hodgepodge
9 synonyms and 1 antonym for hodgepodge, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A mixture made up of lots of different things put together.
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Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
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Etymology
Traces to Middle English hochepoche, a variant of hochepot, which came from Old French hochepot, itself from Middle Dutch hutspot (“beef or mutton cut into small pieces and mixed and boiled together in a pot”). That word combined hotsen, hutsen (“to shake; jog; jolt”) with pot (“pot”), equivalent to hotch plus pot. Com...
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