mosaics [moh-zey-ik]
Main Entry:
mosaic [moh-zey-ik]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: collage
Synonyms: checker, montage, motley, patchwork, plaid, tessellation, variegation
Main Entry: mixture
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: combination
Synonyms: admixture, adulteration, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, assimilation, association, batter, blend, brew, combine, combo, commixture, composite, compound, concoction, confection, conglomeration, cross, crossing, dough, fusion, goulash, grab bag, hodgepodge, hybrid, hybridization, incorporation, infiltration, interfusion, jumble, mash, medley, merger, mingling, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mosaic, mélange, package, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, saturation, soup, stew, transfusion, union, variety
Notes: in a mixture, the combined elements lose their individual identities and are fused, blended, or compounded in the result; in a mix, the elements, though combined, retain their individual identities
Main Entry: mottle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: speckle
Synonyms: bespeckle, besprinkle, brindle, dapple, dot, flake, fleck, freckle, mosaic, patch, pepper, punctate, speck, spot, sprinkle, stipple, variegate
Related Words
Main Entry: mixture
Part of Speech: noun
Related
Adjectives:
composite, farraginous, half, hybrid, implex, indiscriminate, linsey, miscellaneous, miscible, mixed, mongrel, motley, promiscuous
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: [Forming a whole without coherence] Mixture.
Category: 3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY
Synonyms:
-nouns
mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion; commixion, intermixture, alloyage, matrimony; junction; combination; miscegenation., impregnation; infusion, diffusion, suffusion, transfusion; infiltration; seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding; interpolation, adulteration, sophistication., [Thing mixed] tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon., [Compound resulting from mixture] alloy, amalgam; brass, chowchow, pewter; magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, hodgepodge, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts; jumble (disorder); salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn; mosaic (variegation)., half-blood, half-caste. mulatto; terceron, quarteron, quinteron; quadroon, octoroon; griffo, zambo; cafuzo; Eurasian; fustee, fustie; grimffe, ladino, marabou, mestee, mestizo, quintroon, sacatra [U. S.], zebrule; catalo; cross, hybrid, mongrel.
-verbs
mix; join; combine; commix, immix, intermix; mix up with, mingle; commingle, intermingle, bemingle; shuffle (derange); pound together; hash up, stir up; knead, brew; impregnate with; interlard (interpolate); intertwine, interweave; associate with; miscegenate., be mixed; get among, be entangled with., instil, imbue; infuse, suffuse, transfuse; infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper, medicate, blend, cross; alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate, sophisticate, infect.
-adjectives
mixed; implex, composite, half-and-half, linsey-woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous; motley (variegated); miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate; miscible.
-adverbs
among, amongst, amid, amidst; with; in the midst of, in the crowd.
Antonyms: simpleness
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