| Main Entry: | grab bag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assortment of miscellaneous items |
Synonyms: |
grab barrel, grab box, mixed bag, ragbag, tontine |
| Main Entry: | mix/mixture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assortment, combination |
Synonyms: |
admixture, adulteration, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, assimilation, association, batter, blend, brew, combine, combo, commixture, composite, compound, concoction, confection, conglomeration, cross, crossing, dough, fusion, goulash, grab bag, hodgepodge, hybrid, hybridization, incorporation, infiltration, interfusion, jumble, mash, medley, merger, mingling, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mosaic, mélange, package, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, saturation, soup, stew, transfusion, union, variety |
Antonyms: |
disconnection, division, separation |
| Main Entry: | job lot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscellaneous merchandise |
Synonyms: |
grab bag, inventory, miscellanea, mixed bag, rag bag |
| Main Entry: | mixture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | combination |
Synonyms: |
admixture, adulteration, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, assimilation, association, batter, blend, brew, combine, combo, commixture, composite, compound, concoction, confection, conglomeration, cross, crossing, dough, fusion, goulash, grab bag, hodgepodge, hybrid, hybridization, incorporation, infiltration, interfusion, jumble, mash, medley, merger, mingling, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mosaic, mélange, package, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, saturation, soup, stew, transfusion, union, variety |
| Notes: | in a mixture, the combined elements lose their individual identities and are fused, blended, or compounded in the result; in a mix, the elements, though combined, retain their individual identities |
| Main Entry: | pig in a poke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foolishly accepted deal |
Synonyms: |
blind bargain, blind date, grab bag, green cheese, leap of faith, random shot, shot in the dark, sight-unseen transaction, uncertainty |
| Main Entry: | random sample |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sample grabbed at random |
Synonyms: |
grab bag, sampling, straw vote |
| Main Entry: | mixture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
composite, farraginous, half, hybrid, implex, indiscriminate, linsey, miscellaneous, miscible, mixed, mongrel, motley, promiscuous
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| Concept: | [Forming a whole without coherence] Mixture. |
| Category: | 3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion; commixion, intermixture, alloyage, matrimony; junction; combination; miscegenation., impregnation; infusion, diffusion, suffusion, transfusion; infiltration; seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding; interpolation, adulteration, sophistication., [Thing mixed] tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon., [Compound resulting from mixture] alloy, amalgam; brass, chowchow, pewter; magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, hodgepodge, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts; jumble (disorder); salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn; mosaic (variegation)., half-blood, half-caste. mulatto; terceron, quarteron, quinteron; quadroon, octoroon; griffo, zambo; cafuzo; Eurasian; fustee, fustie; grimffe, ladino, marabou, mestee, mestizo, quintroon, sacatra [U. S.], zebrule; catalo; cross, hybrid, mongrel.
-verbs
mix; join; combine; commix, immix, intermix; mix up with, mingle; commingle, intermingle, bemingle; shuffle (derange); pound together; hash up, stir up; knead, brew; impregnate with; interlard (interpolate); intertwine, interweave; associate with; miscegenate., be mixed; get among, be entangled with., instil, imbue; infuse, suffuse, transfuse; infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper, medicate, blend, cross; alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate, sophisticate, infect.
-adjectives
mixed; implex, composite, half-and-half, linsey-woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous; motley (variegated); miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate; miscible.
-adverbs
among, amongst, amid, amidst; with; in the midst of, in the crowd.
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Antonyms: |
simpleness |
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