Synonyms of ragtag

ragtag

adjective

ˈrag-ˌtag 

1

as in eclectic

consisting of many things of different sorts

the team was a ragtag bunch who had only one thing in common: a lack of skill

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eclectic
• assorted
• varied
• mixed
• diverse
• miscellaneous
• heterogeneous
• messy
• chaotic
• patchwork
• kitchen-sink
• raggle-taggle
• promiscuous
• indiscriminate
• motley
• littered
• various
• magpie
• disparate
• multifarious
• combined
• divergent
• disheveled
• sundry
• cluttered
• jumbled
• piebald
• disordered
• multiplex
• manifold
• composite
• blended
• muddled
• multiple
• confused
• hybrid
• myriad
• amalgamated
• fused
• incorporated
• conglomerate
• mingled
• disarranged
• disarrayed
• commingled
• merged
• intermingled
• intermixed
• unclassified
• unsorted
• messed
• farraginous
• commixed
• conglomerated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• homogeneous
• uniform
• same
• like
• identical
• monolithic
• individual
• separate
• distinctive
• distinct
• alike

2

as in tattered

wearing torn or worn out clothes

a ragtag and weary regiment arrived back at headquarters with the latest news from the front

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tattered
• ragged
• raggedy
• out at elbows
• scruffy
• bedraggled
• tatterdemalion
• shabby
• scroungy
• threadbare
• down-at-the-heels

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decked (out)
• spiffy
• dressed up
• dolled up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ragtag

Their once formidable left wing media army – led by CNN, the Washington Post and 60 Minutes – is dwindling to just a ragtag few that have forfeited their power, influence, ratings and readership. — Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 18 June 2026

With no league and no roadmap, a ragtag group of players and an unlikely coach endured a grueling two-year training camp, hoping simply not to embarrass their nation at the first-ever World Cup on American soil. — Brent Lang, Variety, 17 June 2026

The Pushing Daisies and Marcella star plays a fearsome and fearless doctor, who along with her second-in-command, registrar Dr Curtis Parker, leads a ragtag group of medical interns on their final chance at Pines Hospital. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 14 June 2026

In this case, Nathan Fillion's Mal Reynolds plays the wisecracking and morally ambiguous Solo-type role, while he's accompanied by a ragtag crew aboard his ship, known as Serenity. — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 June 2026

Phrases Containing ragtag

• ragtag and bobtail

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