mess - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax

Synonyms

• mess
• mess hall

More generic

• dining room
• dining-room

More specific

• officer's mess

Related

• training table

Noun

a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel

Synonyms

• mess

More generic

• meal
• repast

Noun

soft semiliquid food

Synonyms

• mess

More generic

• aliment
• alimentation
• nourishment
• nutriment
• nutrition
• sustenance
• victuals

Noun

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Synonyms

• batch
• deal
• flock
• good deal
• great deal
• hatful
• heap
• lot
• mass
• mess
• mickle
• mint
• mountain
• muckle
• passel
• peck
• pile
• plenty
• pot
• quite a little
• raft
• sight
• slew
• spate
• stack
• tidy sum
• wad

More generic

• large indefinite amount
• large indefinite quantity

More specific

• deluge
• flood
• haymow
• inundation
• torrent

Noun

informal terms for a difficult situation

Synonyms

• fix
• hole
• jam
• kettle of fish
• mess
• muddle
• pickle

More generic

• difficulty

More specific

• dog's breakfast
• dog's dinner

Noun

a state of confusion and disorderliness

Synonyms

• mess
• messiness
• muss
• mussiness

More generic

• disorder
• disorderliness

Verb

make a mess of or create disorder in

Synonyms

• mess
• mess up

More generic

• disarray
• disorder

Verb

eat in a mess hall

Synonyms

• mess

More generic

• eat

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