Meaning & use

chaotic

adjective·Everyday

Completely disordered and confused, lacking any clear organization or control.

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The airport became chaotic after every flight was suddenly delayed.

Her chaotic desk was covered with papers, cups, and old notebooks.

A note on using this word

"Chaotic" can describe large-scale disorder, like a chaotic economy, and small, everyday messiness, like a chaotic room.

Words with a similar meaning

disorderlyturbulentfrenzied

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Words with an opposite meaning

orderlyorganized

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