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helter-skelter
adjective as in with undue hurry and confusion
adverb as in carelessly, confused
adjective as in reckless
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- adventuresome
- adventurous
- any which way
- breakneck
- daredevil
- desperate
- devil-may-care
- fast and loose
- feckless
- harebrained
- headlong
- heedless
- hopeless
- hotheaded
- inattentive
- incautious
- inconsiderate
- indiscreet
- kooky
- madcap
- mindless
- overventuresome
- playing with fire
- precipitate
- rash
- regardless
- temerarious
- uncareful
- venturesome
- venturous
- wild
adjective as in riotous
adjective as in upside-down
adjective as in helter-skelter
adjective as in capricious
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adjective as in chaotic
adjective as in higgledy-piggledy
adjective as in inverted
adjective as in overturned
adjective as in haphazard
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adverb as in irregularly
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adverb as in pell-mell
adverb as in confusedly
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adverb as in frantically
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adverb as in anyhow
adverb as in helter-skelter
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Example Sentences
The slide wraps around the castle like an old helter skelter and the castle is a play den with turret.
Excerpted from Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi with Curt Gentry copyright (c) 1974 by Curt Gentry and Vincent Bugliosi.
The rest of the folk go helter-skelter thither, the nose of one under the tail of the other; but you follow a wiser fashion.
These we filled with the remaining seedlings, helter skelter, just for a splash of colour, and watered from the brook itself.
When he sees anyone coming, he gives a yell that lasts a minute, and then the whole troop sets off helter-skelter.
Helter-skelter the men rushed out, Tony and his mates in front.
But it is not only a matter of reaching a systematic instead of a helter-skelter enjoyment of 116 the offerings of the world.
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On this page you'll find 68 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to helter-skelter, such as: chaotic, haphazard, hurried, arbitrary, carelessly, and confused.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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