Search Result for "variant":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (4)
1. an event that departs from expectations;
[syn: discrepancy, variance, variant]
2. (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups;
- Example: "a new strain of microorganisms"
[syn: form, variant, strain, var.]
3. a variable quantity that is random;
[syn: random variable, variate, variant, stochastic variable, chance variable]
4. something a little different from others of the same type;
- Example: "an experimental version of the night fighter"
- Example: "a variant of the same word"
- Example: "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone"
- Example: "the boy is a younger edition of his father"
[syn: version, variant, variation, edition]
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. differing from a norm or standard;
- Example: "a variant spelling"
2. exhibiting variation and change;
- Example: "letters variant in size"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Variant \Va"ri*ant\, a. [L. varians, p. pr. of variare to change: cf. F. variant. See Vary.] 1. Varying in form, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse. [1913 Webster] 2. Changeable; changing; fickle. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He is so variant, he abit [abides] nowhere. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Variant \Va"ri*ant\, n. [Cf. F. variante.] Something which differs in form from another thing, though really the same; as, a variant from a type in natural history; a variant of a story or a word. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
87 Moby Thesaurus words for "variant": altering, alternative, antagonistic, antipathetic, assorted, at cross-purposes, at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, at war, changing, clashing, contradictory, contrary, contrasted, contrasting, cranky, cross, departing, deviant, deviating, deviative, different, differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disagreeable, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, discrete, discriminated, disharmonious, disjoined, disparate, disproportionate, dissident, dissimilar, dissonant, distinct, distinguished, divergent, diverging, divers, diverse, diversified, grating, heterogeneous, hostile, immiscible, in disagreement, inaccordant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inharmonious, irreconcilable, jangling, jarring, many, modification, motley, multifarious, negative, out of accord, out of whack, poles apart, poles asunder, repugnant, separate, separated, several, unconformable, uncongenial, unequal, unharmonious, unlike, unstable, variable, variation, varied, variegated, various, varying, widely apart, worlds apart
