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
Recent Examples on the Web
Best of all, there’s not a drop of corporate mythologizing in the mishmash of factoid and fantasy.
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Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
But a lack of federal regulation and a mishmash of state laws got in the way.
—Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
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Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
But a lack of federal regulation and a mishmash of state laws got in the way.
—Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
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“Mishmash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mishmash. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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mishmash
noun
mish·mash
ˈmish-ˌmash 
-ˌmäsh
: hodgepodge, jumble
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