Variant
9 definitions retrieved 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] 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] variant adj 1: differing from a norm or standard; "a variant spelling" 2: exhibiting variation and change; "letters variant in size" n 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; "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; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father" [syn: version, variant, variation, edition] variant [vɛəriənt] abweichend; Variante variant eltérôolvasat eltérô különbözô variáns változat variant [varijɑnt] Variante variant (of) Variante f (Linguistik) variant abweichend 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 Variant related |
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