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Adjectives (5)
various
adj. of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity; "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many and various"; "various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"; "cited various reasons for his behavior"
motley, sundry, miscellaneous, mixed
adj. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity); "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards
Fuzzynyms (36)
motley, sundry, miscellaneous, assorted, mixed
adj. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity); "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards
different, dissimilar
adj. unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one"
separate
adj. independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"
diverse, divers
adj. many and different; "tourist offices of divers nationalities"; "a person of diverse talents"
eclectic
adj. selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
unspecified
adj. not stated explicitly or in detail; "threatened unspecified reprisals"
various, versatile
adj. having great diversity or variety; "his various achievements are impressive"; "his vast and versatile erudition"
various, diverse
adj. distinctly dissimilar or unlike; "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth"
numerous
adj. amounting to a large indefinite number; "numerous times"; "the family was numerous"
abundant
adj. present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"
myriad, infinite, countless, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable
adj. too numerous to be counted; "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands"
several
adj. of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many: "several letters came in the mail"; "several people were injured in the accident"
manifold
adj. many and varied; having many features or forms; "manifold reasons"; "our manifold failings"; "manifold intelligence"; "the multiplex opportunities in high technology"
many-sided, multifaceted, multifarious
adj. having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious noise of a great city"
various, assorted
adj. of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity; "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many and various"; "various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"; "cited various reasons for his behavior"
Synonyms (24)
allo
adj. (prefix) indicating difference or variation: "allomorph"; "allophone"
opposite, antithetic, antithetical
adj. sharply contrasted in character or purpose; "practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs"; "hope is antithetic to despair"
contrary, converse
adj. very opposed in nature or character or purpose; "acts contrary to our code of ethics"; "the facts point to a contrary conclusion"
contrastive, contrasting
adj. strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"
differentiable
adj. capable of being perceived as different; "differentiable species"
divergent, differing
adj. diverging from another or from a standard; "a divergent opinion"
disparate
adj. fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind; "such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing"; "disparate ideas"
various, diverse
adj. distinctly dissimilar or unlike; "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth"
diverse, divers
adj. many and different; "tourist offices of divers nationalities"; "a person of diverse talents"
opposite, polar, diametric, diametrical
adj. characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions"
variant
adj. differing from a norm or standard; "a variant spelling"
disparate
adj. including markedly dissimilar elements; "a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers"
inhomogeneous, nonuniform
adj. not homogeneous
Antonyms (1)
homogeneous
adj. all of the same or similar kind or nature; "a close-knit homogeneous group"
assorted
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