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| Main Entry: | discrete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | individual |
| Synonyms: | detached, different, disconnected, discontinuous, distinct, diverse, separate, several, unattached, various |
| Notes: | discreet means 'judicious, prudent, showing discernment,' while discrete means 'detached, separate' and 'individually distinct' |
| Antonyms: | combined, joined, attached |
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| Main Entry: | analytic/analytical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | examining and determining |
| Synonyms: | cogent, conclusive, detailed, diagnostic, discrete, explanatory, expository, inquiring, inquisitive, judicious, logical, organized, penetrating, perceptive, perspicuous, precise, questioning, rational, reasonable, scientific, searching, solid, sound, studious, subtle, systematic, testing, thorough, valid, well-grounded, dissecting, interpretive, investigative, problem-solving, ratiocinative |
| Main Entry: | distinctive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different, unique |
| Synonyms: | characteristic, cool, diagnostic, discrete, distinguishing, excellent, extraordinary, gnarly*, idiosyncratic, individual, offbeat, original, outstanding, peculiar, perfect, proper, separate, single, singular, special, superior, typical, uncommon, unreal, weird, wicked, diacritic, far cry, like night and day, poles apart |
| Antonyms: | common, normal, resembling, same, similar, standard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | diverse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different; various |
| Synonyms: | assorted, contradictory, contrary, contrasting, discrete, disparate, dissimilar, distant, distinct, divergent, manifold, miscellaneous, mixed bag*, multifarious, opposite, separate, several, sundry, unequal, unlike, varied, varying, contrasted, contrastive, differing, diversified, diversiform, incommensurable, like night and day, unalike |
| Antonyms: | alike, conforming, identical, like, parallel, similar, uniform |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fragmentary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken, incomplete |
| Synonyms: | disconnected, discrete, disjointed, fractional, incoherent, part, partial, piecemeal, scattered, sketchy, bitty, scrappy, unsystematic |
| Antonyms: | all, complete, total, unbroken, whole |
| Main Entry: | individual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distinctive, exclusive |
| Synonyms: | alone, characteristic, definite, diagnostic, different, discrete, distinct, especial, express, idiosyncratic, indivisible, lone, odd, only, original, own, particular, peculiar, personal, proper, reserved, respective, secluded, select, separate, several, single, singular, sole, solitary, special, specific, uncommon, unique, unusual, diacritic, personalized, unitary |
| Antonyms: | common, general, ordinary |
| Main Entry: | varied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different |
| Synonyms: | assorted, conglomerate, discrete, diverse, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, multifarious, separate, sundry, various |
| Antonyms: | like, same, similar, unvaried |
| Main Entry: | various |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | miscellaneous, differing |
| Synonyms: | assorted, changeable, changing, different, discrete, disparate, distinct, distinctive, diverse, heterogeneous, individual, legion, manifold, many, multifarious, multitudinous, numerous, peculiar, populous, separate, several, sundry, unequal, unlike, variant, varied, variegated, all manner of, diversified, many-sided, multitudinal, omnifarious, unalike |
| Antonyms: | individual, same, similar, uniform |
| Main Entry: | analytical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | examining |
| Synonyms: | cogent, conclusive, detailed, diagnostic, discrete, explanatory, expository, inquiring, inquisitive, judicious, logical, organized, penetrating, perceptive, perspicuous, precise, questioning, rational, reasonably, scientific, searching, solid, sound, studious, subtle, systematic, testing, thorough, valid, analytic, dissecting, interpretive, investigative, problem-solving, ratiocinative |
| Antonyms: | chaotic, disorganized, illogical, synthetical, unsystematic |
| Main Entry: | detached |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disconnected |
| Synonyms: | alone, apart, discrete, divided, free, isolate, isolated, loose, removed, separate, unaccompanied, unconnected, disjoined, emancipated, loosened, severed |
| Antonyms: | combined, connected, linked, united, attached, coupled, merged |
| Main Entry: | separate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disconnected |
| Synonyms: | abstracted, apart, asunder, detached, discrete, disjointed, distant, distributed, divergent, divided, free, independent, isolated, loose, marked, removed, scattered, sovereign, unattached, unconnected, apportioned, cut apart, cut in two, disassociated, disembodied, disunited, divorced, far between, in halves, parted, partitioned, put asunder, set apart, set asunder, severed, sundered |
| Antonyms: | combined, connected, joined, mixed, together, united |
| Main Entry: | different |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | separate, distinct |
| Synonyms: | another, atypical, bizarre, discrete, diverse, especial, express, extraordinary, individual, novel, original, other, out of the ordinary, particular, peculiar, rare, several, singular, special, specialized, specific, startling, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unique, unusual, various, another story, something else |
| Antonyms: | conventional, correspondent, harmonious, normal, same, standard, unified, united |
| Main Entry: | distinct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different; unconnected |
| Synonyms: | detached, discrete, disparate, dissimilar, distinctive, divergent, diverse, especial, individual, offbeat, particular, peculiar, separate, separated, several, single, sole, special, specific, unattached, unique, various, disunited, poles apart, unassociated |
| Antonyms: | connected, like, resembling, similar |
| Main Entry: | separate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alone, individual |
| Synonyms: | apart, autonomous, detached, different, discrete, distinct, distinctive, diverse, free, independent, lone, one, only, particular, peculiar, several, single, sole, solitary, unique, various |
| Antonyms: | together, united, associated |
| Main Entry: | singular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alone, separate |
| Synonyms: | certain, definite, discrete, exclusive, individual, one, only, particular, respective, single, sole, solitary, solo, unique, unrepeatable |
| Antonyms: | combined, mixed, together, attached |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | constituent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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Adjectives: |
clastic, compartmentalized, discrete, divided, forming, fractional, fragmentary, in compartments, inclusive, meristic, multified, ort, scissile, sectional, subsicive
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| Main Entry: | disjoined |
| Part of Speech: | |
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Adjectives: |
disjoined, loose, abjunct, abjunctive, abstract, adrift, apart, asunder, demountable, discerptible, discontinuous, discrete, disjunctive, disparate, dissilient, distinct, divellent, divisible, far between, free, insular, isolated, multipartite, partable, reft, rift, schiztic, scissile, separate, shuked, straggling, sundered, unannexed, unassociated, unattached
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| Main Entry: | position |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
erect, lateral, outside, abaxial, abutting, adaxial, adjacent, adjoining, advance, akimbo, aknee, ambient, anterior, antipodal, apical, apposed, arrayed, at hand, axial, back, bordering, cater, central, centric, chirognostic, circumambient, circumferential, circumjacent, close, coaxial, coextensive, coincident, colinear, collateral, collinear, concentric, confocal, consecutive, conterminous, contiguous, convenient, convergent, converse, coplanar, coterminous, covering, crisscross, crossed, deasil, decussate, deep, detached, discontinuous, discrete, distal, distant, distinct, dorsal, dorsolateral, encircling, enclosed, enclosing, encompassing, enveloping, equidistant, equitant, even, exterior, external, face, far, farther, farthest, first, flanking, flush, fore, forward, fringe, fronting, gardant, grufeling, guardant, halfway, hanging, hindmost, hithermost, immediate, indoors, infradig, inner, innermost, insessorial, interior, intermediate, interposed, intersecting, interspersed, intervening, inverted, kitty, leeward, levitated, local, long, lower, malposed, medial, median, mid, middle, midway, nearby, next, obverse, one, outdoors, outer, outmost, overlying, padmasana, parallel, pendent, peripheral, perpendicular, plumb, point, port, posterior, prone, prostrate, proximal, proximate, quincunx, rear, reclining, rectilinear, recumbent, remote, retral, ringside, rolled, separate, sinistral, situate, situated, square, starboard, stationary, stoss, suburban, suburbicarian, successive, superior, superjacent, supine, surrounding, suspended, topical, topographical, transverse, ulterior, ultimate, uppermost, ventral, windward, zonal
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