motleys

noun

plural of motley
1
as in fools
a person formerly kept in a royal or noble household to amuse with jests and pranks the motleys with their colorful outfits

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2
as in varieties
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things a motley of old junk stored in the attic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motleys
  1. fools
  2. varieties
  3. clowns
  4. assortments
  5. medleys
  6. jumbles
  7. collages
Noun
  • This is an ignoble war making monsters and fools out of its participants, and against the uncontrollable weapons that are dragons, everyone’s resolve is crumbling.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 June 2026
  • This game makes fools of us all.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 16 June 2026
Definition of fools
Noun
  • If using other varieties of cucumbers, remove seeds by cutting in half lengthwise; run bowl of spoon down center of cut edge to scoop out seeds.
    — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 13 July 2026
  • The varieties include Blended Mango Dragonfruit Lemonade, Blended Mango Strawberry Lemonade and a limited-time Blended Passionfruit Guava Lemonade.
    — Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
Definition of varieties
Noun
  • Perhaps most astonishingly, the movie manages to make creepy clowns — that shopworn trope — genuinely frightening again.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
  • Hang out with sheep, meet magicians and clowns and explore the amusement park.
    — Cole Premo, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Definition of clowns
Noun
  • Its deep-discount model is built for speed and simplicity around compact stores, limited assortments, a heavy reliance on private label and customer self-service—like bagging and shopping-cart retrieval— that keeps prices low and operations tight.
    — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • McGinty said many of the styles now gaining broader visibility — salt-and-pepper diamonds, hexagon and kite-cut stones, Montana sapphires and heavier gold settings — were already in demand with her clients years before appearing in larger retail assortments.
    — Lauren Fisher, Footwear News, 26 June 2026
Definition of assortments
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
  • 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
  • Frequently incorporating African American women as her subjects, her paintings and collages center around race, femininity, and memory.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 9 July 2026
  • Atkinson similarly makes collages, carefully weaving each phrase into the next to create unsettled atmospheres.
    — Vanessa Ague, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026
Definition of collages
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“Motleys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motleys. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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