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Synonyms for disorganization

  • noun
  • American English

Most common

disorder chaos confusion mess

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The act of disorganizing; destruction of system.

Related words

Other spellings
disorganisation UK

Forms

Plural
disorganizations → disorders, chaoses, confusions, messes…

Example sentences

  • mess If you mess with drugs, you're asking for trouble.
  • disorder Apparently, Leon had some kind of mental disorder.
  • chaos There is a lot of chaos and confusion at the site.
  • confusion He disappeared, taking advantage of the confusion.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
disorganizationfalling
messrising
disorderrising
chaosrising
confusionsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
mess1, ruin2
5 letters
chaos2
7 letters
breakup2
8 letters
disorder3
9 letters
confusion3
11 letters
destruction3, dissolution4, derangement, disbandment
14 letters
disarrangement

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruin2 = 2 syllables).