mess

[1]	mess about/around (with) , potter , fool (around) , dally , busy oneself , fiddle about/around , play philander , trifle , toy , flirt , seduce , sleep around , fool around , run around
[2]	mess up , disarrange , disarray , dishevel , tousle , (Colloq) (US) muss (up) ruin , destroy , make a shambles of , wreck , bungle , botch , foul up , (Colloq) make a hash of , (Slang) muck up dirty , clutter up , make untidy , turn upside down , pull to pieces , upset
[3]	mess with , interfere in/with , intervene , meddle with/in , intrude in , butt in/into , tinker with , tamper with , get involved in/with
[4]	mess up

[1]	messiness , chaos , disorder , muss , mussiness , disarray , disorganization , shambles , muddle , disarrangement , clutter , hotchpotch/(US) hodgepodge , litter , tangle , jumble , confusion , mishmash , untidiness
[2]	concoction , fix , hole , mixture , medley , jam , muddle , miscellany , hash , pickle , kettle of fish , gallimaufry , farrago , olio , olla podrida , pot-pourri , smorgasbord , kedgeree
[3]	predicament , difficulty , plight , pinch , trouble , dilemma , quandary , imbroglio , (Colloq) foul-up , stew , fix , hot water , (pretty/fine) kettle of fish , pickle , jam , (Slang) screw-up , (Brit) balls-up , can of worms , (US) snafu
[4]	mess hall
[5]	batch , deal , flock , good deal , great deal , hatful , heap , lot , mass , mickle , mint , mountain , muckle , passel , peck , pile , plenty , pot , quite a little , raft , sight , slew , spate , stack , tidy sum , wad