Synonyms for menagerie
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Assortment — A diverse or miscellaneous group
2. Zoo — the enclosure where they are kept
zoo, zoological garden formal
Definitions
- n. 1
The enclosure where they are kept.
- n. 2
A diverse or miscellaneous group.
Related words
- Other spellings
- ménagerie
Forms
- Plural
- menageries → assortments, hodgepodges, melanges, zoos…
Example sentences
- assortment Tonight, we'll have an assortment for dinner.
- hodgepodge U.S. cuisine is a hodgepodge of immigrant traditions.
- zoo I had never seen a giraffe till I visited the zoo.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| menagerie | rising | |
| assortment | steady | |
| hodgepodge | rising | |
| melange | falling | |
| zoo | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- zoo1
- 7 letters
- melange2
- 10 letters
- assortment3, hodgepodge2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (melange2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- ménagerie
- Español
- casa de fieras
- Deutsch
- Menagerie