assorted

[ uh-sawr-tid ]

adjective

1. consisting of different or various kinds; miscellaneous:

   assorted flavors; assorted sizes.

2. consisting of selected kinds; arranged in sorts or varieties:

   rows of assorted vegetables.

3. matched; suited.

assorted

/ əˈsɔːtɪd /

adjective

1. consisting of various kinds mixed together; miscellaneous

   assorted sweets

2. arranged in sorts; classified

   assorted categories

3. matched; suited (esp in the combinations well-assorted, ill-assorted )

Other Words From

• unas·sorted adjective
• well-as·sorted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of assorted¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; assort + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Wu layers assorted colors of house paint and lets the sandwiched, multihued pigment dry.

From Washington Post

GameStop is a company that owns stores, many based in malls, that sell video games, consoles, peripherals and assorted knickknacks and merchandise.

From Washington Post

They had accounted for various ways students might interact — studying, eating, relaxing, partying and so on — in assorted locations.

From Quanta Magazine

Every few weeks, my sister came over in her mask, and we sat in the backyard cackling and crying over old letters, photos and assorted relics from our parents.

From Washington Post

Pay attention to how your office mate organizes — or doesn’t organize — supplies, and how you feel about those assorted piles.

From Washington Post

Andrea described the whole scene very well in her autobiography, Talking Back to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels.

From The Daily Beast

From Burlington, the assorted agencies could plan their next moves.

From The Daily Beast

This was a clincher—assorted worthies sent their own medals back in protest but everyone else was delighted.

From The Daily Beast

When Girls returns the main characters are trying, with varying levels of success, to move on from assorted rock bottoms.

From The Daily Beast

It would be tasty in case of oral pleasure and have assorted colors.

From The Daily Beast

As the ill-assorted pair advanced, the streets they traversed seemed to grow narrower and dirtier.

From Project Gutenberg

After they are all made, they are turned over to be assorted, according to color and class, and are packed and marked.

From Project Gutenberg

There are not as many colors of Manilla cigars as there are of Havana, and they are not as closely assorted.

From Project Gutenberg

The leaves are gathered when ripe, and are dried and well-assorted before baling.

From Project Gutenberg

Many of the Crusaders had married Asiatic wives, and the children of such ill-assorted marriages were generally a pretty poor lot.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• sundry