assortment

Noun

Meaning

Act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or classes.

A collection or quantity of things distributed into kinds or sorts; a number of things assorted.

A collection containing a variety of sorts or kinds adapted to various wants, demands, or purposes; as, an assortment of goods.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

variety smorgasbord miscellany set group range motley miscellanea salmagundi collection selection mixture classification diversity bundle
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Antonyms

support whole base basis middle solution
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Hypernyms

collection accumulation grouping aggregation assemblage

Hyponyms

range melange selection taxonomy relegation stratification

Related terms

assorted

Phrases with the word

big assortment big assortment of limited assortment of broad assortment broad assortment of assortment of

Examples

a great assortment of cars was on display Source: Internet

he had a variety of disorders Source: Internet

a veritable smorgasbord of religions Source: Internet

A document detailing the administration's problems with an assortment of "at least" 274 artists and celebrities who were being considered for the public health campaign pointed out that Eilish is, in fact, "not a Trump supporter." Source: Internet

An assortment of disparate and subjective points of view confronts the reader, and the success or survival of point of view characters is never assured. Source: Internet

As the decade carried on, Hepburn appeared in an assortment of genres including the heist comedy How to Steal a Million (1966) where she played the daughter of a famous art collector, whose collection consists entirely of forgeries. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

assortedness assorter assortiment assortment of assortment of life forms assortment of living species