MESS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
   Synonym(s)
   • mess hall (what does mess hall mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) mess is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • dining room (what does dining room mean?)
   • dining-room (what does dining-room mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • officer’s mess (what does officer’s mess mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • mess (what does mess mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a meal eaten by service personnel
   Hypernyms(s) mess is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • meal (what does meal mean?)
   • repast (what does repast mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • mess (what does mess mean?)
3. Meaning
   • soft semiliquid food
   Usage Example(s)
   • a mess of porridge
   Hypernyms(s) mess is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • nutriment (what does nutriment mean?)
   • nourishment (what does nourishment mean?)
   • nutrition (what does nutrition mean?)
   • sustenance (what does sustenance mean?)
   • aliment (what does aliment mean?)
   • alimentation (what does alimentation mean?)
   • victuals (what does victuals mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • mess (what does mess mean?)
4. Meaning
   • (often followed by `of”) a large number or amount or extent
   Synonym(s)
   • batch (what does batch mean?)
   • deal (what does deal mean?)
   • flock (what does flock mean?)
   • good deal (what does good deal mean?)
   • great deal (what does great deal mean?)
   • hatful (what does hatful mean?)
   • heap (what does heap mean?)
   • lot (what does lot mean?)
   • mass (what does mass mean?)
   • mickle (what does mickle mean?)
   • mint (what does mint mean?)
   • muckle (what does muckle mean?)
   • peck (what does peck mean?)
   • pile (what does pile mean?)
   • plenty (what does plenty mean?)
   • pot (what does pot mean?)
   • quite a little (what does quite a little mean?)
   • raft (what does raft mean?)
   • sight (what does sight mean?)
   • slew (what does slew mean?)
   • spate (what does spate mean?)
   • stack (what does stack mean?)
   • tidy sum (what does tidy sum mean?)
   • wad (what does wad mean?)
   • whole lot (what does whole lot mean?)
   • whole slew (what does whole slew mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a batch of letters
   • a deal of trouble
   • a lot of money
   • he made a mint on the stock market
   • it must have cost plenty
   Hypernyms(s) mess is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • large indefinite quantity (what does large indefinite quantity mean?)
   • large indefinite amount (what does large indefinite amount mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • flood (what does flood mean?)
   • inundation (what does inundation mean?)
   • deluge (what does deluge mean?)
   • torrent (what does torrent mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • jam (what does jam mean?)
   • jampack (what does jampack mean?)
   • ram (what does ram mean?)
   • chock up (what does chock up mean?)
   • cram (what does cram mean?)
   • wad (what does wad mean?)
   • throng (what does throng mean?)
   • mob (what does mob mean?)
   • pack (what does pack mean?)
   • pile (what does pile mean?)
   • jam (what does jam mean?)
   • heap (what does heap mean?)
   • heap (what does heap mean?)
5. Meaning
   • informal terms for a difficult situation
   Synonym(s)
   • fix (what does fix mean?)
   • hole (what does hole mean?)
   • jam (what does jam mean?)
   • kettle of fish (what does kettle of fish mean?)
   • muddle (what does muddle mean?)
   • pickle (what does pickle mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he got into a terrible fix
   • he made a muddle of his marriage
   Hypernyms(s) mess is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • difficulty (what does difficulty mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • dog’s breakfast (what does dog’s breakfast mean?)
   • dog’s dinner (what does dog’s dinner mean?)
6. Meaning
   • a state of confusion and disorderliness
   Synonym(s)
   • messiness (what does messiness mean?)
   • muss (what does muss mean?)
   • mussiness (what does mussiness mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the house was a mess
   • she smoothed the mussiness of the bed
   Hypernyms(s) mess is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • disorderliness (what does disorderliness mean?)
   • disorder (what does disorder mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • muss (what does muss mean?)
   • tussle (what does tussle mean?)
   • mess (what does mess mean?)
   • mess up (what does mess up mean?)

MESS as VERB

1. Meaning
   • make a mess of or create disorder in
   Synonym(s)
   • mess up (what does mess up mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • He messed up his room
   Hypernyms(s) mess is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • disorder (what does disorder mean?)
   • disarray (what does disarray mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • mess (what does mess mean?)
   • messiness (what does messiness mean?)
   • muss (what does muss mean?)
   • mussiness (what does mussiness mean?)
2. Meaning
   • eat in a mess hall
   Hypernyms(s) mess is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • eat (what does eat mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • mess (what does mess mean?)
   • mess hall (what does mess hall mean?)
   • mess (what does mess mean?)
   • mess (what does mess mean?)