| diverse | | |
| adj. | 1. divers, diverse | many and different.; "tourist offices of divers nationalities"; "a person of diverse talents" |
| ~ different | unlike in nature or quality or form or degree.; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one" |
| adj. | 2. diverse, various | distinctly dissimilar or unlike.; "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth" |
| ~ different | unlike in nature or quality or form or degree.; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one" |
| miscellaneous | | |
| adj. | 1. assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry | consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds.; "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social" |
| ~ heterogeneous, heterogenous | consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature.; "the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous" |
| adj. | 2. many-sided, miscellaneous, multifaceted, multifarious | having many aspects.; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious noise of a great city"; "a miscellaneous crowd" |
| ~ varied | characterized by variety.; "immigrants' varied ethnic and religious traditions"; "his work is interesting and varied" |
| motley | | |
| n. (group) | 1. assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety | a collection containing a variety of sorts of things.; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" |
| ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| ~ grab bag | an assortment of miscellaneous items. |
| ~ witch's brew, witches' brew, witches' broth | a fearsome mixture.; "a witches' brew of gangsters and terrorists"; "mixing dope and alcohol creates a witches' brew" |
| ~ range | a variety of different things or activities.; "he answered a range of questions"; "he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection" |
| ~ selection | an assortment of things from which a choice can be made.; "the store carried a large selection of shoes" |
| ~ farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag | a motley assortment of things. |
| ~ alphabet soup | a confusing assortment.; "Roosevelt created an alphabet soup of federal agencies" |
| ~ sampler | an assortment of various samples.; "a candy sampler"; "a sampler of French poets" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. motley | a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume). |
| ~ garment | an article of clothing.; "garments of the finest silk" |
| ~ motley | a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. motley | a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England. |
| ~ cloth, fabric, textile, material | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers.; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" |
| ~ motley | a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume). |
| v. (change) | 4. motley, variegate, vary | make something more diverse and varied.; "Vary the menu" |
| ~ diversify | make (more) diverse.; "diversify a course of study" |
| ~ checker, chequer | variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns. |
| v. (change) | 5. motley, parti-color | make motley; color with different colors. |
| ~ color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour | add color to.; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" |
| adj. | 6. calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured | having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies" |
| ~ colored, coloured, colorful | having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination.; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain" |
| various | | |
| adj. | 1. assorted, various | of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity.; "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many and various"; "various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"; "cited various reasons for his behavior" |
| ~ different | unlike in nature or quality or form or degree.; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one" |
| adj. | 2. respective, several, various | considered individually.; "the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed" |
| ~ individual, single | being or characteristic of a single thing or person.; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways" |
| adj. | 3. various, versatile | having great diversity or variety.; "his various achievements are impressive"; "his vast and versatile erudition" |
| ~ varied | characterized by variety.; "immigrants' varied ethnic and religious traditions"; "his work is interesting and varied" |
| lain | (v.) | lie |
| lie | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. lie, prevarication | a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth. |
| ~ falsehood, untruth, falsity | a false statement. |
| ~ fib, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tale, story | a trivial lie.; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?" |
| ~ jactitation | (law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law). |
| ~ whopper, walloper | a gross untruth; a blatant lie. |
| ~ white lie | an unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite). |
| n. (person) | 2. lie, trygve halvden lie, trygve lie | Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968). |
| ~ diplomat, diplomatist | an official engaged in international negotiations. |
| n. (location) | 3. lie | position or manner in which something is situated. |
| ~ position, place | the particular portion of space occupied by something.; "he put the lamp back in its place" |
| v. (stative) | 4. lie | be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position. |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| ~ nestle | lie in a sheltered position.; "The little cottage nestles in the forest" |
| ~ intervene | be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events.; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened" |
| ~ top | be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point.; "A star tops the Christmas Tree" |
| ~ mediate | occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others.; "mediate between the old and the new" |
| ~ ride | lie moored or anchored.; "Ship rides at anchor" |
| ~ lap | lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another. |
| ~ focalise, focalize, localise, localize | concentrate on a particular place or spot.; "The infection has localized in the left eye" |
| ~ slant | lie obliquely.; "A scar slanted across his face" |
| ~ precede, predate | come before.; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify" |
| ~ underlie | lie underneath. |
| ~ cap, crest | lie at the top of.; "Snow capped the mountains" |
| ~ front, face, look | be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to.; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park" |
| ~ back | be in back of.; "My garage backs their yard" |
| ~ flank | be located at the sides of something or somebody. |
| ~ head | be in the front of or on top of.; "The list was headed by the name of the president" |
| ~ overtop, command, overlook, dominate | look down on.; "The villa dominates the town" |
| ~ line, run along | be in line with; form a line along.; "trees line the riverbank" |
| ~ orient, point | be oriented.; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward" |
| ~ look across, look out on, look out over, overlook | be oriented in a certain direction.; "The house looks out on a tennis court"; "The apartment overlooks the Hudson" |
| ~ rest, lie | have a place in relation to something else.; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies" |
| v. (contact) | 5. lie | be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position.; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf" |
| ~ sun, sunbathe | expose one's body to the sun. |
| ~ sprawl | sit or lie with one's limbs spread out. |
| ~ recumb, recline, repose | lean in a comfortable resting position.; "He was reposing on the couch" |
| ~ overlie | lie upon; lie on top of.; "the granite overlies the older rocks" |
| ~ lie awake | lie without sleeping.; "She was so worried, she lay awake all night long" |
| ~ repose | lie when dead.; "Mao reposes in his mausoleum" |
| ~ bask | be exposed.; "The seals were basking in the sun" |
| ~ lie down, lie | assume a reclining position.; "lie down on the bed until you feel better" |
| ~ lie down, lie | assume a reclining position.; "lie down on the bed until you feel better" |
| v. (stative) | 6. consist, dwell, lie, lie in | originate (in).; "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country" |
| ~ exist, be | have an existence, be extant.; "Is there a God?" |
| v. (stative) | 7. lie | be and remain in a particular state or condition.; "lie dormant" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (communication) | 8. lie | tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive.; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29" |
| ~ misinform, mislead | give false or misleading information to. |
| ~ romance | tell romantic or exaggerated lies.; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country" |
| ~ perjure | knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury. |
| ~ fib | tell a relatively insignificant lie.; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying" |
| v. (stative) | 9. lie, rest | have a place in relation to something else.; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| ~ lie | be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position. |
| v. (motion) | 10. lie, lie down | assume a reclining position.; "lie down on the bed until you feel better" |
| ~ lie | be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position.; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf" |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| ~ stretch out, stretch | lie down comfortably.; "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass" |
| ~ charge | lie down on command, of hunting dogs. |
| ~ bow down, prostrate | get into a prostrate position, as in submission. |
| different | | |
| adj. | 1. different | unlike in nature or quality or form or degree.; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one" |
| ~ incompatible | not compatible.; "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colors" |
| ~ unlike, dissimilar, different | marked by dissimilarity.; "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different" |
| ~ antithetic, antithetical | sharply contrasted in character or purpose.; "practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs"; "hope is antithetic to despair" |
| ~ various, assorted | of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity.; "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many and various"; "various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"; "cited various reasons for his behavior" |
| ~ contrary | very opposed in nature or character or purpose.; "acts contrary to our code of ethics"; "the facts point to a contrary conclusion" |
| ~ contrasting, contrastive | strikingly different; tending to contrast.; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors" |
| ~ diametric, diametrical, polar, opposite | characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed.; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions" |
| ~ divergent | diverging from another or from a standard.; "a divergent opinion" |
| ~ disparate | fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind.; "such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing"; "disparate ideas" |
| ~ distinct, distinguishable | (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality.; "plants of several distinct types"; "the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses"; "gold is distinct from iron"; "a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech"; "management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees" |
| ~ diverse, various | distinctly dissimilar or unlike.; "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth" |
| ~ divers, diverse | many and different.; "tourist offices of divers nationalities"; "a person of diverse talents" |
| ~ opposite | altogether different in nature or quality or significance.; "the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"; "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest" |
| ~ several | distinct and individual.; "three several times" |
| ~ variant | differing from a norm or standard.; "a variant spelling" |
| ~ dissimilar | not similar.; "a group of very dissimilar people"; "a pump not dissimilar to those once found on every farm"; "their understanding of the world is not so dissimilar from our own"; "took different (or dissimilar) approaches to the problem" |
| ~ varied | characterized by variety.; "immigrants' varied ethnic and religious traditions"; "his work is interesting and varied" |
| adj. | 2. different | distinctly separate from the first.; "that's another (or different) issue altogether" |
| ~ other | not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied.; "today isn't any other day"; "the construction of highways and other public works"; "he asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side of the street from me"; "went in the other direction" |
| adj. | 3. different | differing from all others; not ordinary.; "advertising that strives continually to be different"; "this new music is certainly different but I don't really like it" |
| ~ unusual | not usual or common or ordinary.; "a scene of unusual beauty"; "a man of unusual ability"; "cruel and unusual punishment"; "an unusual meteorite" |
| adj. | 4. different, dissimilar, unlike | marked by dissimilarity.; "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different" |
| adj. | 5. different | distinct or separate.; "each interviewed different members of the community" |
| ~ other | not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied.; "today isn't any other day"; "the construction of highways and other public works"; "he asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side of the street from me"; "went in the other direction" |
| distinct | | |
| adj. | 1. distinct, distinguishable | (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality.; "plants of several distinct types"; "the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses"; "gold is distinct from iron"; "a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech"; "management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees" |
| ~ different | unlike in nature or quality or form or degree.; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one" |
| adj. | 2. distinct | easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined.; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints" |
| ~ clear | readily apparent to the mind.; "a clear and present danger"; "a clear explanation"; "a clear case of murder"; "a clear indication that she was angry"; "gave us a clear idea of human nature" |
| ~ definite | precise; explicit and clearly defined.; "I want a definite answer"; "a definite statement of the terms of the will"; "a definite amount"; "definite restrictions on the sale of alcohol"; "the wedding date is now definite"; "a definite drop in attendance" |
| ~ chiseled, well-defined | having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges.; "a finely chiseled nose"; "well-defined features" |
| ~ clean-cut, clear-cut, clear | clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible.; "as clear as a whistle"; "clear footprints in the snow"; "the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather"; "a spire clean-cut against the sky"; "a clear-cut pattern" |
| ~ crisp, sharp | (of something seen or heard) clearly defined.; "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot" |
| ~ crystalline | distinctly or sharply outlined.; "crystalline sharpness of outline" |
| ~ outlined, defined | showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary.; "hills defined against the evening sky"; "the setting sun showed the outlined figure of a man standing on the hill" |
| ~ knifelike | having a sharp or distinct edge.; "a narrow knifelike profile" |
| ~ razor-sharp | very clearly delineated.; "razor-sharp definition" |
| ~ precise | sharply exact or accurate or delimited.; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment" |
| adj. | 3. discrete, distinct | constituting a separate entity or part.; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions" |
| ~ separate | independent; not united or joint.; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church" |
| adj. | 4. decided, distinct | recognizable; marked.; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage" |
| ~ definite | precise; explicit and clearly defined.; "I want a definite answer"; "a definite statement of the terms of the will"; "a definite amount"; "definite restrictions on the sale of alcohol"; "the wedding date is now definite"; "a definite drop in attendance" |
| adj. | 5. clear-cut, distinct, trenchant | clearly or sharply defined to the mind.; "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong" |
| ~ clear | readily apparent to the mind.; "a clear and present danger"; "a clear explanation"; "a clear case of murder"; "a clear indication that she was angry"; "gave us a clear idea of human nature" |
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