assortment

English Thesaurus

1. the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type (noun.act)

hypernym	:	grouping,
definition	:	the activity of putting things together in groups (noun.act)

hyponym	:	indexing,
definition	:	the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve (noun.act)

hyponym	:	reclassification,
definition	:	classifying something again (usually in a new category) (noun.act)

hyponym	:	relegation,
definition	:	the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category (noun.act)

hyponym	:	stratification,
definition	:	the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata (noun.act)

hyponym	:	taxonomy,
definition	:	practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships (noun.act)

hyponym	:	typology,
definition	:	classification according to general type (noun.act)

2. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things (noun.group)

hypernym	:	accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection,
definition	:	several things grouped together or considered as a whole (noun.group)

hyponym	:	grab bag,
definition	:	an assortment of miscellaneous items (noun.group)

hyponym	:	witch's brew, witches' brew, witches' broth,
definition	:	a fearsome mixture (noun.group)

hyponym	:	range,
definition	:	a variety of different things or activities (noun.group)

hyponym	:	selection,
definition	:	an assortment of things from which a choice can be made (noun.group)

hyponym	:	farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag,
definition	:	a motley assortment of things (noun.group)

hyponym	:	alphabet soup,
definition	:	a confusing assortment (noun.group)

hyponym	:	sampler,
definition	:	an assortment of various samples (noun.group)

3. the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type (noun.act)

derivation	:	compartmentalise, compartmentalize, cut up,
definition	:	separate into isolated compartments or categories (verb.change)

derivation	:	assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out,
definition	:	arrange or order by classes or categories (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	categorise, categorize,
definition	:	place into or assign to a category (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	classify, relegate,
definition	:	assign to a class or kind (verb.cognition)

4. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things (noun.group)

derivation	:	blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix,
definition	:	mix together different elements (verb.change)

derivation	:	motley, variegate, vary,
definition	:	make something more diverse and varied (verb.change)

derivation	:	assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry,
definition	:	consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (adj.all)

5. the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type (noun.act)

derivation	:	compartmentalise, compartmentalize, cut up,
definition	:	separate into isolated compartments or categories (verb.change)

derivation	:	assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out,
definition	:	arrange or order by classes or categories (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	categorise, categorize,
definition	:	place into or assign to a category (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	classify, relegate,
definition	:	assign to a class or kind (verb.cognition)

6. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things (noun.group)

derivation	:	blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix,
definition	:	mix together different elements (verb.change)

derivation	:	motley, variegate, vary,
definition	:	make something more diverse and varied (verb.change)

derivation	:	assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry,
definition	:	consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (adj.all)