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- [kluht-er]
- /ˈklʌt ər/
- /ˈklʌt.ər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kluht-er]
- /ˈklʌt ər/
Definitions of clutter word
- uncountable noun clutter Clutter is a lot of things in an untidy state, especially things that are not useful or necessary. 3
- verb clutter If things or people clutter a place, they fill it in an untidy way. 3
- verb clutter Clutter up means the same as clutter. 3
- verb clutter to strew or amass (objects) in a disorderly manner 3
- verb clutter to move about in a bustling manner 3
- verb clutter to chatter or babble 3
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Origin of clutter
First appearance:
before 1550 One of the 31% oldest English words
1550-60; variant of clotter (now obsolete), equivalent to clot + -er6
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Parts of speech for Clutter
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
clutter popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
clutter usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for clutter
noun clutter
- confusion — If there is confusion about something, it is not clear what the true situation is, especially because people believe different things.
- rummage — to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
- huddle — to gather or crowd together in a close mass.
- shuffle — to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait.
- tumble — to fall helplessly down, end over end, as by losing one's footing, support, or equilibrium; plunge headlong: to tumble down the stairs.
verb clutter
- strew — to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle: to strew seed in a garden bed.
- snarl — to become tangled; get into a tangle.
- dirty — soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
- scatter — to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
- fill — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
Antonyms for clutter
noun clutter
- tidiness — neat, orderly, or trim, as in appearance or dress: a tidy room; a tidy person.
- singularity — the state, fact, or quality of being singular.
- order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- organization — the act or process of organizing.
- system — an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole: a mountain system; a railroad system.
verb clutter
- neaten — to make neat: a day spent neatening the kitchen shelves.
- tidy — neat, orderly, or trim, as in appearance or dress: a tidy room; a tidy person.
- array — An array of different things or people is a large number or wide range of them.
- clean up — If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
- free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
Top questions with clutter
- how to get rid of clutter?
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- how to de clutter?
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- how to avoid clutter?
- how to reduce clutter?
- how to purge clutter?
- how to get rid of sentimental clutter?
- how to get rid of paper clutter?
- how to clean clutter?
- how to clear clutter and get organized?
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