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Synonyms for hodgepodge

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.

    His latest sculpture is a hodgepodge of kitchen clutter and scrap glued together.

  2. n. 2

    A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot.

Related words

Is a kind of
assortment collection group
Other spellings
hodge-podge

Forms

Plural
hodgepodges → mish-mashes, melanges, potpourris, messes…

Example sentences

  • mess If you mess with drugs, you're asking for trouble.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
hodgepodgerising
messrising
potpourristeady
melangefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
mess1, olio
5 letters
salad2
6 letters
medley2, motley2, jumble2, welter2, ragbag
7 letters
mixture2, clutter2, melange2, farrago
8 letters
pastiche2, oddments
9 letters
patchwork2, menagerie4, potpourri3
10 letters
miscellany4, salmagundi
11 letters
smorgasbord3, gallimaufry

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (salad2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
salmigondis