BOLLIX Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

bollix

noun

Definition of bollix

as in mishmash

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Noun

First, owing to the executive churn that preceded Stearns, the Mets’ front office is a mishmash of hires from several different regimes.

— Tim Britton, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Large projects consist of a spider’s web of deadlines, a mishmash of budgets, a cavalcade of different teams to organize and a litany of regulatory hurdles to clear.

— Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of mishmash

Noun

Longtime collaborator Erik Blood foregrounds Butler’s dry drum machines in the mix, letting every other element shuffle around them, snaking toward the spotlight for a brief moment and retreating back into the brume.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
The power and shuffle/no shuffle switches were also separated into separate controls.

— Eric Griffith, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026

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The rate decision may also thrust the central bank into a political maelstrom in the final sprint to Election Day.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
The other Dan Sullivan in Alaska’s Senate race, who has said relatively little despite being at the center of a legal and political maelstrom, defended his position on the ballot in rare public comments on Monday.

— Mary Beth Gahan, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of maelstrom

Noun

Consumers who buy insurance through an employer or on the Affordable Care Act marketplace may have a hodgepodge of plans to choose from, with different premiums, cost-sharing provisions, doctor networks and other factors to consider.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
Bounded by Washington Street, State Street, Randolph Street and Dearborn Street, Block 37 once sported a hodgepodge of vintage buildings housing theaters, arcades and wig shops, among other businesses.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of hodgepodge

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Your overflow of coffee table books,backup candles, and other living room miscellany can find a home in this sideboard that can anchor your entryway or moonlight as an entertainment console.

— Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026
Chinese scholar Yuan Zhang told me of her love for Diario Minimo (1963) and Eco’s other collections of journalistic miscellany.

— Bartolomeo Sala, The Dial, 29 Sep. 2026

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