messy
The word “messy” has 2 syllables: mess-y
It's pronounced as /ˈmɛsi/
What is synonym and antonym for messy?
In the thesaurus, “messy” has 78 synonyms and 47 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for messy along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for messy
- adulterated
- at sixes and sevens
- bedraggled
- befouled
- begrimed
- bemired
- besmirched
- blackened
- chaotic
- cluttered
- confused
- contaminated
- cruddy
- defiled
- dingy
- dirty
- disarranged
- disarrayed
- disheveled
- dishevelled
- disordered
- disorderly
- dowdy
- draggled
- filthy
- foul
- frowsy
- frowzy
- grimy
- grotty
- grubby
- grungy
- higgledy-piggledy
- hugger-mugger
- jumbled
- knotted
- littered
- messed
- mucky
- muddled
- mussed
- mussy
- nasty
- neglected
- neglectful
- negligent
- out of joint
- pell-mell
- polluted
- rumpled
- seedy
- shabby
- shaggy
- slatternly
- sleazy
- sloppy
- sloven
- slovenly
- smudged
- snarled
- soiled
- sordid
- spotted
- squalid
- stained
- sullied
- tainted
- tangled
- topsy-turvy
- tousled
- tumbled
- unclean
- uncleanly
- uncombed
- unkempt
- untidy
- upside-down
- wrinkled
Antonyms for messy
- antiseptic
- bandbox
- careful
- clean
- cleaned
- cleanly
- combed
- crisp
- fastidious
- finicky
- fussy
- groomed
- hygienic
- immaculate
- kempt
- manicured
- methodic
- methodical
- meticulous
- neat
- neatened
- ordered
- orderly
- organized
- regular
- shipshape
- snug
- sparkling
- spic-and-span
- spick-and-span
- spotless
- stainless
- systematic
- systematized
- taintless
- tidied
- tidy
- trim
- uncluttered
- undefiled
- unpolluted
- unsoiled
- unsullied
- untainted
- well-groomed
- well-ordered
- wholesome
Meanings of messy
- adjective
- (of a place, situation, person, etc) In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
- (of a person) Prone to causing mess.
- (of a situation) Difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
Example Sentences
- Her room is always messy after a long day.
- The children made a messy pile of toys on the floor.
- Cooking can get messy if you’re not careful.
- The painting project turned the backyard messy.
- He has a messy handwriting that’s hard to read.
On this page you'll find 125 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to messy, such as: adulterated, antiseptic, at sixes and sevens, bandbox, bedraggled, befouled, begrimed.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
sagging
- abating
- abject
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- all torn up
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- sac
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- salience
- scooped
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- shabby
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- shot down
- shrinking
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- shrunken
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- slack
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- sleazy
- sliding
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- spiritless
- squalid
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- threadbare
- tired
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- to the bottom
- toneless
- torn
- tuberosity
- tumefaction
- tumor
- under
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- unshapely
- untidy
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- weeping
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- worn
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tacky
- abandoned
- adherent
- adhesive
- beat-up
- bedraggled
- bombed-out
- broken
- broken-down
- cheap
- cheesy
- clingy
- coarse
- common
- crude
- damaged
- decaying
- decrepit
- desolate
- destroyed
- deteriorated
- deteriorating
- dilapidated
- dingy
- dog-eared
- dowdy
- down-at-heel
- down-at-heels
- down-at-the-heel
- down-at-the-heels
- dumpy
- faded
- flashy
- forlorn
- frumpy
- garish
- gaudy
- gelatinous
- glitzy
- gluey
- glutinous
- godforsaken
- gone to seed
- gooey
- graceless
- grotesque
- grungy
- gummy
- harmed
- hurt
- impaired
- inappropriate
- incorrect
- inelegant
- inferior
- injured
- junky
- kitsch
- kitschy
- loud
- lousy
- low-grade
- mangy
- mean
- messy
- miserable
- moth-eaten
- nasty
- neglected
- ostentatious
- out-of-date
- outmoded
- overdone
- pitchy
- poky
- rackety
- ragged
- ramshackle
- rattletrap
- ratty
- rickety
- ropey
- ropy
- ruined
- run down
- run-down
- scrubby
- scruffy
- second-rate
- seedy
- shabby
- shoddy
- showy
- sleazy
- sloppy
- slovenly
- splashy
- sticky
- stodgy
- styleless
- syrupy
- tarry
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- tatterdemalion
- tattered
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- tawdry
- tenacious
- threadbare
- ticky-tack
- ticky-tacky
- timeworn
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- viscid
- viscous
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ugly
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- angry
- animal
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- awful
- bad-looking
- barbarous
- base
- beastly
- bellicose
- black
- brackish
- cantankerous
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- crabbed
- crabby
- dark
- deformed
- despicable
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- dirty
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- fell
- filthy
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- mean
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- nightmarish
- noisome
- not much to look at
- noxious
- objectionable
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- off-putting
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- ominous
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- quarrelsome
- rancid
- repellant
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- rough
- saturnine
- scandalous
- scowling
- serious
- servile
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- sick
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- sordid
- sorry
- spiteful
- sullen
- surly
- terrible
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- truculent
- unaesthetic
- unappealing
- unattractive
- unbeautiful
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- unchristian
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- ungodly
- unhandsome
- unhealthy
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- unshapely
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- unspeakable
- unwanted
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- upsetting
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- vicious
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- wicked
- wretched
calamitous
- adverse
- afflictive
- annihilatory
- antibiotic
- apocalyptic
- apocalyptical
- baleful
- baneful
- biocidal
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- cataclysmal
- cataclysmic
- catastrophic
- damaging
- damning
- deadly
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- deleterious
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- detrimental
- devastating
- devastative
- dire
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- evil
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- fateful
- fell
- grievous
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- heartbreaking
- hurtful
- ill
- ill-fated
- ill-starred
- injurious
- killer
- lamentable
- lethal
- luckless
- messy
- mortal
- murderous
- noxious
- pernicious
- pestilent
- poisonous
- prejudicial
- regrettable
- ruinous
- unfavorable
- unfortunate
- virulent
- vital
- woeful
eclectic
- all-embracing
- amalgamated
- assorted
- blended
- broad
- catholic
- chaotic
- cluttered
- combined
- commingled
- commixed
- composite
- confused
- conglomerate
- conglomerated
- dilettantish
- disarranged
- disarrayed
- disheveled
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- disparate
- divergent
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- farraginous
- fused
- heterogeneous
- hybrid
- inclusive
- incorporated
- indiscriminate
- intermingled
- intermixed
- jumbled
- kitchen-sink
- liberal
- littered
- magpie
- manifold
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- merged
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- universal
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- wide-ranging