Synonyms
- agglomerate
- agglomeration
- alphabet soup
- assortment
- botch
- clutter
- collage
- crazy quilt
- farrago
- gallimaufry
- grab bag
- gumbo
- hash
- hodgepodge
- hotchpotch
- jambalaya
- jumble
- jungle
- litter
- macédoine
- medley
- mélange
- menagerie
- miscellanea
- miscellany
- mixed bag
- montage
- motley
- muddle
- olio
- olla podrida
- omnium-gatherum
- pastiche
- patchwork
- patchwork quilt
- potpourri
- ragbag
- ragout
- rummage
- salad
- salmagundi
- scramble
- shuffle
- smorgasbord
- stew
- tumble
- variety
- welter
Examples of mishmash in a Sentence
the painting was just a mishmash of colors and abstract shapes as far as we could tell
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The intertwining plots unroll in a mishmash of styles.
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
This show has always featured a strange mishmash of tones, but the ensemble is more spread out than ever now, and with Kevin Costner gone, there’s no longer an anchor.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
Supervisors oversee a mishmash of regional responsibilities ranging from land use issues and regional public health to animal shelters and restaurant inspections.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2024
Until the postwar period, Paju and Haigh write, IBM’s operations outside the US were a mishmash of joint ventures, subsidiaries, and licensing agreements with no unified strategy.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 21 Nov. 2024
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
This show has always featured a strange mishmash of tones, but the ensemble is more spread out than ever now, and with Kevin Costner gone, there’s no longer an anchor.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
Supervisors oversee a mishmash of regional responsibilities ranging from land use issues and regional public health to animal shelters and restaurant inspections.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2024
Until the postwar period, Paju and Haigh write, IBM’s operations outside the US were a mishmash of joint ventures, subsidiaries, and licensing agreements with no unified strategy.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Mishmash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mishmash. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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mishmash
noun
mish·mash
ˈmish-ˌmash 
-ˌmäsh
: hodgepodge, jumble
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