Synonyms of the word miscellany


MISCELLANYACCUMULATION - AGGREGATION - ANTHOLOGY - ASSEMBLAGE - ASSORTMENT - COLLECTION - FLORILEGIUM - GARLAND - MISCELLANEA - MIXTURE - MOTLEY - POTPOURRI - SALMAGUNDI - SMORGASBORD - VARIETY

miscellany

  • n. Miscellaneous items.
  • n. A collection of writings on various subjects or topics; an anthology.

accumulation

  • n. The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
  • n. The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
  • n. A mass of something piled up or collected.
  • n. (law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
  • n. (accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
  • n. (finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is…

aggregation

  • n. The act of collecting together (aggregating).
  • n. The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or sum (aggregated).
  • n. A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
  • n. (networking) Summarizing multiple routes into one route.
  • n. (epidemiology) The majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.
  • n. (object-oriented programming) Kind of object composition which does not imply ownership.

anthology

  • n. The study of flowers.
  • n. A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories.
  • n. (by extension) An assortment of things.

assemblage

  • n. The process of assembling or bringing together.
  • n. A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.
  • n. (art) A visual art form similar to collage, which combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional, often…

assortment

  • n. A collection of varying but related items.

collection

  • n. A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together.
  • n. Multiple related objects associated as a group.
  • n. The activity of collecting.
  • n. (topology, analysis) A set of sets.
  • n. A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.
  • n. (obsolete) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
  • n. (Britain) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
  • n. (in the plural, Britain, Oxford University slang) A set of college exams generally taken at the start…

florilegium

  • n. A collection of flowers.
  • n. A patristic anthology.

garland

  • n. A wreath, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
  • n. An accolade or mark of honour.
  • n. (mining) A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the…
  • n. The crown of a monarch.
  • n. (dated) A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
  • n. The top; the thing most prized.
  • n. (nautical) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
  • n. (nautical) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
  • v. (transitive) To deck or ornament something with a garland.
  • v. (transitive) To form something into a garland.

miscellanea

  • n. (countable) A miscellaneous collection of different things; a miscellany.
  • n. plural of miscellaneum.

mixture

  • n. The act of mixing.
  • n. Something produced by mixing.
  • n. Something that consists of diverse elements.
  • n. A medicinal compound.
  • n. (South India) Chevda, Bombay mix.

motley

  • adj. Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity; heterogeneous.
  • adj. Having many colours; variegated.
  • n. An incongruous mixture.
  • n. A jester's multicoloured clothes.
  • n. (by extension) A jester; a fool.

potpourri

  • n. A collection of various things; an assortment, mixed bag or motley.
  • n. An anthology of miscellaneous prose.
  • n. (music) A medley of songs or music.
  • n. A mixture of dried fragrant plant material, often in a decorative bowl, used to scent a room.

salmagundi

  • n. A food consisting of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.
  • n. Hence, any mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.

smorgasbord

  • n. A buffet with many small dishes.
  • n. (figuratively) A diverse collection of things.

variety

  • n. The quality of being varied; diversity.
  • n. A specific variation of something.
  • n. A number of different things.
  • n. A state of constant change.
  • n. (taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification, below species and subspecies.
  • n. (cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system.
  • n. (cybernetics) Logarithm of the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
  • n. (linguistics) A term used for a specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is a dialect,…
  • n. (algebra, esp. universal algebra) The class of all algebraic structures of a given signature satisfying…
  • n. The kind of theatrical entertainment given in variety shows.
  • n. The production of, or performance in, variety shows.

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