mishmash
/ˈmɪʃˌmæʃ/
mishmash noun: a collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
Noun
mishmash (plural mishmashes)
- A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
- As for Mr. Pynchon’s conjuring of millennial New York, it’s a total mishmash.2013 September 10, Michiko Kakutani, “A Calamity Tailor-Made for Internet Conspiracy Theories”, in New York Times
- He cites 'on-seat charging facilities', which he describes as pregviously^([sic]) being a "mishmash of some having them and not having them".2025 July 23, Richard Wilcock, “A new dawn for the Electrostars”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 26
- Synonyms:
- bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, rummage, salad, anthology, gallery, gatherum
Verb
mishmash (third-person singular simple present mishmashes, present participle mishmashing, simple past and past participle mishmashed)
- To mix together, especially in a confused way.
- To become mixed together.
mishmash meaning in Urdu, Malayalam, Malay and Indonesian
mishmash in Urdu
- کھچڑی, مخلوط
mishmash in Malayalam
- hotchpotch, jumble, confusion
- കുഴച്ചിൽ, താറുമാറ്, സങ്കീർണ്ണത, മിശ്രിതം, അങ്കലാപ്പ്, അലങ്കോലം
mishmash in Malay
- a collection of miscellany
- rojak
mishmash in Indonesian
- a collection of miscellany
- rojak
Synonyms of mishmash
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- congeries
- crazyquilt
- disjecta membra
- farrago
- galimatias
- gallimaufry
- grab bag
- hodgepodge
- horse and rabbit stew
- hotchpotch
- hotchpot
- job lot
- jumble
- macedoine
- medley
- melange
- mingle-mangle
- miscellanea
- miscellany
- mixed bag
- mixture
- motley
- odds and ends
- oddments
- olio
- olla podrida
- omnium-gatherum
- pastiche
- patchwork quilt
- potpourri
Forms of mishmash
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mishmashes |
| alternative form | mish-mash |
| alternative form | mishmosh |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | mishmashes |
| present participle | mishmashing |
| past participle | mishmashed |
| past | mishmashed |
Origin of mishmash
Attested since the late 15th century, Middle English mysse masche, probably a reduplication of mash, although a Yiddish origin or influence has also been suggested. Cognates include Saterland Frisian Miskmask and German Mischmasch.
Words that rhyme with mishmash
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- hash
- mash
- rash
- plash
- thrash
- cache
- gash
- gnash
- goulash
- pash
- rehash
- sash
- stash
- bash
- bedash
- brash
- fash
- ganache
- overlash
- potash
- slapdash
- abash
- backslash
- backsplash
- calash
- gatecrash
- Kash
- midrash
- panache
- shamash
- shash
- stramash
- taplash
- apache
- bardash
- berdache
- Chumash
- encash
- haberdash
- heat rash
- keysmash
- Lagash
- Malagash
- Miminegash
- newsflash
- outflash
- overrash
- pearlash
Questions about mishmash
- What does mishmash mean?
- Mishmash means a collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
- What is mishmash in Urdu?
- Mishmash in Urdu is کھچڑی, مخلوط. See Mishmash meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is mishmash?
- Mishmash can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce mishmash?
- Mishmash is pronounced /ˈmɪʃˌmæʃ/.
- What is the plural of mishmash?
- The plural of mishmash is mishmashes.
Words near mishmash in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mishmash (page history and authors); mishmash (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mishmash (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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