clutter
[verb]
Synonyms:
- litter, scatter, strew
[noun]
Synonyms:
- untidiness, confusion, disarray, disorder, hotchpotch, jumble, litter, mess, muddle

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Contrasted words: arrangement, array, order, grouping, ordering, pigeonholing, ranking, sorting
Related Words: hodgepodge, macédoine, medley, mélange, disarray, mess, muss, ruck

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. clut‧ter¹ /ˈklʌtə $ -ər/ (also clutter up) verb [transitive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: clot]

1. to cover or fill a space or room with too many things, so that it looks very untidy:
Piles of books and papers cluttered his desk.
be cluttered (up) with something
The walls were cluttered with paintings and prints.

2. to fill your mind with a lot of different things:
the everyday tasks that clutter our lives
—cluttered adjective

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. clutter² noun [singular, uncountable]
a large number of things that are scattered somewhere in an untidy way Synonym : junk
clutter of
the clutter of soaps, shampoos, and towels in the bathroom
Could you get rid of some of that clutter in your bedroom?

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

clutter
noun
ADJ. personal | screen to get rid of screen clutter (= on a computer)
VERB + CLUTTER clear (up), get rid of
PREP. amid/amidst/among/amongst the ~ The cat managed to find a spot to sleep amidst all the clutter of my study.
in a/the ~ The garage is in such a clutter that we can't find anything.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲