jumble

UK: /ˈdʒʌmb^əl/ US: /ˈdʒʌmbəl/ ,( jum′bəl)

Inflections of 'jumble' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

jumbles

v 3rd person singular

jumbling

v pres p

jumbled

v past

jumbled

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

jum•ble /ˈdʒʌmbəl/   v., -bled, -bling, n. 
v. 

1. to mix in a confused mass;
   put or throw together without order: [~ + object]
   The clothes were all jumbled together.
   [~ + up + object]
   Someone jumbled up the files.
   [~ + object + up]
   Someone jumbled them up.

n. [countable]

2. a mixed, disordered, or confused heap or mass:
   the clothes in a jumble on the floor.
3. a state of confusion or disorder:
   My mind's in a jumble.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

jum•ble  ( jum′bəl), v., -bled, -bling, n. 
v.t. 

1. to mix in a confused mass;
   put or throw together without order:
   You've jumbled up all the cards.
2. to confuse mentally;
   muddle.

v.i. 

3. to be mixed together in a disorderly heap or mass.
4. to meet or come together confusedly.

n. 

5. a mixed or disordered heap or mass:
   a jumble of paper clips, rubber bands, and string.
6. a confused mixture;
   medley.
7. a state of confusion or disorder.
8. Food Also, jum′bal. a small, round, flat cake or cookie with a hole in the middle.

• perh. blend of, blended joll to bump (now dialect, dialectal) and tumble 1520–30

jum′ble•ment, n. 
jum′bler, n. 
jum′bling•ly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 7. muddle, hodgepodge; farrago, gallimaufry; mess; chaos.

Antonyms

• 1. separate.
• 7. order.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

jumble / ˈdʒʌmb^əl/ verb

1. to mingle (objects, papers, etc) in a state of disorder
2. (tr; usually passive) to remember in a confused form; muddle

noun

1. a disordered mass, state, etc
2. articles donated for a jumble sale

Etymology: 16th Century: of uncertain origin

ˈjumbly adjective