Overview of noun motley

The noun motley has 3 senses

• assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley -- (a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions")


• motley -- (a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume))


• motley -- (a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England)

Overview of verb motley

The verb motley has 2 senses

• vary, variegate, motley -- (make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu")


• motley, parti-color -- (make motley; color with different colors)

Overview of adj motley

The adj motley has 2 senses

• assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry -- (consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards)


• motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured -- (having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies")