Synonyms: different
Definition: differing from all others; not ordinary
Usage: advertising that strives continually to be different; this new music is certainly different but I don't really like it
Similar words: unusual
Definition: not usual or common or ordinary
Usage: a scene of unusual beauty; a man of unusual ability; cruel and unusual punishment; an unusual meteorite
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: antithetic, antithetical
Definition: sharply contrasted in character or purpose
Usage: practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs; hope is antithetic to despair
Similar words: assorted, various
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: contrary
Definition: very opposed in nature or character or purpose
Usage: acts contrary to our code of ethics; the facts point to a contrary conclusion
Similar words: contrasting, contrastive
Definition: strikingly different; tending to contrast
Usage: contrasting (or contrastive) colors
Similar words: diametric, diametrical, opposite, polar
Definition: characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
Usage: in diametric contradiction to his claims; diametrical (or opposite) points of view; opposite meanings; extreme and indefensible polar positions
Similar words: divergent
Definition: diverging from another or from a standard
Usage: a divergent opinion
Similar words: disparate
Definition: fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
Usage: such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing; disparate ideas
Similar words: distinct, distinguishable
Definition: (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality
Usage: 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
Similar words: diverse, various
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: divers, diverse
Definition: many and different
Usage: tourist offices of divers nationalities; a person of diverse talents
Similar words: opposite
Definition: altogether different in nature or quality or significance
Usage: the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended; it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest- Charles Reade
Similar words: several
Definition: distinct and individual
Usage: three several times
Similar words: variant
Definition: differing from a norm or standard
Usage: a variant spelling
Synonyms: different
Definition: distinctly separate from the first
Usage: that's another (or different) issue altogether
Similar words: other
Definition: not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
Usage: today isn't any other day- the White Queen; 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
Synonyms: different
Definition: distinct or separate
Usage: each interviewed different members of the community
Similar words: other
Definition: not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
Usage: today isn't any other day- the White Queen; 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