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variety - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | variety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference |
| Synonyms: | array, assortment, change, collection, conglomeration, cross section, departure, discrepancy, diversity, fluctuation, incongruity, mélange, medley, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag*, mixture, modification, potpourri, range, shift, stew, variance, variation, combo, disparateness, divergency, diversification, heterogeneity, intermixture, many-sidedness, multifariousness, multiplicity, soup |
| Antonyms: | uniformity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | variety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type, sort |
| Synonyms: | assortment, brand, breed, category, character, class, classification, description, division, family, genus, grade, ilk, kind, make, nature, order, quality, race, rank, species, strain, stripe, tribe, kidney |
| Main Entry: | breed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kind, class |
| Synonyms: | brand, character, extraction, family, feather, genus, ilk, line, lineage, lot, nature, number, pedigree, progeny, race, sort, species, stamp, stock, strain, stripe, type, variety, likes |
| Main Entry: | choice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power to select; selection |
| Synonyms: | alternative, appraisal, choosing, cull, cup of tea*, decision, determination, discretion, discrimination, distinction, election, evaluation, extract, favorite, finding, free will, judgment, opportunity, option, pick, preference, rating, say, substitute, variety, verdict, volition, vote, weakness, druthers |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | divergence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | branching out; difference |
| Synonyms: | aberration, alteration, crotch, departure, detour, deviation, digression, disagreeing, discrepancy, disparity, dissimilarity, distinction, diversity, division, fork, mutation, parting, radiation, ramification, separation, variety, varying, alterity, deflection, dissemblance, dissimilitude, divagation, divergency, otherness, turning, unlikeness |
| Antonyms: | accord, agreement, concord, convergence, harmony, sameness |
| Main Entry: | genus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type |
| Synonyms: | brand, breed, category, class, compartment, department, division, genre, group, kind, make, model, section, sort, style, subdivision, variety, subfamily |
| Notes: | species is a subgroup of genus and you capitalize a genus, but not a species (which is properly pronounced SPEE-sheez) |
| Main Entry: | ilk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kind, type |
| Synonyms: | brand, class, classification, denomination, gender, kin, lot, order, persuasion, race, set, sort, species, variety |
| Main Entry: | medley |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscellany |
| Synonyms: | assortment, brew, collection, composition, confusion, conglomeration, farrago, hodgepodge, jumble, mélange, melee, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, variety, combo, mingling, pasticcio |
| Antonyms: | loneness, singularity |
| Main Entry: | miscellany |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | varied collection |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, aggregation, anthology, assortment, brew, combination, compilation, conglomeration, diversity, farrago, garbage*, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, mélange, medley, melee, mess, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mixture, muddle, odds and ends*, olio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salad, salmagundi, smorgasbord, stew, variety, collectanea, combo, cumulation, gallimaufry, pasticcio |
| Antonyms: | single |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mix/mixture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assortment, combination |
| Synonyms: | admixture, adulteration, alloy, amalgam, assimilation, association, batter, blend, brew, combine, composite, compound, concoction, confection, conglomeration, cross, crossing, dough, fusion, goulash, grab bag*, hodgepodge, hybrid, incorporation, jumble, mélange, mash, medley, merger, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mosaic, package, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, saturation, stew*, transfusion, union, variety, amalgamation, combo, commixture, hybridization, infiltration, interfusion, mingling, soup* |
| Antonyms: | disconnection, division, separation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plurality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large part of a group |
| Synonyms: | advantage, bulk, lead, majority, mass, most, preponderance, profusion, variety, greater part, multiplicity, nearly all, numerousness |
| Antonyms: | minority |
| Main Entry: | quantity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | number or amount |
| Synonyms: | abundance, aggregate, allotment, batch, body, budget, bulk, capacity, deal, expanse, extent, figure, greatness, length, load, lot, magnitude, mass, measure, multitude, part, pile, portion, profusion, quota, size, sum, total, variety, volume, amplitude |
| Main Entry: | specimen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | example, sample |
| Synonyms: | case, case history, copy, cross section, embodiment, exemplar, exhibit, illustration, individual, instance, model, part, pattern, proof, representation, representative, sort, species, type, unit, variety, exemplification, sampling |
| Main Entry: | variance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, argument, change, conflict, contention, deviation, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, discrepancy, dissension, dissent, dissidence, divergence, diversity, division, flip-flop*, fluctuation, incongruity, inconsistency, mutation, separation, strife, switch, variation, variety, different strokes, disaccord, disunity, mid-course correction, severing, sundering, transmogrification, unharmoniousness |
| Antonyms: | agreement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | variation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference; alternative |
| Synonyms: | aberration, abnormality, adaptation, alteration, bend, break, change, contrast, curve, departure, deviation, digression, discrepancy, disparity, dissimilarity, distinction, divergence, diversity, exception, fluctuation, inequality, innovation, modification, mutation, novelty, shift, swerve, turn, variety, contradistinction, deflection, departure from the norm, displacement, dissimilitude, diversification, unconformity |
| Antonyms: | agreement, root, similarity, source |
| Main Entry: | vicissitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, alteration, alternation, diversity, flip-flop*, fluctuation, innovation, mutation, novelty, permutation, progression, reversal, revolution, shift, sport, switch, uncertainty, ups and downs*, variation, variety, mid-course correction, mutability, switchover, transposition, turnaround |
| Antonyms: | stability, stagnation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mixture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | combination |
| Synonyms: | admixture, adulteration, alloy, amalgam, assimilation, association, batter, blend, brew, combine, composite, compound, concoction, confection, conglomeration, cross, crossing, dough, fusion, goulash, grab bag, hodgepodge, hybrid, incorporation, jumble, mélange, mash, medley, merger, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mosaic, package, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, saturation, stew, transfusion, union, variety, amalgamation, combo, commixture, hybridization, infiltration, interfusion, mingling, soup |
| Main Entry: | brand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type, kind |
| Synonyms: | cast, character, class, description, grade, make, quality, sort, species, variety |
| Main Entry: | change |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something made different; alteration |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, addition, adjustment, advance, break, compression, contraction, conversion, correction, development, difference, distortion, diversity, innovation, metamorphosis, modification, modulation, mutation, novelty, permutation, reconstruction, refinement, remodeling, reversal, revision, revolution, shift, surrogate, switch, transformation, transition, transmutation, turn, variance, variation, variety, vicissitude, diversification, tempering, turnover |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | class |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kind, sort, category |
| Synonyms: | branch, brand, breed, cast, caste, character, classification, collection, color, degree, denomination, department, description, designation, distinction, division, domain, estate, family, feather, frame, genre, genus, grade, grain, hierarchy, humor, ilk, league, make, mold, name, nature, order, origin, property, province, quality, range, rank, rate, school, sect, section, selection, set, source, species, sphere, standing, status, stripe, style, suit, temperament, value, variety, grouping, kidney |
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