higgledy-piggledy

1. 1.

   in utter disorder

   “a disorderly pile of clothes”

   Synonymsdisorderlyhugger-muggerjumbledtopsy-turvy

   Similaruntidy

1. 1.

   in a disordered manner

   “they were piled up higgledy-piggledy”

   Synonymstopsy-turvy

Questions about higgledy-piggledy

What does higgledy-piggledy mean?

higgledy-piggledy means "in utter disorder". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in higgledy-piggledy?

higgledy-piggledy has 6 syllables: hig-gle-dy--pig-gle-dy. The stress falls on "pig".

What is another word for higgledy-piggledy?

Close synonyms include disorderly, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy, topsy-turvy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is higgledy-piggledy a common word?

higgledy-piggledy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.