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miscellany - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | miscellany |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | varied collection |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, aggregation, anthology, assortment, brew, combination, compilation, conglomeration, diversity, farrago, garbage*, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, mélange, medley, melee, mess, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mixture, muddle, odds and ends*, olio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salad, salmagundi, smorgasbord, stew, variety, collectanea, combo, cumulation, gallimaufry, pasticcio |
| Antonyms: | single |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | album |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blank book for collecting; holder |
| Synonyms: | anthology, collection, depository, index, memento, miscellany, notebook, portfolio, register, memory book, registry, scrapbook |
| Main Entry: | assortment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | variety |
| Synonyms: | array, choice, collection, combination, diversity, garbage, group, hodgepodge, jumble, kind, mélange, medley, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, potpourri, selection, sort, combo |
| Main Entry: | brew |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concoction |
| Synonyms: | beverage, blend, broth, compound, distillation, drink, fermentation, hash, hodgepodge*, infusion, liquor, melange, miscellany, mishmash*, mixture, potpourri, preparation, instillation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | collection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group, accumulation |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, agglomeration, anthology, assemblage, assembly, assortment, batch, clump, cluster, collation, combination, company, compilation, congregation, convocation, crowd, digest, gathering, heap, hoard, kit, levy, lot, mass, medley, mess, miscellany, muster, number, omnibus, pile, quantity, securing, selection, set, stack, stock, stockpile, store, accumulating, acquiring, amassing, amassment, assembling, bringing together, caboodle, congeries, cumulation, mobilization, obtaining |
| Main Entry: | conglomeration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accumulation, potpourri |
| Synonyms: | agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, assortment, collection, combination, composite, hoard, hodge-podge, mass, medley, miscellany, mishmash*, mixed bag*, amassment, combo, cumulation, everything but the kitchen sink, trove |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mess, mix-up |
| Synonyms: | assortment, clutter, confusion, hodgepodge*, jumble, litter, mélange, medley, miscellany, mishmash*, muddle*, salmagundi*, shambles*, stew*, hotchpotch |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hodgepodge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mixture, mess |
| Synonyms: | collection, combination, goulash*, hash, jumble, mélange, medley, miscellany, mishmash*, mixed bag, olio, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi* |
| Antonyms: | singularity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jumble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hodgepodge |
| Synonyms: | assortment, chaos, clutter, confusion, derangement, disarray, disorder, farrago, garbage, goulash, hash*, litter, mélange, medley, mess, miscellany, mishmash, mixture, muddle, olio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, scramble, shuffle, snarl, tangle, tumble, disarrangement, gallimaufry |
| Antonyms: | order, organization |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | junk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odds and ends; garbage |
| Synonyms: | clutter, collateral, debris, filth, hogwash*, litter, miscellany, offal, refuse, rubbish, rubble, rummage, salvage, scrap, trash, waste |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | labyrinth; confusion |
| Synonyms: | bewilderment, convolution, entanglement, hodgepodge, imbroglio, intricacy, jungle, knot, meander, meandering, mesh, miscellany, morass, muddle, network, puzzle, quandary, snarl, tangle, twist, uncertainty, web, winding, perplexity, skein, torsion |
| Main Entry: | mélange |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mixture |
| Synonyms: | assortment, confusion, farrago, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, stew, combo, gallimaufry, pasticcio, soup |
| Antonyms: | singularity |
| Main Entry: | mishmash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hodgepodge |
| Synonyms: | collection, combination, goulash*, hash, jumble, mélange, medley, mess, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, olio, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mixed bag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscellaneous collection |
| Synonyms: | all shapes and sizes, array, assortment, choice, collection, combination, conglomerate, diversity, hodgepodge, jumble, mélange, medley, melange, miscellany, mishmash, mixture, odds and ends, patchwork, potpourri, smorgasbord, all sorts, combo, montage, sundries |
| Main Entry: | mix/mixture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assortment, combination |
| Synonyms: | admixture, adulteration, alloy, amalgam, assimilation, association, batter, blend, brew, combine, composite, compound, concoction, confection, conglomeration, cross, crossing, dough, fusion, goulash, grab bag*, hodgepodge, hybrid, incorporation, jumble, mélange, mash, medley, merger, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mosaic, package, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, saturation, stew*, transfusion, union, variety, amalgamation, combo, commixture, hybridization, infiltration, interfusion, mingling, soup* |
| Antonyms: | disconnection, division, separation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | odds and ends |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscellaneous grouping |
| Synonyms: | assortment, debris, hodgepodge, jumble, litter, mélange, medley, melee, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, motley, olio, patchwork, potpourri, rags, refuse, remainder, remains, rest, rubbish, rummage, scraps, bits, bits and pieces, bits and pieces, etcetera, knickknacks, leavings, leftovers, miscellaneous paraphernalia, notions, novelties, oddments, particles, remnants, sundries, sundry items, this and that |
| Main Entry: | patchwork |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mixture, hodgepodge |
| Synonyms: | check, confusion, disorder, hash*, jumble, medley, miscellany, mishmash, muddle, olio, pastiche, plaid, salad*, salmagundi, stew*, tartan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mixture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | combination |
| Synonyms: | admixture, adulteration, alloy, amalgam, assimilation, association, batter, blend, brew, combine, composite, compound, concoction, confection, conglomeration, cross, crossing, dough, fusion, goulash, grab bag, hodgepodge, hybrid, incorporation, jumble, mélange, mash, medley, merger, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mosaic, package, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, saturation, stew, transfusion, union, variety, amalgamation, combo, commixture, hybridization, infiltration, interfusion, mingling, soup |
| 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: | combination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mixture, blend |
| Synonyms: | aggregate, amalgam, brew, composite, compound, connection, consolidation, fusion, junction, medley, merger, miscellany, mishmash*, mix, olio, order, sequence, solution, stew, succession, synthesis, unification, union, amalgamation, blending, coalescence, combo, everything but kitchen sink, soup |
| Antonyms: | detachment, division, parting, separation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | variety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference |
| Synonyms: | array, assortment, change, collection, conglomeration, cross section, departure, discrepancy, diversity, fluctuation, incongruity, mélange, medley, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag*, mixture, modification, potpourri, range, shift, stew, variance, variation, combo, disparateness, divergency, diversification, heterogeneity, intermixture, many-sidedness, multifariousness, multiplicity, soup |
| Antonyms: | uniformity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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