Word Meanings - VARIOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. Different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various names; various occupations; various colors. So many and so various laws are given. Milton. A wit as various, gay, grave, sage, or wild. Byron. 2. Changeable; uncertain; inconstant;
Additional info about word: VARIOUS
1. Different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various names; various occupations; various colors. So many and so various laws are given. Milton. A wit as various, gay, grave, sage, or wild. Byron. 2. Changeable; uncertain; inconstant; variable. A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Dryden. The names of mixed modes . . . are very various. Locke. 3. Variegated; diversified; not monotonous. A happy rural seat of various view. Milton.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of VARIOUS)
- Multifarious
- Various
- varied
- multigenerous
- multitudinous
- multifold
- manifold
- multiform
- Several
- Separate
- distinct
- diverse
- sundry
- divers
- various
- different
Related words: (words related to VARIOUS)
- MANIFOLD
1. Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated. O Lord, how manifold are thy works! Ps. civ. 24. I know your manifold transgressions. Amos v. 12. 2. Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to qualify - DIVERSIFORM
Of a different form; of varied forms. - VARIOLATION
Inoculation with smallpox. - VARIFORM
Having different shapes or forms. - DISTINCTNESS
1. The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things. The soul's . . . distinctness from the body. Cudworth. 2. Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he stated - MULTIFARIOUS
Having parts, as leaves, arranged in many vertical rows. (more info) 1. Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts; manifold. There is a multifarious artifice - DIVERS
directions, different, p. p. of divertere. See Divert, and cf. 1. Different in kind or species; diverse. Every sect of them hath a divers posture. Bacon. Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds. Deut. xxii. 9. 2. Several; sundry; various; - DIFFERENTIALLY
In the way of differentiation. - VARIATION
Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc. (more info) 1. The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation; - VARIX
A uneven, permanent dilatation of a vein. Note: Varices are owing to local retardation of the venous circulation, and in some cases to relaxation of the parietes of the veins. They are very common in the superficial veins of the lower - SUNDRY
1. Several; divers; more than one or two; various. "Sundry wines." Chaucer. "Sundry weighty reasons." Shak. With many a sound of sundry melody. Chaucer. Sundry foes the rural realm surround. Dryden. 2. Separate; diverse. Every church almost had - VARICOSITY
1. The quality or state of being varicose. 2. An enlargement or swelling in a vessel, fiber, or the like; a varix; as, the varicosities of nerve fibers. - MULTIFOLD
Many times doubled; manifold; numerous. - DIFFERENTLY
In a different manner; variously. - DIVERSILOQUENT
Speaking in different ways. - DISTINCTURE
Distinctness. - VARIEGATE
To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors. The shells are filled with a white spar, which variegates and adds to the beauty of the - VARIETY SHOW
A stage entertainment of successive separate performances, usually songs, dances, acrobatic feats, dramatic sketches, exhibitions of trained animals, or any specialties. Often loosely called vaudeville show. - DISTINCTIVENESS
State of being distinctive. - VARI
The ringtailed lemur of Madagascar. Its long tail is annulated with black and white. - INSEPARATE
Not separate; together; united. Shak. - OVARITIS
Inflammation of the ovaries. - CONTRADISTINCT
Distinguished by opposite qualities. J. Goodwin. - UNDISTINCTLY
Indistinctly. - INDIFFERENTLY
In an indifferent manner; without distinction or preference; impartially; without concern, wish, affection, or aversion; tolerably; passably. That they may truly and indifferently minister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to - INDISTINCTION
Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination. The indistinction of many of the same name . . . hath made some doubt. Sir T. Browne. An indistinction of all persons, or equality of all orders, is far from being