| Main Entry: | alloy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mixture, usually of two metals |
Synonyms: |
admixture, adulterant, adulteration, amalgam, amalgamation, blend, combination, composite, compound, debasement, denaturant, fusion, hybrid, intermixture, reduction |
| Main Entry: | blend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | composite, mix |
Synonyms: |
alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, brew, combination, commixture, composite, compound, concoction, fusion, interfusion, intermixture, mixture, synthesis, union |
Antonyms: |
natural element, separation |
| Main Entry: | composite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | combination, mixture |
Synonyms: |
amalgam, amalgamation, blend, combo, commixture, complex, compost, compound, conglomerate, fusion, immixture, intermixture, medley, mix, olio, pasteup, stew, synthesis, union |
| Main Entry: | fusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | melding; mixture |
Synonyms: |
admixture, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, blend, blending, coadunation, coalescence, coalition, commingling, commixture, compound, federation, heating, immixture, integration, intermixture, junction, liquefaction, liquification, melting, merger, merging, smelting, soldering, synthesis, unification, union, uniting, welding |
Antonyms: |
disconnection, division, separation |
| Main Entry: | texture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charactertistics of a surface |
Synonyms: |
arrangement, balance, being, character, coarseness, composition, consistency, constitution, disposition, essence, essentiality, fabric, feel, feeling, fiber, fineness, flexibility, form, framework, grain, intermixture, make, makeup, nap, nature, organization, pattern, quality, roughness, scheme, sense, smoothness, stiffness, strategy, structure, surface, taste, tissue, touch, warp, weave, web, woof |
| Main Entry: | variety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference |
Synonyms: |
array, assortment, change, collection, combo, conglomeration, cross section, departure, discrepancy, disparateness, divergency, diversification, diversity, fluctuation, heterogeneity, incongruity, intermixture, many-sidedness, medley, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, modification, multifariousness, multiplicity, mélange, potpourri, range, shift, soup, stew, variance, variation |
Antonyms: |
uniformity |
| Main Entry: | amalgamation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mixture |
Synonyms: |
admixture, amalgam, blend, combination, commixture, consolidation, fusion, intermixture, joining, merger, mix, union, uniting |
| Notes: | an amalgam is what follows upon an amalgamation; amalgamation is a process in which things are combined and an amalgam is the result or consequence of that process - so amalgam means 'combination,' while amalgamation means 'the act of combining or uniting; consolidation' |
| Main Entry: | commixture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mixture |
Synonyms: |
admixture, amalgam, amalgamation, blend, combination, composite, compound, fusion, intermixture, mix |
| Main Entry: | heterogeneity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | variety |
Synonyms: |
array, assortment, change, collection, combo, conglomeration, cross section, departure, discrepancy, disparateness, divergency, diverseness, diversification, diversity, fluctuation, heterogeneousness, incongruity, intermixture, many-sidedness, medley, mi |
| Main Entry: | heterogeneousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | variety |
Synonyms: |
array, assortment, change, collection, combo, conglomeration, cross section, departure, discrepancy, disparateness, divergency, diverseness, diversification, diversity, fluctuation, heterogeneity, incongruity, intermixture, many-sidedness, medley, miscel |