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Synonyms for motley
ˈmɒt limot·ley
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
motley
Synonyms:
parti-colored, variegated, mixed, medley, heterogeneous, diversifiedAntonyms:
uniform, homogeneous, alike, monochromatic
Princeton's WordNet
assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motleynoun
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
"a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"
Synonyms:
salmagundi, diverseness, form, multifariousness, pastiche, categorisation, diversity, categorization, florilegium, mixture, miscellany, admixture, classification, mix, change, variety show, potpourri, concoction, commixture, kind, compartmentalisation, miscellanea, smorgasbord, assortment, compartmentalization, garland, mixing, sort, medley, intermixture, variety, mixed bagAntonyms:
homogenous, homogeneous, uncolored, uncolouredmotleynoun
a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
Synonyms:
smorgasbord, mixed bag, miscellanea, salmagundi, miscellany, potpourri, variety, assortment, mixtureAntonyms:
homogeneous, homogenous, uncolored, uncolouredmotleyadjective
a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
Synonyms:
smorgasbord, mixed bag, miscellanea, salmagundi, miscellany, potpourri, variety, assortment, mixtureAntonyms:
uncoloured, homogeneous, homogenous, uncoloredassorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry(a)adjective
consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
"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:
uncoloured, homogenous, homogeneous, uncoloredmotley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicolouredverb
having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
"a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies"
Synonyms:
multi-color, multicolor, particolored, miscellaneous, calico, multicoloured, painted, mixed, pied, sundry(a), piebald, multicolored, multicolour, multi-colored, multi-colour, particoloured, varicolored, multi-coloured, variegated, assorted, varicolouredAntonyms:
uncolored, homogeneous, homogenous, uncolouredvary, variegate, motleyverb
make something more diverse and varied
"Vary the menu"
Synonyms:
change, alter, deviate, vary, diverge, parti-color, depart, variegateAntonyms:
homogeneous, uncoloured, homogenous, uncoloredmotley, parti-colorverb
make motley; color with different colors
Synonyms:
vary, parti-color, variegateAntonyms:
homogenous, uncoloured, homogeneous, uncolored
Dictionary of English Synonymes
motleyadjective
Synonyms:
variegated, dappled, MOTTLEDmotleyadjective
Synonyms:
heterogeneous, of various kinds
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#368 | form | |
#923 | sort | |
#1139 | kind | |
#1657 | variety | |
#2446 | miscellaneous | |
#2456 | mix | |
#3036 | mixed | |
#3558 | vary | |
#3692 | classification | |
#3812 | diversity | |
#5886 | painted | |
#6697 | mixture | |
#7413 | alter | |
#7419 | mixing | |
#10105 | depart | |
#10173 | assorted | |
#13374 | garland | |
#14205 | assortment | |
#15018 | diversified | |
#17360 | heterogeneous | |
#17421 | motley | |
#19211 | medley | |
#24929 | miscellany | |
#27571 | categorization | |
#30423 | calico | |
#32294 | potpourri | |
#33686 | pied | |
#34759 | deviate | |
#36321 | multicolor | |
#42226 | admixture | |
#45823 | variegated | |
#51757 | diverge | |
#52867 | multicolored | |
#58658 | miscellanea | |
#59148 | categorisation | |
#61883 | concoction | |
#73058 | smorgasbord | |
#85283 | pastiche | |
#87439 | multicolour | |
#99808 | multicoloured | |
#100003 | piebald | |
#120386 | compartmentalization | |
#195505 | florilegium | |
#218451 | salmagundi | |
#329169 | compartmentalisation |
How to use motley in a sentence?
I met a fool I' the forest, a motley fool.
Mötley Crüe always performs its songs live but during the last tour Mick struggled to remember chords, played the wrong songs and made constant mistakes which led to his departure from the band.
And like Judge Motley, I have dedicated my career to ensuring that the words engraved on the front of the Supreme Court building --' Equal Justice Under Law' -- are a reality and not just an idea.
She's a shining light, hardworking and with an integrity that the rest of the motley crew in British politics just doesn't have.
Translations for motley
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- موتليArabic
- сыбарBashkir
- bunt zusammengeworfen, bunt, zusammengewürfelt, vielfarbigGerman
- abigarrado, batiburrillo, mezcolanzaSpanish
- آمیخته, رنگارنگ, ناهمگونPersian
- sekalainen, kirjavaFinnish
- hétérocliteFrench
- पंचमेलHindi
- variegato, eterogeneo, multicoloreItalian
- סַסגוֹנִיHebrew
- 雑色Japanese
- bontDutch
- pstrokaciznaPolish
- пёстрый, разношёрстный, мешанина, пестрота, разноцветныйRussian
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