mix up

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of MIX

to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or related <you've mixed piety up with pietism>

Synonyms conflate, confound, mistake, mix (up)

Related Words lump (together); misapply, miscall, misidentify, misname

Antonyms difference, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, separate

to undo the proper order or arrangement of <in my rush I had mixed up the files and had to sort them out later>

Synonyms confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, hash, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, muss, rumple, scramble, shuffle, tousle, tumble, upset

Related Words embroil, entangle, snarl, tangle; agitate, perturb, stir (up), unsettle; clutter

Near Antonyms align (also aline), line, line up, queue; classify, codify, methodize, systematize, systemize; adjust, fix; groom, make up, spruce (up); unscramble

Antonyms arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, regulate, straighten (up), tidy

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