variety
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(noun) a difference that is usually pleasant; "he goes to France for variety"; "it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic" |
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Synonyms: change |
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Related Words: difference |
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(noun) a specific kind of something: "a species of molecule"; "a species of villainy" |
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Synonyms: species |
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Related Words: form, kind, sort, variety |
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(noun) a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances |
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Synonyms: variety show |
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Related Words: music hall, review, revue, show, vaudeville |
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(noun) noticeable heterogeneity; "a diversity of possibilities"; "the range and variety of his work is amazing" |
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Synonyms: diverseness, diversity, multifariousness |
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Related Words: heterogeneity, heterogeneousness |
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(noun) a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" |
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Synonyms: form, kind, sort |
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Related Words: antitype, art form, brand, category, description, flavor, flavour, genre, genus, ilk, make, manner, model, species, style, the like, the likes of, type, variety |
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(noun) a special kind of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new variety of sheep" |
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Synonyms: breed, stock, strain |
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Related Words: animal group, bloodstock, pedigree |
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(noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders" |
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Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixture, motley, potpourri |
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Related Words: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection, farrago, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag, range, selection |
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