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Definition of clutter:
- A confused collection; hence, confusion; disorder; as, the room is in a clutter.
- Clatter; confused noise.
- To clot or coagulate, as blood.
- To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things in disorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; as, to clutter a room.
- To make a confused noise; to bustle.
Synonyms:
hurricane, disturbance, coil, disorderedness, alarums and excursions, smorgasbord, jumbal, hurry, collage, variety, olio, turn something upside down, muddle, alphabet soup, moil, medley, be beyond someone, helter-skelter, litter, squalor, uproar, hoo-ha, whirl, salmagundi, stir, bluster, be (as) clear as mud, ruction, motley, bomb site, do, clutter up, topsy-turviness, blather, miscellanea, rumpus, pandemonium, macédoine, sprawl, jam, row, hotchpotch, furor, kerfuffle, farrago, mixed bag, welter, fun, jungle, williwaw, jambalaya, crazy quilt, pickle, ado, patchwork quilt, mess up, patchwork, snafu, fix, grab bag, hurly, olla podrida, pother, squall, storm, splore, make a mess of something, tangle, to-do, bustle, hubble-bubble, furore, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherum, assortment, agglomeration, hubbub, smother, ballyhoo, shuffle, menagerie, deepen, confusedness, ragbag, potpourri, fuddle, hoopla, jumble, baffle, obscure, order, montage, bobbery, foofaraw, mélange, ragout, bother, zoo, mystify, hodgepodge, gumbo, clatter, hullabaloo, corroboree, hole, muck up, shambles, defy, shindy, complicate, kettle of fish, stew, hurly-burly, agglomerate, hurry-scurry, mishmash, salad, pastiche, ruckus, mare's nest, fuss.
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derange (part of speech: verb)
- displace,
- derange,
- dishevel,
- discompose,
- tamper,
- muddle,
- scatter,
- disarrange,
- jumble,
- disturb,
- meddle,
- swirl,
- whisk,
- toss,
- ruffle,
- disorder,
- mislay,
- convulse,
- trouble,
- roil,
- ferment,
- roughen,
- churn,
- rummage,
- mix-up,
- mess,
- dislocate,
- botch,
- capsize,
- misplace,
- confuse,
- agitate,
- tumble,
- confound,
- upset,
- scramble,
- rumple,
- ripple,
- hash,
- perturb,
- whip,
- disorganize,
- tousle,
- blur,
- muss
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disorder (part of speech: verb)
- turmoil,
- disorganization,
- confusion,
- looseness,
- insanity,
- irregularity,
- incoherence,
- deformity,
- disarray,
- confuse,
- indefiniteness,
- perturbation,
- entropy,
- derangement,
- shapelessness,
- disorganize,
- disarrangement,
- disarrange,
- scatter,
- messiness,
- formlessness,
- mess,
- commotion,
- unevenness,
- disconnectedness,
- discomposure,
- disorder,
- tumult,
- inconsistency,
- chaos,
- indistinctness,
- muddlement,
- obscurity,
- laxity,
- lawlessness,
- frenzy,
- inchoateness,
- fuzziness,
- amorphousness,
- disorderliness,
- anarchism,
- dishevel,
- inexactness,
- disorder,
- anarchy,
- disintegration
Usage examples:
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I do not say there is no suggestion in realism; it is unwise to clutter the stage with needless detail.
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The carved miserere seats are worth examining, as are also many of the old tombs which clutter the interior.
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Such clutter usually comes from including details of setting, characterization or idea, and even whole characters or scenes, not really necessary.