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| 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 |
| Notes: | varied is the past tense of vary and also an adjective meaning 'characterized by variety,' while various means 'distinct, diverse' or 'of many different kinds' |
| Antonyms: | individual, same, similar, uniform |
| Main Entry: | complicated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, complex |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, arduous, can of worms*, convoluted, difficult, elaborate, fancy, hard, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, mixed, perplexing, problematic, puzzling, recondite, sophisticated, troublesome, various, Byzantine, Daedalean, Gordian, entangled, gasser, hi-tech, interlaced, mega factor, wheels within wheels |
| Antonyms: | easy, facile, simple |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discrete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | individual |
| Synonyms: | detached, different, disconnected, discontinuous, distinct, diverse, separate, several, unattached, various |
| Antonyms: | combined, joined, attached |
| Main Entry: | disparate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at odds, different |
| Synonyms: | contrary, contrasting, discordant, discrepant, dissimilar, distant, distinct, divergent, diverse, incommensurate, incompatible, inconsistent, separate, unequal, uneven, unlike, various, at variance, far cry, inconsonant, like night and day, poles apart, unalike, unequivalent, unsimilar |
| Antonyms: | alike, equal, like, same, similar |
| Main Entry: | dissimilar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not alike; not capable of comparison |
| Synonyms: | antithetical, contradictory, contrary, different, disparate, distant, divergent, diverse, heterogeneous, individual, offbeat, opposite, unequal, unique, unlike, unrelated, various, weird*, antonymous, far cry, like night and day, march to a different drummer, mismatched, mismated, not similar, poles apart, unsimilar |
| Antonyms: | alike, compatible, equal, matched, related, same, similar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | divergent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | differing |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, antithetical, atypical, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, deviating, different, disagreeing, disparate, dissimilar, dissonant, distant, diverse, factious, irregular, off-key, opposite, separate, unequal, unlike, unnatural, untypical, variant, various, diverging, factional, poles apart, unalike, unsimilar |
| Antonyms: | agreeing, convergent, similar |
| Main Entry: | each |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | every |
| Synonyms: | all, any, exclusive, individual, one by one*, particular, personal, respective, separate, several, single, specific, various, piece by piece, without exception |
| Antonyms: | none |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frequent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common, repeated |
| Synonyms: | commonplace, constant, continual, customary, everyday, expected, familiar, general, habitual, incessant, intermittent, manifold, many, monotonous, numberless, numerous, periodic, perpetual, persistent, profuse, recurrent, redundant, successive, thick, ubiquitous, usual, various, a good many, iterated, pleonastic, recurring, reiterated, reiterative |
| Antonyms: | inconstant, infrequent, irregular, occasional, rare, sporadic, uncommon, unusual, unrepeated |
| Main Entry: | legion |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | numerous |
| Synonyms: | countless, many, multifarious, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, populous, several, sundry, various, voluminous, multitudinal, very many |
| Antonyms: | few, numbered |
| Main Entry: | manifold |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant, many |
| Synonyms: | assorted, complex, copious, different, diverse, multifarious, multiple, multiplied, multitudinous, numerous, sundry, varied, various, diversified, diversiform, multifold, multiform, multivarious |
| Antonyms: | one, single, sole |
| Main Entry: | many |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | profuse, abundant |
| Synonyms: | abounding, bountiful, copious, countless, crowded, frequent, innumerable, legion, manifold, multifarious, multiplied, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, numerous, plentiful, populous, prevalent, rife, several, sundry, teeming, umpteen, uncounted, varied, various, alive with, bounteous, divers, lousy with, multifold, no end of |
| Antonyms: | few, scarce |
| Main Entry: | motley |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mixed, varied |
| Synonyms: | assorted, conglomerate, dappled, discrepant, disparate, dissimilar, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, kaleidoscopic, miscellaneous, mixed, mottled, multicolored, rainbow, unlike, variegated, various, diversified, mingled, multicolor, multiform, multihued, polychromatic, prismatic, varicolored, versicolor |
| Antonyms: | homogenous, like, same, similar, uniform, unmixed, unvaried |
| Main Entry: | multifarious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | diverse |
| Synonyms: | assorted, manifold, many, miscellaneous, multiple, multitudinous, myriad, numerous, varied, various, divers, diversified |
| Antonyms: | homogenous |
| Main Entry: | multiple/multifarious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | diversified, |
| Synonyms: | collective, conglomerate, different, diverse, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, legion, manifold, many, mixed, motley, multitudinous, numerous, populous, several, sundry, varied, variegated, various, voluminous, diversiform, miscellaneous assorted, multiform, multiplex, multitudinal |
| Antonyms: | single, singular, unvaried |
| Main Entry: | multitudinous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | many, considerable |
| Synonyms: | abounding, abundant, considerable, copious, countless, great, infinite, innumerable, legion, manifold, multifarious, myriad, numberless, numerous, populous, profuse, several, sundry, teeming, uncounted, untold, various, voluminous, heaps, innumerous, quite a few, uncountable, unnumbered |
| Antonyms: | few, limited |
| Main Entry: | numerous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | many, abundant |
| Synonyms: | big, copious, diverse, great, infinite, large, legion, multifarious, multitudinous, plentiful, populous, profuse, rife, scads*, several, sundry, thick, umpteen, various, voluminous, lousy with, multitudinal, zillion |
| Antonyms: | deficient, few, lacking, little, small |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | populous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | packed with inhabitants |
| Synonyms: | crawling, crowded, dense, jammed, legion, many, multifarious, multitudinous, numerous, occupied, settled, several, teeming, thick, various, voluminous, heavily populated, multitudinal, overpopulated, peopled, populated, swarming, thronged |
| Antonyms: | deserted |
| Main Entry: | respective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | particular, specific |
| Synonyms: | corresponding, each, individual, own, personal, relevant, separate, several, singular, various |
| Antonyms: | indefinite |
| Main Entry: | sundry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | miscellaneous |
| Synonyms: | assorted, different, manifold, many, several, some, varied, various, divers, quite a few |
| Antonyms: | dissimilar, individual, single, singular |
| Main Entry: | unlike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different |
| Synonyms: | clashing, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, discordant, disparate, dissimilar, dissonant, distant, distinct, divergent, diverse, heterogeneous, hostile, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, offbeat, opposed, opposite, separate, unequal, unrelated, variant, various, weird, apples and oranges, contrasted, disharmonious, far cry from, mismatched, not alike, poles apart, unalike |
| Antonyms: | alike, like, related, same, similar |
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