jumble

Meaning

Verb

1. To mix or confuse.
2. To meet or unite in a confused way.

Noun

1. A mixture of often unrelated things.
2. Items for a rummage sale.
3. (informal) A rummage sale.

Noun

A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped.

Synonyms

muddle

confuse

mess

confusion

mix up

disorder

medley

clutter

mix

mixture

hodgepodge

blend

mingle

mishmash

fuddle

farrago

snarl

compound

potpourri

chaos

scramble

tangle

shuffle

mash

patchwork

confound

miscellany

throw together

odds and ends

hotpot

commingle

muss

garble

pot-pourri

disorganize

hotchpotch

combination

distort

intermingle

intermix

rumple

smother

gallimaufry

mare’s nest

stir

melange

meld

disarrange

mingle-mangle

complicate

variety

welter

jumbal

paddle

perplexity

puddle

raff

ragbag

randomise

ravel

resolve

riffle

rile

riot

shambles

slush

snafu

sophisticate

squash

stir up

stump

switch

toss

tousle

tumble

tumult

turmoil

tussle

untidiness

upset

alligate

cockup

dog’s breakfast

alphabet soup

dog’s dinner

addle

put topsy-turvy

admix

adulterate

agitate

babel

baffle

becloud

bedlam

bemuse

bewilder

bewilderment

break in

break up

collection

combine

commix

complication

concoct

confect

conglomeration

derange

disarrangement

disarray

disorganise

disrupt

dissolve

embrangle

embroilment

enmesh

entanglement

flummox

fold

foul

fox

🦊

hassle

heterodyne

hodge-podge

hotch-potch

immingle

immix

intermixture

intersperse

jerk

kink

maze

merge

mess-up

mingling

mix in

mix-up

motley

obfuscate

obscure

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒʌmbəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: jumbelen

In summary

From Middle English jumbelen, alteration of jumbren, jombren, a variant of jumpren, frequentative of jumpen (“to jump”), equal to jump + -le. More at jumber, jump, jumper.