Synonyms for untidy
- adjective
Most common
messy unkempt dishevelled slovenly disorderly littered cluttered disheveled
All synonyms
Adjective
slovenly, messy, unkempt, dishevelled, disorderly, cluttered, disheveled, littered, sloppy, scraggly, rumpled, jumbled, topsy-turvy, slatternly, frowzy, mussy, blowsy UK, blowzy US, bedraggled, tattered, sluttish dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Sloppy.
I have never seen such an untidy bedroom!
Related words
- Word family
- untidily untidiness
Example sentences
- messy Love can be messy, complicated, and heartbreaking.
- unkempt He wears scruffy clothes and has an unkempt beard.
- dishevelled Isabella was dishevelled and covered in dirt.
- slovenly As to his daily life, he is very slovenly.
- disorderly I was suspended from school for disorderly conduct.
- littered Tourists polluted the place and littered everywhere.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| untidy | rising | |
| messy | rising | |
| unkempt | rising | |
| dishevelled | rising | |
| slovenly | steady | |
| disorderly | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- messy2, mussy
- 6 letters
- sloppy2, blowsy, frowzy, blowzy
- 7 letters
- jumbled2, unkempt2, rumpled2
- 8 letters
- littered2, tattered2, slovenly3, scraggly2, sluttish
- 9 letters
- cluttered2
- 10 letters
- disorderly4, disheveled3, bedraggled3, slatternly
- 11 letters
- dishevelled
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (messy2 = 2 syllables).