Synonyms for scramble
ˈskræm bəlscram·ble

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1. scramblenoun

   Antonyms:
   sortie

2. scramblenoun

   To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.

   Antonyms:
   sortie

3. scramblenoun

   To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner.

   Antonyms:
   sortie

4. scramblenoun

   To mix food ingredients in a mix to be cooked into a loose mass.

   Antonyms:
   sortie

5. scramblenoun

   To process telecommunication signals to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener.

   Antonyms:
   sortie

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1. scrambleverb

   Synonyms:
   struggle, hurry, bustle

   Antonyms:
   lag, dawdle, loiter, saunter

2. scramblenoun

   Synonyms:
   hurry, bustle, struggle, confusion, turmoil, ferment, commotion, bear-garden, babel, vortex

   Antonyms:
   order, orderliness, arrangement, leisureliness, method, uniformity

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1. scramble, scufflenoun

   an unceremonious and disorganized struggle

   Synonyms:
   scamper, scuffle hoe, hassle, rough-and-tumble, scurry, dogfight, scuffle, tussle

   Antonyms:
   unscramble

2. scamper, scramble, scurryverb

   rushing about hastily in an undignified way

   Synonyms:
   scuffle, scamper, scurry

   Antonyms:
   unscramble

3. scrambleverb

   to move hurriedly

   "The friend scrambled after them"

   Synonyms:
   struggle, beat, clamber, throw together, jumble, shin, shinny, sputter, skin

   Antonyms:
   unscramble

4. clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputterverb

   climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

   Synonyms:
   fight, beat, contend, shin, splutter, jumble, throw together, struggle, bark, spit out, sputter, pare, scrape, skin, peel, clamber, shinny

   Antonyms:
   unscramble

5. scramble, jumble, throw togetherverb

   bring into random order

   Synonyms:
   struggle, mix up, beat, fudge together, confuse, clamber, throw together, jumble, mingle, shin, shinny, sputter, skin

   Antonyms:
   unscramble

6. beat, scrambleverb

   stir vigorously

   "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"

   Synonyms:
   exhaust, stupefy, baffle, stick, perplex, vanquish, get, mystify, flummox, shinny, jumble, beat, outwit, circumvent, tick, sputter, nonplus, trounce, pulsate, skin, clamber, drum, beat up, bunk, dumbfound, tucker out, flap, struggle, beat out, gravel, thump, ticktack, outsmart, thrum, ticktock, amaze, quiver, throw together, pound, work over, puzzle, overreach, bewilder, crush, tucker, vex, shin, wash up, outfox, pose, shell

   Antonyms:
   unscramble

7. scrambleverb

   make unintelligible

   "scramble the message so that nobody can understand it"

   Synonyms:
   struggle, beat, clamber, throw together, jumble, shin, shinny, sputter, skin

   Antonyms:
   unscramble

Matched Categories

1. • Agitate
   • Change
   • Climb
   • Cooking
   • Move
   • Struggle

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. scrambleverb

   Synonyms:
   struggle (as in climbing), scrabble

2. scrambleverb

   Synonyms:
   climb (with difficulty), clamber

3. scramblenoun

   Synonyms:
   struggle, contest, muss, scrabble

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1. scrambleverb

   Synonyms:
   scrabble, clamber, struggle, contend, strive

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1. List of paraphrases for "scramble":

   flush, rush

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How to use scramble in a sentence?

1. Gennadiy Goldberg:

   There's definitely a scramble. It's all dependent on Greece.

2. Charles Gladden:

   If it happened to me it could happen to someone else, they scramble around for issues to talk about.

3. Luke Donald:

   I think I spent so much time and effort trying to implement what Chuck Cook wanted me to do that I got a little bit away from some of my strengths, i was concentrating on improving my weaknesses and forgetting a little bit about my strengths. For me, consistency is being able to scramble for par when I need to and grind out a round when I'm not at my best.

4. Sydney Smith:

   To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can.

5. Barnaby C. Keeney:

   The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.