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variety

noun

1 variety

A collection containing a variety of sorts of things:
— He had a variety of disorders.

synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord.

Roget 83: nonconformity etc. 82; unconformity, disconformity; unconventionality, informality, abnormity, abnormality, anomaly; anomalousness etc. adj.; exception, ... show more

Dutch: gemengde berichten, assortiment, mengeling
Polish: zasób, asortyment

2 variety

Noticeable heterogeneity:
— The range and variety of his work is amazing.

synonyms: diverseness, diversity, multifariousness.

Roget 15: difference; variance, variation, variety; diversity, dissimilarity etc. 18; disagreement etc. 24; disparity etc. ... show more

Roget 81: multiformity, omniformity; variety, diversity; multifariousness etc. adj.; varied assortment.    dissimilarity etc. 18.   

Dutch: diversiteit, heterogeniteit, pluraliteit, pluriformiteit, range, variabiliteit, verscheidenheid
Polish: wielorakość

3 variety

biology A taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics.

Dutch: variëteit

4 variety

A show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances.

synonym: variety show.

5 variety

A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality.

synonyms: form, kind, sort.

Roget 75: class, division, category, categorema, head, order, section; department, subdepartment, province, domain.    kind, sort, genus, ... show more

Dutch: genre, categorie, aard, ras, type, soort

6 variety

A difference that is usually pleasant:
— He goes to France for variety.

synonym: change.


Moby thesaurus: Broadway, Proteus, a certain number, a few, about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, affiliation, allotropism, allotropy, alteration, amelioration, apostasy, assortment, betterment, biotype, blood, body, branch ... show more.

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