motley - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England

Synonyms

• motley

More generic

• cloth
• fabric
• material
• textile

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• motley

Noun

a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)

Synonyms

• motley

More generic

• garment

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• motley

Noun

a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

Synonyms

• assortment
• miscellanea
• miscellany
• mixed bag
• mixture
• motley
• potpourri
• salmagundi
• smorgasbord
• variety

More generic

• accumulation
• aggregation
• assemblage
• collection

More specific

• alphabet soup
• farrago
• gallimaufry
• grab bag
• hodgepodge
• hotchpotch
• melange
• mingle-mangle
• mishmash
• oddments
• odds and ends
• omnium-gatherum
• ragbag
• range
• sampler
• selection
• witch's brew
• witches' brew
• witches' broth

Verb

make motley; color with different colors

Synonyms

• motley
• parti-color

More generic

• color
• color in
• colorise
• colorize
• colour
• colour in
• colourise
• colourize

Verb

make something more diverse and varied

Synonyms

• motley
• variegate
• vary

More generic

• diversify

More specific

• checker
• chequer

Adjective

having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly

Synonyms

• calico
• motley
• multi-color
• multi-colored
• multi-colour
• multi-coloured
• multicolor
• multicolored
• multicolour
• multicoloured
• painted
• particolored
• particoloured
• piebald
• pied
• varicolored
• varicoloured

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• colored
• colorful
• coloured

Adjective

consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds

Synonyms

• assorted
• miscellaneous
• mixed
• motley
• sundry

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• heterogeneous
• heterogenous

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