Hodgepodge \Hodge"podge`\, n.
A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot. --Johnson.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hodgepodge
n 1: a motley assortment of things [syn: odds and ends, oddments,
melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash, mingle-mangle,
hotchpotch, omnium-gatherum]
2: a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous
ideas [syn: patchwork, jumble]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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