ragtag

ragtag

adjective

Definition of RAGTAG

1

consisting of many things of different sorts <the team was a ragtag bunch who had only one thing in common: a lack of skill>

Synonyms assorted, eclectic, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, kitchen-sink, magpie, mixed, motley, patchwork, piebald, promiscuous, raggle-taggle, ragtag, varied

Related Words manifold, multifarious; multiple, multiplex, myriad; disparate, divergent, diverse, sundry, various; chaotic, cluttered, confused, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, farraginous, jumbled, littered, messed, messy, muddled; amalgamated, blended, combined, commingled, commixed, conglomerated, fused, incorporated, intermingled, intermixed, merged, mingled; composite, conglomerate, hybrid; unclassified, unsorted

Near Antonyms monolithic, uniform; alike, identical, like, same; distinct, distinctive, individual, separate

Antonyms homogeneous

2

wearing torn or worn out clothes <a ragtag and weary regiment arrived back at headquarters with the latest news from the front>

Synonyms ragged, raggedy, ragtag, tatterdemalion

Related Words bedraggled, scroungy, scruffy, shabby, threadbare; down-at-the-heels (or down-at-heel also down-at-the-heel or down-at-heels)

Near Antonyms decked (out), dolled up, dressed up; spiffy