English noun: assortment | |||
1. | assortment (group) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | ||
Samples | A great assortment of cars was on display. He had a variety of disorders. A veritable smorgasbord of religions. | ||
Synonyms | miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | alphabet soup, farrago, gallimaufry, grab bag, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag, range, sampler, selection, witch's brew, witches' brew, witches' broth | ||
2. | assortment (act) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | ||
Synonyms | categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization | ||
Broader (hypernym) | grouping | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | indexing, reclassification, relegation, stratification, taxonomy, typology | ||