n. 1 mass, mess, jumble, tangle, confusion, mishmash, muddle, clutter, Brit hotchpotch or US also hodgepodge Her assignment was to sort out a welter of discarded clothing for the poor My mind was assailed by a welter of disorganized images.
v. 2 be sunk or involved in, flounder, be bogged down in, be entangled or ensnarled in Till I found a new secretary, I would have to continue weltering in a sea of correspondence and unfiled papers