mishmash

Random mixed collection

A mishmash is a jumbled mixture of disparate things thrown together without much order or coherence: The proposal was a mishmash of half-baked ideas.

The word suggests randomness rather than deliberate combination—a hodgepodge.

Her desk was a mishmash of papers, coffee cups, and Post-it notes.

mixture

hodgepodge

Confused, disorderly mixture

melange · pastiche · amalgam · blend · motley · assortment · gallimaufry · farrago · salmagundi · olio

disorder

jumble

Confused disorderly collection

  • muddleDisordered, bewildered state
  • clutterUntidy collection of items
  • tangleTwisted mass of strands

mess · confusion · chaos · disarray · scramble · shambles · snarl · heap · welter · mare's nest

eclectic

diverse

Of many types

motley · sundry · miscellaneous · random · haphazard · unmatched · disparate · incongruous · inconsistent · incoherent

Categories
Opposites
order and organization

mishmashorder

Methodical arrangement or request

system · organization · arrangement · structure · uniformity

homogeneity

mishmashhomogeneity

State of sameness throughout

uniformity · consistency · purity · sameness · unity

organization and order

mishmashorder

Methodical arrangement or request

system · organization · arrangement · structure · classification

Family

mishmashes, mishmashed, mishmashing

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