menageries

noun

plural of menagerie
as in medleys
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things the living room is eclectically furnished with a menagerie of garage-sale finds

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Recent Examples of menageries Headline writers like to use words like menageries and beasts to describe it. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026 In later centuries, Barbary lions were gifted between royal courts, kept in menageries, and even depicted on national emblems — as in the coat of arms of Morocco and the United Kingdom. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for menageries
  1. medleys
  2. assortments
  3. varieties
  4. collages
  5. jumbles
  6. litters
  7. jungles
Noun
  • Lowlights included uninspiring medleys.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
  • For the elder millennials, the bittersweet spot was the medleys of older Kanye cuts released from 2004 to 2016 (think The College Dropout to The Life of Pablo).
    — Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of medleys
Noun
  • After that, new products and assortments will be locally designed, developed and even manufactured in China.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Burlington has also taken steps to reduce its weather sensitivity, including strengthening its home products assortments.
    — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of assortments
Noun
  • Related Grab Your Pumpkins Now There’s no need to wait until October to purchase your favorite pumpkin varieties.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026
  • There are many different varieties of ramen across Japan, and Sano ramen is characterized by its blend of soy sauce, pork, and chicken.
    — Kim Kay, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of varieties
Noun
  • Wiener not only leaves behind a richly complex body of work straddling textiles, painting, photographs, and collages, but also a career intricately connected to one of the most important chapters of Austrian art.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Creating magazine collages can be a great activity for the whole family, according to Blanka Molnar, founder of Your Sorted Space .
    — Emily Benda Gaylord, The Spruce, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of collages
Noun
  • Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
    — Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of jumbles
Noun
  • This September, the facility welcomed 34 kits from seven litters, marking the most productive season in its 25-year history of taking up the project.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • And then there are the animals The regulations say domestic or other animals kept in groups such as packs, herds, litters, bevies or flocks larger than three are prohibited, unless the Village approves otherwise by resolution.
    — Luisa Yanez Updated September 3, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of litters
Noun
  • To capture how Africa’s varied ecosystems shape the animals that live within them, film crews were sent to deserts, forests, jungles, mountains and islands.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Netflix documentary The Lost Children tells the almost unbelievable tale of four children stranded after a plane crash in the jungles of Colombia.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of jungles

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“Menageries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/menageries. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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