Synonyms for motley
ˈmɒt li

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1. assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley(noun)

   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 bag

   Antonyms:
   homogenous, homogeneous, uncolored, uncoloured

2. motley(noun)

   a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)

   Synonyms:
   smorgasbord, mixed bag, miscellanea, salmagundi, miscellany, potpourri, variety, assortment, mixture

   Antonyms:
   homogeneous, homogenous, uncolored, uncoloured

3. motley(adj)

   a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England

   Synonyms:
   smorgasbord, mixed bag, miscellanea, salmagundi, miscellany, potpourri, variety, assortment, mixture

   Antonyms:
   uncoloured, homogeneous, homogenous, uncolored

4. assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry(a)(adj)

   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, uncolored

5. motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured(verb)

   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, varicoloured

   Antonyms:
   uncolored, homogeneous, homogenous, uncoloured

6. vary, variegate, motley(verb)

   make something more diverse and varied

   "Vary the menu"

   Synonyms:
   change, alter, deviate, vary, diverge, parti-color, depart, variegate

   Antonyms:
   homogeneous, uncoloured, homogenous, uncolored

7. motley, parti-color(verb)

   make motley; color with different colors

   Synonyms:
   vary, parti-color, variegate

   Antonyms:
   homogenous, uncoloured, homogeneous, uncolored

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1. motley

   Synonyms:
   parti-colored, variegated, mixed, medley, heterogeneous, diversified

   Antonyms:
   uniform, homogeneous, alike, monochromatic

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1. motley(a.)

   Synonyms:
   variegated, dappled, MOTTLED

2. motley(a.)

   Synonyms:
   heterogeneous, of various kinds

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