- odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, hodgepodge, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hotchpotch, omnium-gatherum - a motley assortment of things
--1 is a kind of assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley
- patchwork, hodgepodge, jumble - a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
--2 is a kind of theory