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,
  • varied,
  • sundry,
  • different,
  • diverse.
  •checkered (adjective)
  • plaid,
  • patchwork,
  • mutable,
  • spotted.
  •colorful (adjective)
  • chromatic,
  • prismatic.
  •complex (adjective)
  • mosaic,
  • confused,
  • multiplex,
  • manifold,
  • multifarious,
  • compound,
  • compounded,
  • involute,
  • composite,
  • multiple.
  •conglomerate (adjective)
  • blended,
  • promiscuous.
  •dappled (adjective)
  • piebald,
  • pied,
  • Versicolored,
  • flecked,
  • brindle,
  • Parti-colored,
  • checkered,
  • speckled,
  • brindled.
  •different (adjective)
  • varied.
  •heterogeneous (adjective)
  • jumbled,
  • incongruous,
  • variant,
  • inharmonious,
  • mongrel,
  • discordant,
  • divergent,
  • Contrasted,
  • contrary,
  • odd.
  •indiscriminate (adjective)
  • spot,
  • general,
  • desultory,
  • unsystematic.
  •involute (adjective)
  • Daedal.
  •motley (adjective)
  • multicolored,
  • multiform,
  • multihued,
  • miscellaneous,
  • various,
  • disparate,
  • variegated,
  • dappled,
  • Mingled,
  • unlike,
  • varicolored,
  • indiscriminate,
  • polychromatic,
  • mottled,
  • mixed,
  • prismatic,
  • discrepant,
  • diversified,
  • assorted,
  • Versicolor,
  • heterogeneous,
  • multicolor,
  • dissimilar,
  • conglomerate,
  • rainbow,
  • kaleidoscopic.
  •mottled (adjective)
  • marbled,
  • maculate,
  • freckled,
  • Skewbald.
  •multicolored (adjective)
  • plaid,
  • multicolor,
  • striped,
  • mosaic,
  • Dichromic,
  • Striated,
  • colorful,
  • freckled,
  • checked,
  • calico,
  • marble,
  • kaleidoscopic,
  • varicolored,
  • streaked,
  • patchwork,
  • tessellated,
  • Parti-colored,
  • checkered,
  • flecked,
  • polychromatic,
  • rainbow,
  • multi-colored,
  • parquet,
  • harlequin,
  • dappled,
  • variegated,
  • tartan.
  •patterned (adjective)
  • checkered.
  •speckled (adjective)
  • mottled.
  •various (adjective)
  • many-sided,
  • diversified,
  • multifarious,
  • Diversiform,
  • multiphase,
  • variegated,
  • manifold,
  • diverse,
  • complex,
  • assorted,
  • various,
  • multifaceted,
  • Heteromorphous,
  • polymorphic,
  • Multifold,
  • multiform,
  • sundry,
  • polymorphous,
  • multiplex.

• n.

  •
  • combined,
  • jumbled,
  • integrated.
  •
  • divers,
  • varied.
  •
  • Polychromous,
  • Versicolored,
  • Versicolor,
  • polychrome,
  • polychromic.
  •collage (noun)
  • mosaic.
  •miscellany (noun)
  • potpourri.
  •motley (noun)
  • multicoloured,
  • mixed,
  • heterogeneous,
  • potpourri,
  • colored,
  • piebald,
  • multicolor,
  • coloured,
  • variegate,
  • particolored,
  • colorful,
  • miscellaneous,
  • variety,
  • assortment,
  • mixed bag,
  • pied,
  • mixture,
  • miscellany,
  • salmagundi,
  • multicolour,
  • varicoloured,
  • vary,
  • varicolored,
  • painted,
  • heterogenous,
  • miscellanea,
  • sundry,
  • parti-color,
  • multicolored,
  • assorted,
  • particoloured.
  •odds and ends (noun)
  • Olio.
  •varicolored (noun)
  • prismatic.

• v.

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

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Polychromous,
  • Versicolored,
  • Versicolor,
  • polychrome,
  • polychromic.
  •
  • divers,
  • varied,
  • informal.
  •mottled
  • speckled.
  •Other relevant words:
  • multicoloured,
  • idiot,
  • marbleize,
  • capricious,
  • painted,
  • deviative,
  • medley,
  • mongrel,
  • charlatan,
  • departing,
  • intermingled,
  • assortment,
  • chaotic,
  • turn,
  • mixed bag,
  • disguise,
  • columbine,
  • polychromize,
  • mutable,
  • pastiche,
  • general,
  • discrepant,
  • soiled,
  • stud,
  • disjoined,
  • multiracial,
  • Pickle-herring,
  • jungle,
  • odds and ends,
  • oddments,
  • opalescent,
  • cold,
  • buffoon,
  • spangle,
  • inconsistent,
  • discolour,
  • diverseness,
  • diverging,
  • iris,
  • compounded,
  • gypsy,
  • selection,
  • divers,
  • spasmodic,
  • mime,
  • farrago,
  • desultory,
  • colored,
  • sock,
  • variegation,
  • intermixed,
  • higgledy-piggledy,
  • potpourri,
  • clutter,
  • stigmatize,
  • commixture,
  • scrambled,
  • disorderly,
  • indiscriminate,
  • blotchy,
  • form,
  • compound,
  • menagerie,
  • disordered,
  • Contrasted,
  • blend,
  • dirty,
  • brindle,
  • stained,
  • composite,
  • amphibious,
  • punch,
  • variform,
  • jumble,
  • muddled,
  • multifariousness,
  • diverge,
  • tumbler,
  • nonstandard,
  • distinguished,
  • conglomerate,
  • checker,
  • breed,
  • unsorted,
  • mixing,
  • multiple,
  • figure,
  • check,
  • dissimilar,
  • botch,
  • particoloured,
  • leave,
  • kitchen sink,
  • streak,
  • dotted,
  • incompatible,
  • impulsive,
  • variable,
  • merry-andrew,
  • ironic,
  • pinto,
  • store,
  • nonconformist,
  • distinct,
  • multicolored,
  • mercurial,
  • distort,
  • spotted,
  • syncretic,
  • categorization,
  • divergent,
  • fabric,
  • patchy,
  • masquerade,
  • agglomerate,
  • multicolour,
  • odd,
  • harmonious,
  • miscible,
  • variegate,
  • adapt,
  • contrasting,
  • erratic,
  • integrated,
  • comedy,
  • piebald,
  • changeable,
  • confused,
  • species,
  • dapple,
  • particolored,
  • retouch,
  • contrary,
  • amalgamated,
  • exchange,
  • miscellanea,
  • admixture,
  • speck,
  • salmagundi,
  • smorgasbord,
  • mingle,
  • sprinkle,
  • ambiguous,
  • colorize,
  • pepper-and-salt,
  • Olio,
  • slapstick,
  • bespeckle,
  • coxcomb,
  • tights,
  • intricate,
  • nacreous,
  • classification,
  • shuffle,
  • varied,
  • zany,
  • epicene,
  • dissonant,
  • Unequable,
  • unsteady,
  • montage,
  • mess,
  • macular,
  • Toning,
  • in disagreement,
  • flake,
  • marked,
  • Skewbald,
  • diversify,
  • promiscuous,
  • vein,
  • heterogeneous,
  • Tingent,
  • disparate,
  • stew,
  • mix,
  • variate,
  • variant,
  • Pigmentary,
  • tutu,
  • bicolored,
  • Trichromic,
  • many,
  • separated,
  • bladder,
  • bespot,
  • welter,
  • marbled,
  • stress,
  • depart,
  • of every description,
  • Pot-pourri,
  • checkers,
  • shot,
  • modify,
  • blotched,
  • mottled,
  • choppy,
  • alter,
  • unorthodox,
  • helter-skelter,
  • strain,
  • Versicolored,
  • differentiated,
  • involute,
  • bespangle,
  • chowchow,
  • colouring,
  • jagged,
  • spectral,
  • tattoo,
  • striate,
  • sporadic,
  • monochromic,
  • interracial,
  • multinational,
  • Daedal,
  • unsystematized,
  • jerky,
  • Multigenerous,
  • wander,
  • class,
  • bar,
  • variety,
  • at odds,
  • Colorific,
  • differing,
  • stripe,
  • concoction,
  • multi-coloured,
  • unlike,
  • miscellany,
  • mountebank,
  • rig,
  • Mingled,
  • Tinctorial,
  • parti-color,
  • jester,
  • quit,
  • informal,
  • Inconsonant,
  • Buffo,
  • jumbled,
  • variety show,
  • polychrome,
  • different,
  • spotty,
  • change,
  • unsystematic,
  • garland,
  • tessellate,
  • inharmonious,
  • Discriminated,
  • cool,
  • magpie,
  • multi-colour,
  • speckled,
  • digress,
  • pantaloon,
  • at variance,
  • categorisation,
  • messy,
  • acrobat,
  • varying,
  • uneven,
  • discordant,
  • stipple,
  • scaramouch,
  • collage,
  • Tricolored,
  • ragbag,
  • differ,
  • vary,
  • pepper,
  • topsy-turvy,
  • rag-bag,
  • uncongenial,
  • varicoloured,
  • blotch,
  • Implex,
  • monochrome,
  • smartass,
  • poles apart,
  • opaline,
  • deflect,
  • disorganized,
  • pulcinella,
  • agglomeration,
  • stock,
  • wavering,
  • deviate,
  • spot,
  • buskin,
  • omnium-gatherum,
  • ragged,
  • matching,
  • hash,
  • nonuniform,
  • litter,
  • modulate,
  • Inaccordant,
  • dichromatic,
  • rough,
  • go,
  • discrete,
  • miscellaneous,
  • tricolor,
  • equivocal,
  • getup,
  • Gallimaufry,
  • mottle,
  • half-and-half,
  • Foxed,
  • unequal,
  • colourful,
  • all manner of,
  • wiseacre,
  • irregular,
  • Versicolor,
  • combined,
  • compartmentalisation,
  • mixed,
  • hodgepodge,
  • many-colored,
  • trichromatic,
  • unorganized,
  • Deviating,
  • changing,
  • disagreeing,
  • warm,
  • multi-colored,
  • divaricate,
  • farceur,
  • glowing,
  • multi-color,
  • diversity,
  • shambolic,
  • Colluvies,
  • multihued,
  • melange,
  • hotchpotch,
  • sort,
  • polychromic,
  • wise guy,
  • unconformable,
  • salad,
  • monochromatic,
  • inconstant,
  • splotched,
  • outfit,
  • Deviatory,
  • Disaccordant,
  • coloring,
  • shot through,
  • discolor,
  • collection,
  • tangle,
  • shift,
  • motley fool,
  • bicolor,
  • heterogenous,
  • mixture,
  • compartmentalization,
  • design,
  • confusing,
  • clown,
  • linsey-woolsey,
  • thunder and lightning,
  • blended,
  • costume,
  • crazy,
  • mishmash,
  • speckle,
  • sampler,
  • prismatic,
  • pied,
  • irreconcilable,
  • coloured,
  • fifty-fifty,
  • eclectic,
  • ambivalent,
  • pluralistic,
  • raggle-taggle,
  • incongruous,
  • Polychromous,
  • Jack-pudding,
  • unstable,
  • freckle,
  • two-tone,
  • dot,
  • fleck,
  • amend,
  • fool,
  • erose,
  • maculate,
  • splotch,
  • clouded,
  • hybrid,
  • several,
  • random,
  • ballet skirt,
  • brindled,
  • move,
  • florilegium,
  • intermixture,
  • transform,
  • band,
  • kind,
  • chromatic,
  • fashion.

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:
    like, achromatic, identical, distinct, monotone, neutral, distinctive, homogenous, separate, washed-out, monolithic, individual, same, faint, uncoloured, uniform, colorless, pallid, bleached, gray, alike.

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    achromatic, alike, distinct, distinctive, faint, homogenous, identical, individual, miscellaneous, monochrome, monolithic, monotone, pallid, plain, same, self-coloured, separate, similar, single, uniform, unmixed, unvaried, unbrilliant, decolorized, unflecked.