Synonyms: various, several, respective
Definition: considered individually
Usage: the respective club members; specialists in their several fields; the various reports all agreed
Similar words: individual, single
Definition: being or characteristic of a single thing or person
Usage: individual drops of rain; please mark the individual pages; they went their individual ways
Definition: of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
Usage: assorted sizes; his disguises are many and various; various experiments have failed to disprove the theory; cited various reasons for his behavior
Similar words: different
Definition: unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
Usage: 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
Definition: distinctly dissimilar or unlike
Usage: celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan; animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth
Similar words: different
Definition: unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
Usage: 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
Definition: having great diversity or variety
Usage: his various achievements are impressive; his vast and versatile erudition
Similar words: varied
Definition: characterized by variety
Usage: immigrants' varied ethnic and religious traditions; his work is interesting and varied