menagerie
Exotic animal exhibit
A menagerie is a collection of wild or exotic animals kept in captivity for exhibition.
The word often evokes older, less humane forms of display—private collections of aristocrats or traveling shows—before modern zoos emerged.
Figuratively, any diverse or motley assortment of people or things: The office was a menagerie of oddballs and misfits.
Confined, bordered space
- cageBarred confinement structure
- aviaryLarge enclosure for birds
- aquariumTank for keeping fish
- terrariumGlass-walled growing enclosure
habitat · exhibit · zookeeper · keeper · feeding · animals · mammals · birds
State of being diverse
- multitudeVery large number
- pluralityLargest share among several
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
- patchworkFabric scraps sewn together
range · spectrum · heterogeneity · amalgam · composite · blend · collage · mixture
Mixed collection of things
- arrayOrdered collection or display
- assemblageCollected group of things
- accumulationCollected mass over time
- aggregationCombined collection of items
ensemble · compilation · trove · curiosities · gathering · cluster · repository · anthology
Elaborate ceremonial display
- extravaganzaLavish, elaborate entertainment
- showmanshipSkill at impressive presentation
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
- tableauStriking pictorial arrangement
cavalcade · display · theatricality · dazzle · glamour · splendor · fantasia · carnival
Of hot, humid regions
- foreignFrom another nation
- unusualNot often encountered
- bizarreStrikingly unconventional
- outlandishStrikingly weird or foreign-seeming
strange · safari · jungle · luxuriant · flamboyant · ornate · fantastical · surreal
enclosure
Confined, bordered space
terrarium · habitat · exhibit · zookeeper · keeper · feeding · animals · mammals · birds · reptiles
variety
State of being diverse
patchwork · range · spectrum · heterogeneity · amalgam · composite · blend · collage · mixture · motley
assortment
Mixed collection of things
- arrayOrdered collection or display
- assemblageCollected group of things
- accumulationCollected mass over time
aggregation · ensemble · compilation · trove · curiosities · gathering · cluster · repository · anthology · catalogue
pageantry
Elaborate ceremonial display
- extravaganzaLavish, elaborate entertainment
- showmanshipSkill at impressive presentation
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
tableau · cavalcade · display · theatricality · dazzle · glamour · splendor · fantasia · carnival · parade
tropical
Of hot, humid regions
outlandish · strange · safari · jungle · luxuriant · flamboyant · ornate · fantastical · surreal · peculiar
- circuscircus, big top, clown, clowns, ringmaster
- natural historynatural history, natural history museum, naturalist, naturalists, natural philosophers
- enclosurescage, pen, box, enclosure, case
- VersaillesVersailles, Louis XIV, Marie Antoinette, Sun King, palace grounds
- Victorian attractionswaxworks, panorama, diorama, magic lantern, pleasure garden
- zooelephant, giraffe, lion, tiger, monkey
menageriethe wild
Untamed natural areas
wildlife sanctuary · nature reserve · wilderness · natural habitat · untamed wilderness
menageriemonoculture
Single-crop agricultural system
uniformity · homogeneity · sameness · monotony · conformity
- The Glass MenagerieMemory-based family drama