Synonyms of motleys

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fools
• clowns
• comics
• harlequins
• jokers
• comedians
• jesters
• madcaps
• vices
• merry-andrews
• buffoons
• jokesters
• wags
• drolls
• comediennes
• zanies
• cutups
• mimes
• mummers

2

as in varieties

an unorganized collection or mixture of various things

a motley of old junk stored in the attic

Synonyms & Similar Words

• varieties
• assortments
• medleys
• jumbles
• collages
• ragbags
• hotchpotches
• grab bags
• alphabet soups
• mixed bags
• crazy quilts
• litters
• blends
• mélanges
• patchwork quilts
• hodgepodges
• salads
• farragoes
• gallimaufries
• ragouts
• jungles
• shuffles
• ollas podridas
• macédoines
• amalgams
• patchworks
• mishmashes
• smorgasbords
• omnium-gatherums
• clutters
• pastiches
• menageries
• agglomerations
• agglomerates
• hashes
• potpourris
• jambalayas
• botches
• olios
• scrambles
• stews
• montages
• gumbos
• olla podridas
• combinations
• miscellanea
• miscellanies
• salmagundis
• tangles
• odds and ends
• rummages
• accumulations
• welters
• muddles
• tumbles
• aggregates
• aggregations
• notions
• sundries
• detritus
• conglomerates
• composites
• conglomerations
• disarrays
• commixtures
• chaoses
• compounds
• fusions
• disarrangements
• messes
• bollixes
• alloys
• catchalls
• oddments
• admixtures
• intermixtures
• disorders
• dog's breakfasts
• snarls
• mix-ups
• shambles
• imbroglios
• morasses
• confusions
• knots