Clutter

Definition: Clutter

Clutter

Noun

1. A confused multitude of things.

2. Many things in a disorderly state.

Verb

1. Fill a space in a disorderly way.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "clutter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Aerospace

Post & Telecom

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Clutter

Crosswords: Clutter

I spit and stutter stuff and clutter (Promise; performing artist: Eve 6)

Got no time for clutter, you're late if there's hesitance (Friends And Family; performing artist: Trik Turner)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Stop Clutter from Stealing Your Life (reference)

• Cut the Clutter and Stow the Stuff: The Q.U.I.C.K. Way to Bring Lasting Order to Household Chaos (reference)

• Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui (reference)

• Clearing the Clutter for Good Feng Shui (reference)

• Clutter Control: Putting Your Home on a Diet (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Clutterology Getting Rid of Clutter and Getting Organized (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Clutter (reference)

• Clutter [IMPORT] (reference)

• Clutter of Pop (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Stomp Clutter Buster Desktop Organizer (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "clutter": clutter up ♦ radar clutter ♦ sea clutter. Additional references.

Beginning with "clutter": clutter-clutter, clutter-free.

Ending with "clutter": a-clutter, clutter-clutter, litter-clutter.

Albanian

rrëmujë (alarm, bustle, disarray, disorder, disturbance, dust, farrago, hash, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, huddle, hugger mugger, jumble, litter, mess, mix up, moil, muss, pandemonium, pell mell, pie, pother, roistering, snafu, tangle, topsy turvy, topsy-turvydom, tumble, upheaval, upset, welter), potere (ado, bedlam, carrying-on, din, fracas, fray, hoopla, hoot, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, hurly burly, jangle, noise, pandemonium, pother, racket, rowdyism, rumpus, shindy, smash, uproar), bëj rrëmujë (disorder, hash, litter, mess, pother), çrregullim (bewilderment, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, dislocation, disorder, disorganization, distemper, disturbance, excess, foul up, hugger mugger, mess, misrule, mix, muddle, muss, turmoil, upset). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فوضى (anarchy, chaos, clatter, commotion, confusion, disarray, disorder, hugger mugger, jumble, lawlessness, litter, mess, misrule, mix up, muddle, muss, rumpus, shambles, topsy turvy, turmoil, welter), ‏ضوضاء (brawl, clamor, clamour, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly burly, pandemonium, plonk, pother, racket, row, rowdiness, rowdyism, rumpus, shouting, stink, tub-thumping, tumult), ‏ضجة (ado, botcher, bother, din, hullabaloo, hustle, noise, pother, racket, roar, row, rumor, rumour, rumpus, sensation, shindy, sound, stir, storm, titbit, tumult), ‏ركام يعوزه نظام. (various references)

Bulgarian 

разхвърлям (disject, disseminate, litter, mess, muss, overspread), разбърквам (addle, agitate, derange, disarrange, disorder, jumble, litter, mess up, mix, mix up, muddle, puddle, rumple, scramble, tousle, trouble, tumble, unbalance, unfix, unsettle), хаос (anarchy, bedlam, chaos, interregnum, maze, mix, pandemonium, snafu, topsy turvy, topsy-turvydom, whirl), глъчка (din, outcry, racket, rhubarb, tumult), отрупвам (heap, heap smth. up, heap up, overwhelm, pile, ply, smother, snow under), бъркотия (bungle, confusion, disarrangement, disturbance, dust, farrago, fuss, hash, havoc, huddle, hugger mugger, hurry-scurry, imbroglio, involution, involvement, jumble, jungle, maze, melee, mess, mess up, mishmash, mix, mix up, muddle, muss, patchwork, pell mell, razzle, razzle-dazzle, rout, salmagundi, skein, snafu, tangle, tumble, uproar, upset, welter), безредие (anarchy, disarray, disorder, embroilment, imbroglio, misrule, negligence, pandemonium, pell mell, untidiness). (various references)

Chinese 

凌乱 (Cluttered, Cluttering). (various references)

Czech

zmatek (anarchy, bewilderment, chaos, circus, confusion, disarray, disorder, disturbance, embroilment, fluster, hash, hodge-podge, jumble, maze, mess up, mix up, moil, muddle, Mull, nonplus, non-plus, pandemonium, perplexity, perturbation, puzzlement, shambles, stew, tangle, tempest, tumble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, turnup, upset, welter), shon (bustle, circus, hustle, race, rush, scramble), krámy (junk, things). (various references)

Danish

sørefleks (sea return), glitter. (various references)

Dutch

clutter, zeeëcho (sea return), vaste echo's, sluier (veil). (various references)

Farsi 

صداهای ناهنجاردراوردن , درهم وبرهمی (Disarray, Mash, Misrule, Muss, Welter), درهم ریختن (Pie), درهم ریختگی (Huddle). (various references)

Finnish

välke (brilliance, gleam, glitter), sokeltaa (talk thick). (various references)

French

signal parasite, retour de mer, mettre en désordre, image de fond, fouillis d'échos, fatras, embarrasser, désordre, bruit (clang, clank, clatter), écho parasite. (various references)

German

Wirrwar, Stördaten. (various references)

Greek 

αταξία (ataxia, confusion, disaray, disarray, disorder, irregularity, mess, mischief, mischievousness, naughtiness, prank, shenanighan, wildness). (various references)

Hebrew 

ערבובי�" (confusion, disorder, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hodgpodge, hotchpotch, jumble, medley, mess, mingle-mangle, mishmash, muddle, muss, pastiche, tumble, welter). (various references)

Hungarian

zavaró visszaverõdés (radar clutter), zûrzavar (chaos, confusion, disorder, embroilment, helter-skelter, huddle, hurly burly, jumble, maze, melee, mess, muddle, muss, pandemonium, snafu, tumult, turbulence), telezsúfol (to clutter up), interferencia (interference, interfering, mush), hadar (gabble, jabber, to gabble, to jabber, to splutter, to sputter), háttérzavar, felfordulás (cataclysm, combustion, commotion, confusion, convulsions, earthquake, hoo-ha, hoopla, huddle, hurly burly, hurly-burly, hurry-skurry, mess, mix, mix-up, muddle, muss, subversion, tangled skein, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, upheaval, upset, upsetting, whoop-de-doo). (various references)

Indonesian

kekacauan (anarchy, chaos, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorganazation, disruption). (various references)

Italian

confusione (abashment, ado, bedlam, carry on, chaos, commotion, confusion, disorder, disturbance, embarrassment, fuss, haze, hotchpotch, hubbub, jumble, mess, mix up, muddle, noise, pother, puzzledom, shambles, stir), clutter, rumore confuso, mettere in disordine (confusion, disorder, litter, mess, tousle), massa confusa, ingombrare (choke, cumber, encumber, stuff, throng), fare confusione (blur), eco del mare (sea return), echi spurii, echi spuri, echi di disturbo. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

乱雑 (affray, confusion, disorder, muddle, promiscuity). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ら�"ざつ (affray, confusion, disorder, muddle, promiscuity). (various references)

Korean 

불�"반사파. (various references)

Manx

orch (debris, leaving of fodder, refuse, trash, trash rubbish, wastage). (various references)

Pig Latin

utterclay.(various references)

Portuguese

confusão (baffle, bedlam, bother, bungle, confusion, daze, disarray, discomfiture, discomposure, disturbance, donnybrook, embroilment, entanglement, fog, foul-up, fuddle, intricacy, involution, involvement, jumble, kettle of fish, labyrinth, macaroni, maze, medley, mess, mind-breaker, mingle-mangle, mishmash, misrule, mix, mix-up, moil, muddle, mull, muss, olio, pandemonium, pell-mell, perplexity, perturbation, pother, puddle, puzzle, ravel, rough-and-tumble, rout, shuffle, skein, to-do, tumble, turbidity, turmoil), tumulto (affray, agitation, bluster, broil, bruit, clamor, clamour, colorwash, colourwash, combustion, commotion, confusion, disorder, distemper, donnybrook, faction, gale, hubbub, outcry, pandemonium, rampage, riot, rout, ruction, rumpus, scuffle, shindy, stir, tempest, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar), reflexos, reflexo (glance, glimmer, glimmering, glisten, ray, reflection, reflective, reflex, reflexion, reflexive, repercussion), pôr em desordem (litter, rummage, shuffle, tangle, tousle, unsettle), fazer barulho (burr, chatter, clatter, jangle, noise, racket, rampage, riot, roister, splutter, vandalize, wallop), ecos indesejados, eco provocado pela vaga (sea return), eco parasita (parasitic echo, spurious echo), desordem (affray, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, discomposure, donnybrook, fray, huddle, hugger-mugger, hurry-scurry, jumble, litter, mess, misrule, muddle, mush, muss, pandemonium, pell-mell, perturbation, riot, rough-and-tumble, rout, ruction, ruffle, rumpus, scuffle, stir, topsy-turvy, tumble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, untidiness, uproar, upset), barulho (ado, blatancy, bluster, bobbery, chirm, chirp chirrup, clap, clatter, cracking, din, donnybrook, fracas, fuss, gale, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, jazz, knockabout, noise, pother, racket, rattle, roistering, rout, row, rowdyism, ruction, rumpus, shindy, smash, sound, splurge, to-do, tumult, uproar), atravancar (block, chock, encumber, lumber, obstruct), algazarra (clamor, clamour, clatter, hullabaloo, outcry, pother, racket, rattle, roughhouse, row, shindy, tumult, uproar, whoop). (various references)

Romanian

crea dezordine în (disorder), confuzie (bewilderment, blankness, confusion, disorder, distraction, embroilment, fuss, haziness, huddle, hugger mugger, jumble, mix up, muddle, obfuscation, shuffle, storm, tumble), zarvã (ado, affray, altercation, bobbery, brawling, bustle, din, dispute, dust, fuss, hubbub, kerfuffle, noise, pother, racket, riot, row, rumpus, scandal, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar), forfoti (bustle, flutter, fuss, simmer), forfotã (bustle, fuss), face neorânduialã în, face dezordine (disarray, rummage), dezordine (confusion, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disturbance, disturbances, glory-hole, havoc, hubbub, huddle, hugger mugger, litter, mess, misrule, motley, riot, riots, rough, rout, topsy turvy, tumble, upset, welter), agitaţie (ado, agitation, bustle, commotion, dusty, emotion, excitement, ferment, fermentation, fever, flurry, flutter, fret, go, haste, inquietude, nervousness, perturbation, restlessness, riotousness, roughness, squirm, stir, trepidation, unrest, vexation, working), învãlmãşi (confuse, rout). (various references)

Russian 

приводить в беспорядок (derange, disarrange, disarray, foul up). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

stvarati paniku, panika (panic), jurnjava (chasing, hurry, rush, scurry), galamiti (clamor, clamour, din, make a noise), galama (bobbery, hullabaloo, noise, noisiness, racket, roisterer, roistering). (various references)

Spanish

confusión (abashment, baffle, commotion, confusion, disarray, dislocation, disorganization, distraction, fluster, fog, haziness, huddle, hugger mugger, jumble, knockabout, litter, maze, mess, mix up, mix-up, muddle, mystification, perplexity, pother, puzzlement, shambles, tangle, turmoil, welter), reflejos (highlights), reflejo (reflection, reflex, reflexion, rinse), llenar desordenadamente, lío (bundle, caper, do, fuss, game, hash, hassle, imbroglio, intrigue, liaison, mess, mix up, muddle, package, palaver, pell mell, pellmell, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, scrape, snarl up, stink, tangle, truss, wad), ecos indeseados, eco parásito (angel, parasitic echo, sea return, spurious echo), desordenar (disarray, disorder, disturb, mess), desorden (chaos, confusion, defile, disarray, disorder, lawlessness, litter, muddle, muss, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, untidiness), atestar (attest, cram, overcrowd, pack, testify, throng). (various references)

Swedish

oväsen (ado, brawl, Caterwaul, clatter, commotion, din, fray, hubbub, hubub, hullaballoo, hullabaloo, hurly burly, noise, outcry, racket, shindig, shindy), bråte (log jam, lumber). (various references)

Thai

กองระเกะระกะ, ทำให้ยุ่งเหยิง (hash, muddle, obfuscate, ravel, tangle), ความยุ่งเหยิง (hash, ravelment, tangle). (various references)

Turkish

yığmak (accumulate, agglomerate, amass, bank up, cast up, clump, clutter up, congest, conglomerate, drift, dump, heap up, Hill, lay up, lump, mass, pack, pile, pile on, pile up, put up, roll up, shake down, stack, stock), tıka basa doldurmak (choke up, clutter up, cram, encumber, glut, gorge, pack, Stoke, tuck away), karman çormanlık, karışıklık (bedlam, bungle, cataclysm, chaos, clamor, clamour, commotion, complexity, complication, confusion, disarrangement, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, disturbance, dogs dinner, embroilment, ferment, fermentation, fray, frenzy, fuss, fuss and kerfufle, grab bag, havoc, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, huddle, hugger mugger, huggermugger, hurly burly, imbroglio, indiscrimination, intricacy, involution, jungle, kerfufle, maziness, mess, mishmash, misrule, mix, mix up, muddle, muss, perturbation, pie, pother, pretty kettle of fish, promiscuity, Ravel, riot, rough and tumble, ruckus, ruction, snafu, snarl, snarl up, stir, swirl, tangle, topsyturvy, topsyturvydom, tumble, turbidity, turbulence, unrest, upheaval, upset, wooliness, woolliness), darmadağın etmek (clutter up, rout, send things flying, snafu), dağınıklık (cock up, diffusiveness, disarrangement, disarray, disorganization, dispersion, litter, untidiness, waywardness), altüst etmek (agitate, bedevil, clutter up, depolarise, disappoint, disorganize, disturb, knock galley-west, make havoc of, overset, overturn, play havoc with, play the deuce with, ransack, run upside down, screw up, turn about, turn around, turn under, Upend, upset, upturn, work havoc). (various references)

Ukrainian

хаос (chaos, misrule, upturn), шуміти (bluster, chide, clamor, clamour, crack, din, horse about, horse around, noise, racket, roar, whir, whirr), шум (ado, alarm, bobbery, chirm, clamor, clamour, clash, hoity toity, hubbub, kick up, loudness, noise, noisiness, oration, pother, racket, racquet, row, ruction, sound, sputter, tumult, uproar), гамір (ballyhoo, noise, oration, rout, rumpus), галасувати (boom, clamor, clamour, noise, rollick, sound off, whoop), невиразно говорити, місцеві перешкоди, метушня (ado, alarm, bustle, buzz, flurry, fuss, helter-skelter, hurly burly, muss, razzle, razzle-dazzle, romps, rough and tumble, splutter, stir, stirabout, to-do, turmoil, whirl), метушитися (bustle, fidget, fluster, fuss, fuss about, scurry, trot about), захаращувати (choke, encumber, lumber, obstruct, overcharge), безладдя (bewilderment, chaos, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disorder, hoity toity, huddle, hugger mugger, mess, misrule, mix, moil, pell mell, pellmell, puddle, racket, shambles, sozzle, topsy turvy, upset, welter), приводити в безладдя. (various references)

Vietnamese 

tiếng �"n � o huyên náo sự lộn xộn, sự hỗn loạn sự mất bình tĩnh. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "clutter": cluttered, cluttering, clutters, cluttery. (additional references)

Words ending with "clutter": unclutter. (additional references)

Words containing "clutter": uncluttered, uncluttering, unclutters. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Clutter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: celutel, chuter, chutter, Clottery, cludder, cluter, Cluther, cluttery, Cluytia, cuttery, glutter, Lutteur, Schlotter. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: cutler, cutlet, cutter, cuttle, reluct, turtle.

-2 letters: cruel, cruet, culet, curet, cuter, eruct, lucre, recut, truce, ulcer, utter.

-3 letters: celt, clue, cult, cure, curl, curt, cute, ecru, luce, lure, lute, rule, tret, true, tule.

-4 letters: cel, cue, cur, cut, ecu, let, leu, rec, ret, rue, rut, tel, tet, tut.

-5 letters: el, er, et, re, ut.

+1 letter: clutters, cluttery, cultrate.

+2 letters: cluttered, reluctant, reluctate, truculent, unclutter.

+3 letters: articulate, cluttering, courtliest, reluctated, reluctates, reticulate, tentacular, testicular, turtleback, turtleneck, unclutters.

+4 letters: acculturate, anticruelty, articulated, articulates, counterplot, curtailment, electrocute, luteotropic, matriculate, multicenter, particulate, recultivate, reluctantly, reluctating, reluctation, reticulated, reticulates, trabeculate, translucent, truculently, tuberculate, turtlebacks, turtlenecks, ultrasecret, uncluttered, unreluctant, viticulture.

+5 letters: acculturated, acculturates, articulately, articulative, citriculture, congratulate, counterblast, counterplots, counterstyle, curtailments, destructible, electrocuted, electrocutes, electrotonus, fluidextract, gesticulator, horticulture, inarticulate, intercluster, interculture, interfaculty, interlocutor, luteotrophic, matriculated, matriculates, multipicture, multitracked, neutralistic, particulates, rearticulate, recapitulate, recultivated, recultivates, reluctations, reticulately, reticulating, reticulation, reticulocyte, telecommuter, tuberculated, turtlenecked, uncluttering, viticultures.