Synonyms for mess

a state of confusion and disorderliness (noun)

• messiness
• muss
• mussiness

informal terms for a difficult situation (noun)

• fix
• hole
• jam
• muddle
• pickle

a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax (noun)

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent (noun)

• batch
• deal
• flock
• hatful
• heap
• lot
• mass
• mickle
• mint
• mountain
• muckle
• passel
• peck

make a mess of or create disorder in (verb)