Definition for Potpourri:

• A jar or packet of flower leaves, perfumes, and spices, used to scent a room.

Synonyms for Potpourri:

• n.

  •
  • bleach,
  • air freshener,
  • cleaner,
  • borax,
  • cleanser,
  • foam,
  • disinfectant,
  • French Polish,
  • abrasive,
  • dishwashing liquid.
  •
  • patchwork,
  • collect.
  •alphabet soup (noun)
  • alphabet-soup.
  •artifact (noun)
  • potpourri.
  •assortment (noun)
  • assortment.
  •brew (noun)
  • in fusion,
  • in-fusions,
  • in-fusion,
  • in fusions.
  •broth (noun)
  • dishwater,
  • pottage,
  • decoction,
  • borscht,
  • chowder,
  • consomme,
  • decoctions,
  • dishwaters,
  • gumbo,
  • bouillon,
  • potages,
  • vichyssoise,
  • bouillons,
  • gumbos,
  • chowders,
  • potage,
  • pottages,
  • splash.
  •combination (noun)
  • mixture.
  •difference (noun)
  • variety.
  •hodge-podge (noun)
  • hodge podge,
  • colluvy.
  •pastiche (noun)
  • reappropriations,
  • re productions,
  • mishmoshes,
  • re appropriations,
  • re-production,
  • paste-ups,
  • re-appropriation,
  • paste ups,
  • re-productions,
  • pasteups,
  • re appropriation,
  • re-appropriations.
  •potpourri (noun)
  • miscellanea,
  • salmagundi,
  • motley,
  • mixed bag.
  •variety (noun)
  • miscellaneousness,
  • Multiformity,
  • polymorphism,
  • disparateness,
  • multiplicity,
  • Many-sidedness,
  • variousness,
  • intermixture,
  • intermixtures.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • grab bag.
  •scent
  • perfume.

Paraphrases for Potpourri:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    medley.

Antonyms for Potpourri:

• n.

  • miscellany
    ingredient, singularity, singular, separation.

Potpourri Sentence Examples:

• But what goes by the name to - day is a potpourri in which one can distinguish descriptions of legal forms, charters and institutions; comparative studies of governmental and social machinery; the history of institutions, a few " principles" like the law of rent, some moral admonitions, a good deal of class feeling, not a little timidity - but almost no attempt to cut beneath these manifestations of social life to the creative impulses which produce them.

• The front door was open, showing a hall where stood a grandfather's clock and a spindle - legged table holding a bowl of potpourri.

Homophones for Potpourri:

• petit four, pit viper, pad of paper, pied piper, put over.

Hyponym for Potpourri:

• n.

  • artifact
    perfume, essence.