Synonyms
- agglomerate
- agglomeration
- alphabet soup
- assortment
- botch
- clutter
- collage
- crazy quilt
- farrago
- gallimaufry
- grab bag
- gumbo
- hash
- hodgepodge
- hotchpotch
- jambalaya
- jumble
- jungle
- litter
- macédoine
- medley
- mélange
- menagerie
- miscellanea
- miscellany
- 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 mishmash in a Sentence
Terry Byrne, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
Despite the alternatives that exist, the US is a mishmash of differing transportation approaches that still vastly favor automobiles over cheaper and more environmentally friendly alternatives, and most Americans have no choice but to drive.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 30 Aug. 2023
Just as Los Angeles’s mishmash of architectural eras results in moments of unexpected beauty, the home’s clash of periods and styles is somehow harmonious — and, most of all, joyful.
—Max Berlinger, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
These are crises decades in the making, exacerbated by the complexities of governing the mishmash of 34 municipalities that make up greater Miami and putting off expensive solutions.
—Michael Smith, Fortune, 31 July 2023
Just a sliver of new cars sold in the United States are EVs, but these machines have united a mishmash of people eager to move America away from gasoline.
—David Zipper, The Atlantic, 19 July 2023
One night, however — according to a mishmash of history and legend — a miller’s daughter named Violetta managed to fight him off.
—Jon Mooallem Andrea Frazzetta, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
Enter Email Sign Up Inside, across tilted floorboards, nothing matches: not the dinnerware, nor the decor, a cluttered mishmash of antique camp.
—Lindsay Crudele, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
DiCaprio’s pal Tobey Maguire — dressed in a mishmash of a black suit, gold chain and sneakers with brown soles — kept pacing around the tent.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 26 May 2023
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Word History
Middle English & Yiddish; Middle English mysse masche, perhaps reduplication of mash mash; Yiddish mish-mash, perhaps reduplication of mishn to mix
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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“Mishmash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mishmash. Accessed 24 Sep. 2023.
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