Pattern and Shambles

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Pattern noun - A unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric).

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Shambles is an antonym for pattern.

Shambles noun - A state in which everything is out of order.

Usage example: the earthquake left the whole town in a shambles

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Pattern is an antonym for shambles.

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Shambles and Pattern. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pattern/shambles

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Shambles or Pattern. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pattern/shambles.

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