Synonyms for mess

Noun

1. mess, messiness, muss, mussiness, disorderliness, disorder

usage: a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"

2. fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish, difficulty

usage: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"

3. mess, nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals

usage: soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge"

4. mess, meal, repast

usage: a meal eaten by service personnel

5. mess, mess hall, dining room, dining-room

usage: a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax

6. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew, large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount

usage: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"

Verb

1. mess, eat

usage: eat in a mess hall

2. mess, mess up, disorder, disarray

usage: make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room"