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piebald
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of PIEBALD
1
consisting of many things of different sorts <a model who owes his striking good looks to his markedly piebald ethnic background>
Synonyms assorted, eclectic, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, kitchen-sink, magpie, mixed, motley, patchwork, piebald, promiscuous, raggle-taggle, ragtag, varied
Related Words manifold, multifarious; multiple, multiplex, myriad; disparate, divergent, diverse, sundry, various; chaotic, cluttered, confused, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, farraginous, jumbled, littered, messed, messy, muddled; amalgamated, blended, combined, commingled, commixed, conglomerated, fused, incorporated, intermingled, intermixed, merged, mingled; composite, conglomerate, hybrid; unclassified, unsorted
Near Antonyms monolithic, uniform; alike, identical, like, same; distinct, distinctive, individual, separate
Antonyms homogeneous
2
having blotches of two or more colors <a piebald horse that looked like it had been splashed with black and white paint>
Synonyms blotched, blotchy, dappled (also dapple), marbled, mottled, piebald, pinto, splotched, spotted
Related Words shaded; checkered, motley, multicolored, polychromatic, polychrome, varicolored, variegated; blotted, brindled (or brindle), calico, specked, speckled, streaked; colored, colorful, pigmented; dotted, peppered, sprinkled; stippled; discolored, dyed, marked, stained; flecked, streaked; bespattered, spattered
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