mish-mash

Haphazard collection together

A mish-mash is a jumbled mixture of disparate elements, usually with a suggestion of disorder or incoherence: The décor was a mish-mash of styles from different eras.

The word implies things thrown together without much thought or planning.

Also spelled mishmash.

mixture

hodgepodge

Confused, disorderly mixture

melange · assortment · blend · mix · combination · conglomeration · amalgam · patchwork · salmagundi · gallimaufry

disorder

jumble

Confused disorderly collection

mess · tangle · confusion · shambles · muddle · scramble · hodgepodge · snarl · disorganization · haphazardness

fusion

hybrid

Thing of mixed parentage

crossover · mashup · combination · merger · melding · integration · convergence · intermingling · cross-pollination · eclecticism

collage

patchwork

Fabric scraps sewn together

pastiche · bricolage · composite · scrapbook · compilation · tapestry · kaleidoscope · cut-and-paste · anthology

Categories
Opposites
organization and order

mish-mashorder

Methodical arrangement or request

system · organization · arrangement · structure · classification

homogeneity and purity

mish-mashuniformity

State of being identical

homogeneity · purity · consistency · unity · sameness

coherence and unity

mish-mashunity

Wholeness through cohesion

coherence · harmony · synthesis · cohesion · gestalt

Family

mishmash, mishmashing

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