Chaos Definition
kāŏs
noun
Extreme confusion or disorder.
Webster's New World
The disorder of formless matter and infinite space, supposed to have existed before the ordered universe.
Webster's New World
A disorderly mass; a jumble.
The desk was a chaos of papers and unopened letters.
American Heritage
A pattern or state of order existing within apparent disorder, as in the irregularities of a coastline or a snowflake.
Webster's New World
Chaos theory.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- topsy-turvyness
- topsy-turvydom
- bedlam
- pandemonium
- snafu
- lawlessness
- chasm
- babel
- mess
- jumble
- disorganization
- entropy
- disorder
- turmoil
- confusion
Other Word Forms of Chaos
Noun
Singular:
chaosPlural:
chaosesOrigin of Chaos
Middle English formless primordial space from Latin from Greek khaos
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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