Synonyms for diversity
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Noun
1. Variety — the quality of being diverse or different; a difference or unlikeness
variety, difference, dissimilarity, heterogeneity, variation, divergence, inequality, change, non-conformity, dissonance, mixture, assortment, disagreement, irregularity, miscellany, unconformity, multiformity rare, nonuniformity rare, dissimilitude rare
2. Multifariousness
multifariousness rare, diverseness rare
Other
selection, distinction, opposition, variousness rare, unlikeness rare
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality of being diverse or different; a difference or unlikeness.
- n. 2
A variety; diverse types or examples.
Related words
- Word family
- divershitty diverse divert divers
Forms
- Plural
- diversities → varieties, differences, dissimilarities, heterogeneities…
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Variety involves more than two objects; so, in general, does diversity; variation is a difference in the condition or action of the same object at different times.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- variety The company manufactures a variety of paper goods.
- variation This is the humorous variation of a certain proverb.
- selection This store has the best selection of hats in town.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| diversity | rising | |
| variety | steady | |
| variation | falling | |
| heterogeneity | rising | |
| dissimilarity | steady | |
| selection | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- change1
- 7 letters
- variety4, mixture2
- 9 letters
- selection3, variation4
- 10 letters
- difference3, opposition4, inequality5, assortment3, divergence3, dissonance3, miscellany4, unlikeness
- 11 letters
- distinction3, diverseness, variousness
- 12 letters
- disagreement4, irregularity6, unconformity, multiformity
- 13 letters
- heterogeneity7, dissimilarity6, nonuniformity, dissimilitude
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (variety4 = 4 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- diversité
- Italiano
- diversità
- Español
- diversidad
- Deutsch
- Verschiedenheit