Definition for Motley:

• mot'li, adj. covered with spots of different colours: consisting of different colours: composed of various parts, heterogeneous.-- n. clothes made of pieces of different colours: the dress of a jester: any mixture, esp. of colours.-- adj. MOT'LEY-MIND'ED ( Shak.), having fickle and foolish thoughts and feelings.-- MAN OF MOTLEY, a jester. [ Skeat explains M. E. mottelee as through O. Fr. mattelé, clotted, curdled-- Bavarian matte, curds.]

Synonyms for Motley:

• adj.

  •assorted (adjective)
  • hybrid,
  • diverse,
  • different,
  • sundry.
  •checkered (adjective)
  • plaid,
  • patchwork,
  • mutable,
  • spotted.
  •colorful (adjective)
  • picturesque,
  • chromatic,
  • psychedelic,
  • gay,
  • hued,
  • intense,
  • florid,
  • vivid,
  • flashy,
  • bright,
  • splashy,
  • gaudy,
  • vibrant,
  • prismatic,
  • jazzy,
  • rich,
  • showy,
  • loud.
  •complex (adjective)
  • knotty,
  • complicated,
  • labyrinthine,
  • tortuous,
  • confused,
  • convoluted,
  • compound,
  • tangled,
  • composite,
  • circuitous,
  • multifarious,
  • compounded,
  • multiplex,
  • involute,
  • elaborate,
  • manifold,
  • mixed-up,
  • entangled.
  •conglomerate (adjective)
  • massed,
  • amassed,
  • blended,
  • Melded,
  • promiscuous,
  • clustered.
  •dappled (adjective)
  • flecked,
  • stippled,
  • piebald,
  • checkered,
  • discolored.
  •heterogeneous (adjective)
  • mongrel,
  • unrelated,
  • divergent,
  • inharmonious,
  • contrary,
  • odd,
  • opposed,
  • variant,
  • independent,
  • Contrasted,
  • discordant,
  • amalgamate,
  • incongruous.
  •indiscriminate (adjective)
  • Designless,
  • superficial,
  • careless,
  • wide,
  • hit-or-miss,
  • spot,
  • wholesale,
  • extensive,
  • unconsidered,
  • unsystematic,
  • motley*,
  • unplanned,
  • unmethodical,
  • shallow,
  • purposeless,
  • sweeping,
  • unselective,
  • general,
  • undiscriminating,
  • Imperceptive,
  • desultory,
  • aimless,
  • uncritical,
  • broad.
  •involute (adjective)
  • Daedal.
  •kaleidoscopic (adjective)
  • more rainbow,
  • more many-colored,
  • most manycolored,
  • more manycolored,
  • most many colored,
  • manycolored,
  • more many colored,
  • most rainbow,
  • many colored,
  • most many-colored.
  •miscellaneous (adjective)
  • dis-ordered,
  • un-matched,
  • more scrambled,
  • more unsorted,
  • un sorted,
  • most unsorted,
  • un-sorted,
  • un matched,
  • many,
  • most scrambled,
  • dis ordered.
  •mixed (adjective)
  • interdenominational,
  • tied,
  • crossbred,
  • cross-bred,
  • Hybridized,
  • interbred.
  •motley (adjective)
  • mottled,
  • rainbow,
  • varicolored,
  • unlike,
  • discrepant,
  • Mingled,
  • dissimilar,
  • various,
  • kaleidoscopic,
  • diversified,
  • disparate,
  • multiform.
  •mottled (adjective)
  • marbled,
  • maculate,
  • freckled,
  • Skewbald.
  •multicolor (adjective)
  • multi color.
  •multicolored (adjective)
  • tartan,
  • Striated,
  • marble,
  • striped,
  • checked,
  • tessellated,
  • Dichromic,
  • veined,
  • streaked,
  • multi-colored,
  • harlequin,
  • calico,
  • parquet.
  •multiform (adjective)
  • more unalike,
  • most omnifarious,
  • manysided,
  • un-alike,
  • in-dividual,
  • many sided,
  • un-equal,
  • un alike,
  • most unalike,
  • more omnifarious,
  • multi form,
  • multi-form,
  • un equal,
  • in dividual.
  •multiple/multifarious (adjective)
  • most diversiform,
  • more multitudinal,
  • more diversiform,
  • most multitudinal.
  •polychromatic (adjective)
  • poly chromatic,
  • poly-chromatic.
  •polychrome (adjective)
  • poly chrome,
  • poly-chrome.
  •polychromic (adjective)
  • poly chromic,
  • poly-chromic.
  •polychromous (adjective)
  • poly chromous,
  • poly-chromous.
  •speckled (adjective)
  • studded,
  • punctate,
  • Peppered.
  •spotted (adjective)
  • more blotched,
  • most blotched.
  •varied (adjective)
  • dis crete,
  • dis-crete.
  •various (adjective)
  • polymorphic,
  • multiphase,
  • polymorphous,
  • Multifold,
  • Heteromorphous,
  • many-sided,
  • multifaceted.

• n.

  •
  • complementary,
  • combined,
  • graded,
  • jumbled,
  • integrated,
  • balanced,
  • cohesive.
  •
  • colors.
  •artifact (noun)
  • motley.
  •assorted (noun)
  • assorted.
  •assortment (noun)
  • assortment.
  •collage (noun)
  • mosaic.
  •colored (noun)
  • colored.
  •coloured (noun)
  • coloured.
  •heterogenous (noun)
  • heterogenous.
  •in color (noun)
  • in color.
  •miscellanea (noun)
  • miscellanea.
  •miscellany (noun)
  • potpourri.
  •mixed bag (noun)
  • mixed bag.
  •mixture (noun)
  • mixture.
  •motley (noun)
  • parti-color,
  • particoloured,
  • variety,
  • painted,
  • miscellany,
  • varicoloured,
  • multicoloured,
  • salmagundi,
  • multicolour.
  •oddment (noun)
  • oddment.
  •odds and ends (noun)
  • Olio,
  • scraps,
  • sundry items,
  • sundries,
  • bits and pieces,
  • novelties,
  • remainder,
  • this and that,
  • etcetera,
  • miscellaneous paraphernalia.

• v.

  •change (verb)
  • variegate,
  • vary.
  •varied (verb)
  • ragged.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • barred,
  • Versicolored.
  •
  • divers,
  • varied.
  •aimless
  • haphazard.

Antonyms for Motley:

• adj.

  • colorful
    faded, dreary, plain, uncolorful, uncolored, colorless, drab.
  • complex
    homogeneous, clear, easy, simple, obvious, evident.
  • conglomerate
    individual, single, separate.
  • dappled
    unspotted, unflecked.
  • heterogeneous
    identical, unchanging, pure.
  • indiscriminate
    methodical, particular, systematic, discriminatory, chosen, specific, definite, selective, critical.
  • informal
    formal, dressed-up, official, stiff, rigid, buttoned-up, ceremonious.
  • motley
    similar, same, uniform, unvaried, unmixed, homogenous, like.
  • Other antonyms:
    monolithic, pallid, distinct, gray, alike, monotone, neutral, uncoloured, faint, washed-out, bleached, achromatic, distinctive.

Motley Sentence Examples:

• A motley mass, especially of factory - men, were hard at work upon the scene.

• Instead of the quiet, deserted, winding ways, you could hardly call them streets, everything seemed alive with a motley, moving throng.

Homophones for Motley:

• mottley, motel, mantilla, motile, meadow lily, mantel, mutely, model, mendel, manhandle, medial, medulla, mandola, mantle, mentally ill, mettle, madly, module, mitella, middle, mayetiola, matthiola, menthol, mouth hole, minutely, Mehemet Ali, mottle, mental, metal, mandela, mutually, Mohammed Ali, mantell, Muhammad Ali, muddle, medal, mannitol, mandalay, medley, monumental, momently, mattole, mutual, meddle, Madia Oil, modal, monthly, mandala, methyl.

Holonyms for Motley:

• n.

  • artifact
    motley.

Hypernym for Motley:

• v.

  • change
    checker, chequer.

Hyponym for Motley:

• n.

  • artifact
    garment, textile, material, cloth, fabric.

• v.

  • change
    diversify.

Meronym for Motley:

• n.

  • artifact
    motley.