nnoun.groupa collection containing a variety of sorts of thingsSynset:assortment miscellanea miscellany mixed bag mixture potpourri salmagundi smorgasbord variety
Examples:- a great assortment of cars was on display
- he had a variety of disorders
- a veritable smorgasbord of religions
Derivationally Related Form:motleymix
Hypernyms:accumulation aggregation assemblage collection
Inherited Hypernyms:assortmentcollectiongroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:alphabet soupfarragogallimaufrygrab baghodgepodgehotchpotchmelangemingle-manglemishmashoddmentsodds and endsomnium-gatherumragbagrangesamplerselectionwitch's brewwitches' brewwitches' broth
Full Hyponyms:alphabet soupbandfrequency bandgrab bagodds and endsrangesamplerselectionwitches' brew
nnoun.artifacta garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)Derivationally Related Form:motley
Hypernyms:garment
Inherited Hypernyms:motleygarmentclothingconsumer goodscommodityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:motleygarmentclothingcoveringartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Substance Meronyms:motley
nnoun.artifacta multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century EnglandDerivationally Related Form:motley
Substance Holonyms:motley
Hypernyms:cloth fabric material textile
Inherited Hypernyms:motleyfabricartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.changemake something more diverse and variedSynset:variegate vary
Derivationally Related Form:variantvariablevariegationmotleyvariation
Hypernyms:diversify
Inherited Hypernyms:varydiversifychange
Direct Hyponyms:checkerchequer
Full Troponyms:checker
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changemake motley; color with different colorsSynset:parti-color
Derivationally Related Form:motley
Hypernyms:color color in colorise colorize colour colour in colourise colourize
Inherited Hypernyms:motleycolorchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adj satadj.allconsisting of a haphazard assortment of different kindsSynset:assorted miscellaneous mixed sundry
Examples:- an arrangement of assorted spring flowers
- assorted sizes
- miscellaneous accessories
- a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music
- a motley crew
- sundry sciences commonly known as social - I.A.Richards
Antonyms:homogeneous
Derivationally Related Form:motley
Inherited Hypernyms:assorted
Similar to:heterogeneous heterogenous
adj satadj.allhaving sections or patches colored differently and usually brightlySynset:calico multi-color multi-colored multi-colour multi-coloured multicolor multicolored multicolour multicoloured painted particolored particoloured piebald pied varicolored varicoloured
Examples:- a jester dressed in motley
- the painted desert
- a particolored dress
- a piebald horse
- pied daisies
Antonyms:uncolored
Derivationally Related Form:calicomotley
Inherited Hypernyms:motley
Similar to:colored colorful coloured