fog, haziness, huddle, hugger mugger, knockabout, litter, maze, mess, mix up, mix-up, muddle, mystification, perplexity, pother, puzzlement, shambles, tangle, turmoil, welter). (various references) | |
Swedish | virrvarr (addlement, clutter, huggermugger, maze, muddle, wilderness), sammelsurium (conglomeration), röra till (cock up, mess up, muss), röra (admixture, affect, be pertinent to, concern, farrago, gallimaufry, hash, higgledy-piggledy, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, huggermugger, mess, mixture, move, muck-up, muss, patchwork, pie, promiscuity, shambles, stir, touch, tumble, turmoil, welter, wilderness), blanda ihop (confound, interfuse, mix up, muddle, scramble). (various references) | |
Thai | ยุ่งเหยิง (foul, higgledy-piggledy, muddy, ravel, ruffled, sloppy, tangle), ของที่กองกันจนยุ่งเหยิง. (various references) | |
Turkish | karmakarışık etmek (cock up, create disorder, jumble together, jumble up, mix up, play hob with, raise hob with, snafu), karmakarışık şey (farrago, gallimaufry, hotchpotch, macaroni), karıştırmak (add, admix, amalgamate, blend, churn, commingle, commix, complicate, concoct, confound, confuse, darken, diffuse, disarrange, disarray, discompose, disconcert, disorder, disorganize, disturb, embroil, entangle, ferret about, foul, foul up, hash, implicate, interfuse, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix, involve, inweave, jumble together, jumble up, knot, litter, make hay of smth., meld, mess, mess smth. about, mess up, mingle, mistake, mix, mix up, monkey around with, monkey with, muddle, muss, pick, poke, poke up, Ravel, ruffle, scramble, scramble together, scramble up, shuffle, snarl, stir, stir up, tamper with, tangle, tousle, trim, tumble, unsettle, weave), karışmak (amalgamate, be confused, be mixed up, blend, butt in, combine, commingle, commix, concern, concern oneself, cut in, cut into, get mixed, have one's hand in, interfere, interfuse, interlace, intermeddle, intervene, jumble together, jumble up, meddle, meld, merge, mingle, mix, mix in, pick at, pick over, poke one's nose into, put one's nose into, put one's oar in, slip in, step in, strike in, take up, tamper, thicken, thrust one's nose in, thrust one's nose into, thrust oneself in, welter, whirl), karışık iş (complicated matter, imbroglio). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | рухатися безладно, штовханина (commotion, cram, crush, hustle, jostle, squash, throng), змішуватися (admix, commix, immingle, intermingle, intermix, mingle), змішувати (allay, blend, combine, commingle, commix, compound, confound, immingle, intermingle, intermix, jumble together, medley, mingle, mix), збовтувати (agitate, churn, shake up, stir up), безладна суміш, плутанина (boggle, confusion, derangement, embroilment, hubbub, hurly burly, intricacy, involute, maze, mingle-mangle, mishmash, mix up, muddle, muss, patchwork, pell mell, pellmell, puddle, skein, snarl, snarl up, tangle, wooliness, woolliness). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | mớ bòng bong. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | confudisset, confudisti, confudistis, confudit, confundam, confundamur, confundamus, confundantur, confundar, confundaris, confundas, confundat, confundatur, confunde, confundebat, confundemini, confundens, confundentur, confundere, confunderis, confundet, confundetur, confundimini, confundit, confunditis, confunditur, confundor, confusa, confusi, confusum, confusus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "jumble": jumbled, jumbler, jumblers, jumbles. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "jumble": bejumble. (additional references) | |
Words containing "jumble": bejumbled, bejumbles. (additional references) | |
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"Jumble" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cumble, dumble, Gumble, Jable, jambe, jobble, Jommelli, Jubula, jumb, Jumblie, Jurmala, numble, umble. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "jumble" (pronounced ju"mbul) |
| 5 | -u" m b u l | Bumble, crumble, fumble, grumble, humble, stumble, mumble, rumble, tumble, umbel. |
| 4 | -m b u l | amble, assemble, bramble, cymbal, disassemble, dissemble, ensemble, gamble, symbol, nimble, preamble, ramble, reassemble, resemble, scramble, shamble, thimble, tremble, unscramble, wamble. |
| 3 | -b u l | incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, acceptable, accessible, able, abominable, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, babble, Babel, bankable, bauble, bearable, believable, bible, billable, biodegradable, breakable, bubble, buildable, burnable, cable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, cobble, coble, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, corbel, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, culpable, curable, dabble, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, Dibble, digestible, disable, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, double, Drabble, dribble, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enable, enfeeble, enforceable, enjoyable, ennoble, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fable, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, feeble, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, foible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gable, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, gullible, habitable, hardscrabble, harvestable, herbal, heritable, hobble, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, ignoble, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immeasurable, immiscible, immobile, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, soluble, solvable, spendable, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, table, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intertribal, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, kibble, knowledgeable, label, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, libel, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marble, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, mislabel, mobile, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, nibble, noble, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, nonverbal, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, pebble, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, psychobabble, punishable, questionable, quibble, quotable, rabble, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, rebel, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redouble, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, relabel, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, sable, salable, saleable, salvageable, Scrabble, scribble, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, Sibyl, sizable, sizeable, sociable, timetable, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, treble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tunable, turntable, typeable, unable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unserviceable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, valuable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verbal, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, wobble, workable. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-j-l-m-u" | |
-1 letter: blume, umbel. | |
-2 letters: blue, jube, lube, mule. | |
-3 letters: bel, bum, elm, emu, jeu, leu, lum, mel. | |
-4 letters: be, el, em, me, mu, um. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-j-l-m-u" | |
+1 letter: jumbled, jumbler, jumbles. | |
+2 letters: bejumble, jumblers. | |
+3 letters: bejumbled, bejumbles. | |
+4 letters: bejumbling, lumberjack. | |
+5 letters: lumberjacks. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Sounds 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
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