MIXED BAG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mixed bag mean? 

• MIXED BAG (noun)
  The noun MIXED BAG has 1 sense:

1. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

  Familiarity information: MIXED BAG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIXED BAG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A collection containing a variety of sorts of things

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

assortment; miscellanea; miscellany; mixed bag; mixture; motley; potpourri; salmagundi; smorgasbord; variety

Context example:

a veritable smorgasbord of religions

Hypernyms ("mixed bag" is a kind of...):

accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mixed bag"):

grab bag (an assortment of miscellaneous items)

witch's brew; witches' brew; witches' broth (a fearsome mixture)

range (a variety of different things or activities)

selection (an assortment of things from which a choice can be made)

farrago; gallimaufry; hodgepodge; hotchpotch; melange; mingle-mangle; mishmash; oddments; odds and ends; omnium-gatherum; ragbag (a motley assortment of things)

alphabet soup (a confusing assortment)

sampler (an assortment of various samples)

 Context examples 

These cells in healthy tissues look similar to each other, they are actually quite a mixed bag at the molecular level.

(Observation of blood vessel cells changing function could lead to early detection of blocked arteries, University of Cambridge)