hodgepodge
n.
mash, jumble; heterogeneous mixture; disorder, confusion
Hodgepodge
hodgepodge
Noun
1. a motley assortment of things
(synonym) odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hotchpotch, omnium-gatherum
(hypernym) assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley
2. a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
(synonym) patchwork, jumble
(hypernym) theory
Hodgepodge
(n.)
A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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hodgepodge
Synonyms and related words:
all sorts, arsy-varsiness, assemblage, assortment, broad spectrum, clutter, collectanea, conglomerate, conglomeration, farrago, gallimaufry, hash, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hotchpot, hotchpotch, hysteron proteron, jumble, litter, magpie, mash, medley, melange, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mixture, oddments, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scramble, stew, sundries, topsy-turviness, topsy-turvydom, tumble, turmoil, unholy mess, variety, welter, what you will
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