assemblage

assemblage

noun

Definition of ASSEMBLAGE

1

a body of people come together in one place <an assemblage of onlookers at the construction site>

Synonyms assemblage, assembly, conference, congregation, convocation, ingathering, meeting, muster

Related Words company, consort, coterie, gang, pack; caucus, forum, market, panel, rally, symposium, synod; audience, gallery, grandstand, house; crowd, flock, horde, legion, multitude, press, swarm, throng; crush, mob, rabble, rabblement

2

a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time <tried to sort through the assemblage of ripped wrapping paper and boxes for the missing toy>

Synonyms accretion, assemblage, collection, cumulation, cumulus, gathering, lodgment (or lodgement), pileup

Related Words agglomerate, assortment, congeries, conglomerate, conglomeration, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, jumble, medley, mélange, mishmash, mix, mixture, motley, potpourri; agglomeration, clutter, hash, heap, litter, mass, pile; aggregate, aggregation, sum, totality; backlog, cache, fund, hoard, inventory, kitty, nest egg, reserve, stock, stockpile, store, supply

3

a number of things considered as a unit <an assemblage of brass candlesticks on the table>

Synonyms array, assemblage, band, bank, batch, battery, block, bunch, clot, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, constellation, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, muster, package, parcel, passel, set, suite

Related Words accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomeration; agglomeration, assortment, hodgepodge, jumble, miscellany, mixture, odds and ends, sundries, variety; cycle, run, series, suit

Near Antonyms entity, item, single, unit

4

an organized group of objects acquired and maintained for study, exhibition, or personal pleasure <donated his assemblage of 18th-century miniature paintings to the museum>

Synonyms assemblage, library

Related Words assortment, kaleidoscope, miscellanea, mixed bag, omnium-gatherum, phantasmagoria, treasure, treasure trove, trove; arsenal, cache, hoard, repertoire, repertory, reserve, stock, stockpile, store, supply; accumulation, assembly, gathering

Near Antonyms bric-a-brac, clutter, heap, jumble, litter, pile, ragbag