JUMBLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does jumble mean?
• JUMBLE (noun)
The noun JUMBLE has 3 senses:
1. 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
Familiarity information: JUMBLE used as a noun is uncommon.
• JUMBLE (verb)
The verb JUMBLE has 3 senses:
1. be all mixed up or jumbled together
2. assemble without order or sense
3. bring into random order
Familiarity information: JUMBLE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• JUMBLE (noun)
Meaning:
A confused multitude of things
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
welter; smother; muddle; mare's nest; jumble; fuddle; clutter
Hypernyms ("jumble" is a kind of...):
disorder; disorderliness (a condition in which things are not in their expected places)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jumble"):
rummage (a jumble of things to be given away)
Meaning:
Small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
jumbal; jumble
Hypernyms ("jumble" is a kind of...):
cake (made from or based on a mixture of flour and sugar and eggs)
Meaning:
A theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
patchwork; hodgepodge; jumble
Hypernyms ("jumble" is a kind of...):
theory (a belief that can guide behavior)
• JUMBLE (verb)
Meaning:
Be all mixed up or jumbled together
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
jumble; mingle
Context example:
His words jumbled
Hypernyms (to "jumble" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Assemble without order or sense
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
mix up; jumble; confuse
Context example:
She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence
Hypernyms (to "jumble" is one way to...):
assemble; piece; put together; set up; tack; tack together (create by putting components or members together)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "jumble"):
addle; muddle; puddle (mix up or confuse)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Bring into random order
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
throw together; scramble; jumble
Hypernyms (to "jumble" is one way to...):
disarray; disorder (bring disorder to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "jumble"):
tumble (throw together in a confused mass)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
