variety

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.

That which is various.

A number or collection of different things; a varied assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks.

Something varying or differing from others of the same general kind; one of a number of things that are akin; a sort; as, varieties of wood, land, rocks, etc.

An individual, or group of individuals, of a species differing from the rest in some one or more of the characteristics typical of the species, and capable either of perpetuating itself for a period, or of being perpetuated by artificial means; hence, a subdivision, or peculiar form, of a species.

In inorganic nature, one of those forms in which a species may occur, which differ in minor characteristics of structure, color, purity of composition, etc.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

difference kind diversity miscellany broadway class kaleidoscope number series several form group order different make
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Antonyms

simile few acid identity interpretation answer
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Hypernyms

show difference collection category accumulation aggregation

Hyponyms

like make range species model color

Related terms

various vary variation varied variant variegated

Phrases with the word

Kummer variety variety of not diverse variety of black raspberry variety variety shop lack of variety

Derivatives

varieties

Examples

Variety is the soul of pleasure. Aphra Behn

Variety is the mother of Enjoyment. Benjamin Disraeli

Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance - these may be cured by reform or revolution. But men do not live only by fighting evils. They live by positive goals, individual and collective, a vast variety of them, seldom predictable, at times incompatible. Isaiah Berlin

Variety is the spice of life. American Proverb

There is taste in variety, and variety in taste. Nicaraguan Proverb

Variety is the spice of life. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

varietism varietist varietize variety entertainment variety meat