Synonyms of free-for-alls

free-for-alls

noun

plural of free-for-all

1

as in brawls

a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people

during the play-offs, fans of the opposing teams clashed in the streets in several free-for-alls

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brawls
• clashes
• melees
• altercations
• affrays
• broils
• fracases
• mêlées
• fracas
• skirmishes
• donnybrooks
• ruckuses
• fisticuffs
• rows
• frays
• rough-and-tumbles
• ructions
• scuffles
• tussles
• battles
• scrimmages
• contests
• arguments
• squabbles
• quarrels
• disputes
• conflicts
• spats
• combats
• struggles
• scraps
• wrangles
• tiffs
• handgrips
• hassles
• horseplays
• kickups

2

as in hells

a state in which everything is out of order

it was a free-for-all when the doors to the arena opened and the crowd rushed in all at once

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hells
• jumbles
• messes
• confusions
• havoc
• chaoses
• disorders
• tangles
• hecks
• shambles
• disorganizations
• disarrangements
• disarrays
• anarchies
• welters
• riots
• snake pits
• misorders
• musses
• mazes
• muddles
• mares' nests
• tumbles
• mare's nests
• labyrinths
• chance-medleys
• clutters
• snarls
• misrules
• dishevelments
• maelstroms
• mishmashes
• hodgepodges
• webs
• shuffles
• medleys
• litters
• knots
• morasses
• storms
• miscellanies
• motleys
• bollixes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• systems
• methods
• plans
• orders
• patterns