[syn: patchwork, hodgepodge, jumble]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hodgepodge \Hodge"podge`\, n.
A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot. --Johnson.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hodgepodge
n 1: a motley assortment of things [syn: odds and ends,
oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash,
mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry,
omnium-gatherum]
2: a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous
ideas [syn: patchwork, hodgepodge, jumble]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "hodgepodge":
all sorts, arsy-varsiness, assemblage, assortment, broad spectrum,
clutter, collectanea, conglomerate, conglomeration, farrago,
gallimaufry, hash, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hotchpot,
hotchpotch, hysteron proteron, jumble, litter, magpie, mash,
medley, melange, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellany,
mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mixture, oddments, odds and ends, olio,
olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork,
potpourri, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scramble, stew, sundries,
topsy-turviness, topsy-turvydom, tumble, turmoil, unholy mess,
variety, welter, what you will