miscellany
Grab bag contents
Miscellany is a collection of diverse or unrelated items gathered together.
The word often describes a book or publication containing varied writings: a miscellany of essays and poems.
More broadly, it refers to any assortment of mixed things: The drawer held a miscellany of buttons, receipts, and spare keys.
Confused, disorderly mixture
- potpourriFragrant dried petal mixture
- medleyVaried mixture or blend
- jumbleConfused disorderly collection
- melangeAssorted mixture of elements
assortment · mishmash · gallimaufry · salmagundi · olio · smorgasbord · ragbag · grab bag
Collected literary works volume
- compilationGathered works assembled together
- compendiumCondensed reference collection
- omnibusVolume of gathered writings
- albumUnified collection of recordings
scrapbook · treasury · sampler · variety pack · grab bag · assortment · accumulation · aggregation
State of varied elements
- heterogeneityState of being dissimilar
- eclecticismCombining from multiple sources
- rangeExtent of variation
- spectrumContinuous range of values
array · multiplicity · sundries · odds and ends · bits and pieces · this and that · bric-a-brac · knickknacks
Notes in page edges
Absence of method
- disorderAbsence of organization
- disarrayLack of order
- chaosComplete disorder and confusion
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
untidiness · disorganization · helter-skelter · higgledy-piggledy · topsy-turvy
hodgepodge
Confused, disorderly mixture
- potpourriFragrant dried petal mixture
- medleyVaried mixture or blend
- jumbleConfused disorderly collection
melange · assortment · mishmash · gallimaufry · salmagundi · olio · smorgasbord · ragbag · grab bag · farrago
anthology
Collected literary works volume
- compilationGathered works assembled together
- compendiumCondensed reference collection
- omnibusVolume of gathered writings
album · scrapbook · treasury · sampler · variety pack · grab bag · assortment · accumulation · aggregation · assemblage
diversity
State of varied elements
- heterogeneityState of being dissimilar
- eclecticismCombining from multiple sources
- rangeExtent of variation
spectrum · array · multiplicity · sundries · odds and ends · bits and pieces · this and that · bric-a-brac · knickknacks · curiosities
marginalia
Notes in page edges
- ephemeraDisposables preserved as collectibles
- juveniliaImmature creative output
- fragmentsIncomplete broken pieces
excerpts · clippings · scraps · notes · jottings · analects · oddments
haphazardness
Absence of method
confusion · untidiness · disorganization · helter-skelter · higgledy-piggledy · topsy-turvy
- collectionscollection, collections, anthology, anthologies, compilation
- writingsessay, essays, article, articles, stories
- written worksessay, novel, anthologies, history books, letter
- clutterclutter, junk, mess, stuff, debris
- compilationsanthology, compilation, anthologies, collection, collected stories
- mixturesmix, blend, blending, amalgam, fusion
miscellanyuniformity
State of being identical
homogeneity · sameness · matched set · consistency · evenness
miscellanysystem
Connected parts forming whole
classification · order · taxonomy · arrangement · categorization
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