Synonyms for helter-skelter
ˈhɛl tərˈskɛl tərhel·ter-skel·ter

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1. chaotic, helter-skelteradjective

   lacking a visible order or organization

   Synonyms:
   disorderly, chaotic, pell-mell

   Antonyms:
   unhurried, organized

2. helter-skelter, pell-melladverb

   with undue hurry and confusion

   "a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the train"

   Synonyms:
   chaotic, pell-mell

   Antonyms:
   unhurried, organized

3. helter-skelter, every which wayadverb

   haphazardly

   "the books were piled up helter-skelter"

   Synonyms:
   every which way, randomly, indiscriminately, willy-nilly, arbitrarily, at random, haphazardly

   Antonyms:
   unhurried, organized

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1. helter-skelteradverb

   Synonyms:
   irregularly, disorderly, pell-mell, headlong

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1. Urban Meyer:

   I want to do the right thing for the team. I want to do the right thing for the city, that, to me, is way more important than just acting helter-skelter on emotion. I think we have a history of really looking at the facts and then really doing the right thing.

2. David Blatt:

   It was kind of disjointed in terms of how well we played at some moments and then how helter-skelter and off-keel we played at other moments, that's not what we should be. We know better than that, let's put it that way.