alphabet soup

noun

: a hodgepodge especially of initials (as of the names of organizations)

Synonyms

• agglomerate
• agglomeration
• assortment
• botch
• clutter
• collage
• crazy quilt
• farrago
• gallimaufry
• grab bag
• gumbo
• hash
• hodgepodge
• hotchpotch
• jambalaya
• jumble
• jungle
• litter
• macédoine
• medley
• mélange
• menagerie
• miscellanea
• miscellany
• mishmash
• mixed bag
• montage
• motley
• muddle
• olio
• olla podrida
• omnium-gatherum
• pastiche
• patchwork
• patchwork quilt
• potpourri
• ragbag
• ragout
• rummage
• salad
• salmagundi
• scramble
• shuffle
• smorgasbord
• stew
• tumble
• variety
• welter

Examples of alphabet soup in a Sentence

a bowl of alphabet soup

the alphabet soup of designer drugs that were available to patrons of the once-notorious disco

Recent Examples on the Web

My journey required no specialists, no injections, no alphabet soup of assisted reproductive acronyms. —Anonymous, Vogue, 10 May 2025

Recycling can feel like alphabet soup: PET, PETE, and HDPE can be picked up through most curbside recycling programs and recycled into various products, like furniture, lumber, and bottles. —Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2025

The key is for business leaders to look beyond the buzzwords and the alphabet soup of model types to realize the use cases of AI. —Toni Pisano, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025

Coming to the United States for anything but tourism usually means wading through an alphabet soup of visa types – more than two dozen for people who do not intend to become permanent residents of the US. —Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for alphabet soup

• coop
• coupe
• croup
• droop
• drupe
• dupe
• group
• hoop
• loop
• lupe
• oop
• poop