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free–for–all
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of FREE-FOR-ALL
1
a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people <during the play-offs, fans of the opposing teams clashed in the streets in several free-for-alls>
Synonyms affray [chiefly British], broil, donnybrook, fracas, fray, free-for-all, melee (also mêlée), rough-and-tumble, row, ruckus, ruction
2
a state in which everything is out of order <it was a free-for-all when the doors to the arena opened and the crowd rushed in all at once>
Synonyms chance-medley, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, dishevelment, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, free-for-all, havoc, heck, hell, jumble, mare's nest, mess, messiness, misorder, muddle, muss, shambles, snake pit, tumble, welter
Related Words anarchy, lawlessness, misrule, riot; knot, snarl, tangle; labyrinth, maze, web; maelstrom, storm; bollix, clutter, litter, mishmash, shuffle; hodgepodge, medley, miscellany, morass, motley
Antonyms order, orderliness
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