Synonyms for assortment
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Variety
variety, selection, mix bag, collection, smorgasbord, bunch, motley, potpourri, menagerie, set, melange, lot, group, mixture, diversity, batch, class, miscellanea, salmagundi, hodgepodge, mish-mash, olio
2. Categorization
categorization, categorisation UK, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation UK
Definitions
- n. 1
A collection of varying but related items.
This box has an assortment of chocolates. There's a picture on the cover so you know which is which.
Related words
- Other spellings
- assortiment
Forms
- Plural
- assortments → varieties, selections, collections, smorgasbords…
Example sentences
- collection He couldn't calculate the price of the collection.
- variety The company manufactures a variety of paper goods.
- selection This store has the best selection of hats in town.
- choice A pizza topped with mozzarella is my first choice.
- oddment She is ingenious in economising every oddment.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| assortment | steady | |
| collection | steady | |
| variety | steady | |
| selection | steady | |
| choice | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- set1, lot1
- 4 letters
- olio
- 5 letters
- group1, class1, stock1, bunch1, batch1
- 6 letters
- choice1, budget2, motley2
- 7 letters
- variety4, mixture2, melange2, oddment
- 9 letters
- selection3, diversity4, allotment3, menagerie4, potpourri3
- 10 letters
- collection3, hodgepodge2, salmagundi
- 11 letters
- smorgasbord3, miscellanea
- 14 letters
- classification5, categorization6, categorisation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (budget2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- assortiment
- Italiano
- assortimento
- Español
- surtido
- Català
- assortiment