Synonyms of the word

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.

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.

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…

assorted

• v. simple past tense and past participle of assort.
• adj. Composed of a number of different kinds or types; mixed; miscellaneous.

assortment

• n. A collection of varying but related items.

calico

• n. A kind of rough cloth, often printed with a bright pattern.
• n. A cat with fur of the colors black, white and orange.
• adj. Having a pattern of red and contrasting areas, resembling the color of calico cloth.

cloth

• n. (uncountable) A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
• n. (countable) A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
• n. (Can we verify^{([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +])} this sense?) A form of attire…
• n. (in idioms) Priesthood, clergy.

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…

color

• n. (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
• n. (countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
• n. (uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
• n. (uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
• n. (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.
• n. (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and…
• n. (in the plural) A standard or banner.
• n. (in the plural) The flag of a nation or team.
• n. (in the plural) Gang insignia.
• n. The system of color television.
• n. (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
• n. (military, in the plural) The morning ceremony of raising the flag.
• n. In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing…
• n. (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange…
• n. (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
• n. (snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.
• n. A front or facade: an ostensible truth actually false.
• n. An appearance of right or authority.
• n. (medicine) Skin color noted as: normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of…
• adj. Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.
• v. To give something color.
• v. (intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers…
• v. (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
• v. To affect without completely changing.
• v. (informal) To attribute a quality to.
• v. (mathematics) To assign colors to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two adjacent…

colored

• adj. Having a color.
• adj. Having a particular color or kind of color.
• adj. Having prominent colors; colorful.
• adj. Influenced pervasively but subtly.
• adj. (US, now dated and potentially offensive) Of skin color other than the white; in particular: black.
• adj. (South Africa, potentially offensive) Of neither black nor white skin color.
• adj. (chiefly historical) Designated for use by colored people (in either the US or South African sense).
• n. (US, now dated and offensive) A colored person.
• n. (laundry) A colored article of clothing.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of color.

colorful

• adj. Possessing prominent and varied colors.
• adj. Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.
• adj. (euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language).

colorize

• v. To add color to.
• v. (photography, cinematography) To convert black and white media to color by digital post production (as…

colour

• n. (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
• n. (countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
• n. (uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colours (black, white and greys).
• n. (uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
• n. (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.
• n. (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and…
• n. (in the plural) A standard or banner.
• n. The system of colour television.
• n. (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
• n. In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing…
• n. (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange…
• n. (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
• n. (snooker) Any of the coloured balls excluding the reds.
• n. A front or façade: an ostensible truth actually false.
• n. An appearance of right or authority.
• n. (medicine) Skin colour noted as: normal, jaundice, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of…
• adj. Conveying colour, as opposed to shades of grey.
• v. To give something colour.
• v. (intransitive) To apply colours to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using coloured markers…
• v. (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
• v. To affect without completely changing.
• v. (informal) To attribute a quality to.
• v. (mathematics) To assign colours to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two…

coloured

• adj. British spelling standard spelling of colored.
• n. British spelling standard spelling of colored.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of colour.

colourise

• v. (Britain) Alternative form of colorize (to add colour to).
• v. (Britain, photography, cinematography) Alternative form of colorize (to convert black and white media…

colourize

• v. (Britain) Alternative spelling of colorize and colourise.

diversify

• v. (transitive) To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish…

fabric

• n. (archaic) structure, building.
• n. (archaic) The act of constructing; construction; fabrication.
• n. (archaic) The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship;…
• n. The framework underlying a structure.
• n. A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
• n. (petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
• n. (computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile 'fabric' when viewed collectively from a distance.

garment

• n. A single item of clothing.

heterogeneous

• adj. Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
• adj. (mathematics) Incommensurable because of different kinds.
• adj. (physics, chemistry) Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.
• adj. (chemistry) Visibly consisting of different components.
• adj. (computing) Of a network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing memory…

heterogenous

• adj. (genetics) derived from a different individual or species.
• adj. Alternative spelling of heterogeneous.

material

• adj. Having to do with matter; consisting of matter.
• adj. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.
• adj. (law, accounting) Significant.
• n. Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
• n. Text written for a specific purpose.
• n. A sample or specimens for study.
• n. Cloth to be made into a garment.
• n. A person who is qualified for a certain position or activity.
• n. Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.
• n. The substance that something is made or composed of.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To form from matter; to materialize.

miscellanea

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

miscellaneous

• adj. Consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts.
• adj. Having diverse characteristics, abilities or appearances.

miscellany

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

mixed

• v. simple past tense and past participle of mix.
• adj. Having two or more separate aspects.
• adj. Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.
• adj. Including both male(s) and female(s).
• adj. Stemming from two or more races or breeds.

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.

multi-colored

• adj. Alternative form of multicolored.

multi-coloured

• adj. Alternative form of multicoloured: British spelling standard spelling of multicolored.

multicolor

• adj. Having, resembling, or pertaining to many colors.

multicolored

• adj. Having multiple colors.

multicolour

• adj. Britain and Canada standard spelling of multicolor.

multicoloured

• adj. Alternative spelling of multicolored.

painted

• v. simple past tense and past participle of paint.
• adj. Coated with paint.
• adj. Depicted in paint.
• adj. Colorful, as if painted.
• adj. Wearing makeup.

particolored

• adj. US standard spelling of particoloured.

particoloured

• adj. Made up of sections having different, often bright, colours.

piebald

• adj. (also used figuratively) Spotted or blotched, especially in black and white.
• adj. (figuratively) Of mixed character, heterogeneous.
• n. An animal with piebald coloration.

pied

• v. simple past tense and past participle of pi.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of pie.
• adj. Decorated or colored in blotches.

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.

sundry

• adj. (obsolete) Separate; distinct; diverse.
• adj. (obsolete) Individual; one for each.
• adj. Several; diverse; more than one or two; various.
• adj. Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; miscellaneous.
• n. (usually in the plural) A minor miscellaneous item.
• n. (in the plural, accounting) A category for irregular or miscellaneous items not otherwise classified.
• n. (usually in the plural, cricket, chiefly Australia) An extra.

textile

• n. (usually in the plural) Cloth produced from a fabric.
• n. (naturism) A non-nudist.
• adj. (naturism) Clothing compulsive.

varicolored

• adj. Having a variety of colors; variegated or motley.

varicoloured

• adj. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of varicolored.

variegate

• v. (transitive) to add variety to something; to diversify.
• v. (transitive) to change the appearance of something, especially by covering with patches or streaks of…
• v. to dabble.
• adj. variegated.

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.

vary

• v. (transitive) To change with time or a similar parameter.
• v. (transitive) To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify.
• v. (intransitive) Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.
• v. (of the members of a group, intransitive) To display differences.
• v. (intransitive) To be or act different from the usual.
• v. (transitive) To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
• v. (transitive, music) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key,…
• v. (obsolete) To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension.
• n. (obsolete) alteration; change.