Synonyms Dictionary
2. different, conflicting, dissimilar, diverse, variant; departing, deflecting, varying, differing, changing; curving, turning, bending, swerving; diverting, shifting, switching, shunting.
3. deviate, deviant, aberrant; deviating, diverging, digressing, veering, straggling, wandering, rambling, meandering, straying, drifting, roving, divagating. divers, adj. several, sundry, various, numerous, many; different, varied, assorted, mixed, miscellaneous, multifarious, manifold. diverse, adj. unlike, different, dissimilar, varying; separate, apart, distinct; multiform, diversiform, diversified, varied, variant, manifold, divergent, differing; various, miscellaneous, motley, heterogeneous, mixed, assorted, variegated, checkered, diversify, v. vary, change, transform, alter, modify; variegate, streak, stripe, striate, fleck, dapple, dot, spot, mottle, checker. diversion, n. 1. deflection, turning aside, digression; divergence, deviation, variation, detour.
2. distraction, amusement, pastime, entertainment; recreation, relaxation, refreshment, enlivenment; solace, comfort, consolation, restorative, easement, rest; divertissement, hobby, beguilement, interest; play, sport, game, frolic, fun, delight, merriment, festivity; exhilaration, joy, jubilation; gratification, pleasure.
3. Mil. feint, ruse, blind, stratagem. diversity, n. 1. unlikeness, difference, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, contrast, confliction; contrariety, opposition, antithesis, contradiction, contradistinction; inconsistency, discrepancy, inconformity, nonconformity; disparity, imparity, inequality, incongruity; variation, divergence, deviation, departure; disagreement, dissension, dissidence, dissent, variance, contrariety.
2. nonuniformity, unevenness, irregularity, disproportion; multiformity, multifariousness, manifoldness, multiplicity; miscellany, variety, heterogeneity, assortment, medley; variegation, diversification, divert, v. 1. turn aside, deflect, draw away, avert, switch, change course, Naut. jibe, shift; shunt, sidetrack, swerve; separate, part, go asunder; branch off, ramify, fork, divaricate.
2. distract, entertain, amuse, delight, gratify, beguile, interest, regale; occupy, engross, absorb, engage; withdraw, abstract, preoccupy; relax, refresh, enliven; charm, inspirit, exhilarate; cheer, gladden, rejoice, raise a smile, excite laughter, divest, 1. unclothe, disrobe, dismantle, undress; remove, put off, take off, doff; strip, lay bare, bare, uncover, expose, lay open, denude, denudate.
2. despoil, deprive, dispossess, bereave.
3. rid, free from, disencumber, relieve of, disabuse; purge, dispose of, get rid of, do away with, debunk. divide, v. 1. cut, sever, dissever, split, rend, sunder, dispart, cleave, rive; bisect, halve, quarter, intersect; subdivide, compart, partition, repartition, demarcate.
2. separate, part, disconnect, detach, disjoin; diverge, branch, fork, open, divaricate.
3. estrange, cause to disagree, sow dissension, set or pit against one another, make hostile or discordant, set at variance or odds, alienate, disaffect; come between, widen the breach, Inf. split wide open, Inf. break up.
4. share, assign, portion out, apportion, allocate, allot, Inf. divvy or divvy up; distribute, dispense, dole,
deal or mete or parcel out.
5. classify, catalog, label, categorize; segregate,
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