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variety
Overview of noun variety
The noun variety has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (23) assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley -- (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")
2. (8) diverseness, diversity, multifariousness, variety -- (noticeable heterogeneity; "a diversity of possibilities"; "the range and variety of his work is amazing")
3. (1) variety -- ((biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics; "varieties are frequently recognized in botany")
4. variety show, variety -- (a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances)
5. kind, sort, form, variety -- (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?")
6. variety, change -- (a difference that is usually pleasant; "he goes to France for variety"; "it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun variety
6 senses of variety
Sense 1
assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley
=> collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
diverseness, diversity, multifariousness, variety
=> heterogeneity, heterogeneousness
=> nonuniformity
=> dissimilarity, unsimilarity
=> difference
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
variety
=> taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon
=> biological group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
variety show, variety
=> show
=> social event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
kind, sort, form, variety
=> category
=> concept, conception, construct
=> idea, thought
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
variety, change
=> difference
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun variety
5 of 6 senses of variety
Sense 1
assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley
=> grab bag
=> witches' brew, witches' broth, witch's brew
=> range
=> selection
=> odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherum
=> alphabet soup
=> sampler
Sense 2
diverseness, diversity, multifariousness, variety
=> biodiversity
Sense 3
variety
=> breed, strain, stock
=> cultivar
Sense 4
variety show, variety
=> minstrel show
=> revue, review
=> vaudeville, music hall
Sense 5
kind, sort, form, variety
=> description
=> type
=> antitype
=> art form
=> style
=> flavor, flavour
=> color, colour
=> species
=> genus
=> brand, make
=> genre
=> like, ilk
=> manner
=> model
=> stripe
=> like, the like, the likes of
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun variety
6 senses of variety
Sense 1
assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley
=> collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
Sense 2
diverseness, diversity, multifariousness, variety
=> heterogeneity, heterogeneousness
Sense 3
variety
=> taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon
Sense 4
variety show, variety
=> show
Sense 5
kind, sort, form, variety
=> category
Sense 6
variety, change
=> difference
Antonyms of noun variety
Member Holonyms of noun variety
Substance Holonyms of noun variety
Part Holonyms of noun variety
1 of 6 senses of variety
Sense 3
variety
PART OF: species
Member Meronyms of noun variety
Substance Meronyms of noun variety
Part Meronyms of noun variety
Meronyms of noun variety
Holonyms of noun variety
1 of 6 senses of variety
Sense 3
variety
PART OF: species
Attributes of noun variety
1 of 6 senses of variety
Sense 2
diverseness, diversity, multifariousness, variety
=> varied (vs. unvaried)
=> unvaried (vs. varied), unvarying
Derived Forms of noun variety
Domain of noun variety
1 of 6 senses of variety
Sense 3
variety
TOPIC>(noun) biology#1, biological science#1
Domain Terms of noun variety
Familiarity of noun variety
variety used as a noun is common (polysemy count =6)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun variety
6 senses of variety
Sense 1
assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley
> collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
=> procession
=> pharmacopoeia
=> string
=> wardrobe
=> wardrobe
=> population, universe
=> armamentarium
=> art collection
=> backlog
=> battery
=> block
=> book, rule book
=> book
=> bottle collection
=> bunch, lot, caboodle
=> coin collection
=> collage
=> content
=> ensemble, tout ensemble
=> corpus
=> crop
=> tenantry
=> findings
=> flagging
=> flinders
=> pack
=> hand, deal
=> long suit
=> herbarium
=> stamp collection
=> statuary
=> sum, summation, sum total
=> agglomeration
=> gimmickry
=> nuclear club
=> pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus
=> mass
=> combination
=> congregation
=> hit parade
=> Judaica
=> kludge
=> library, program library, subroutine library
=> library
=> mythology
HAS INSTANCE=> Nag Hammadi, Nag Hammadi Library
=> biota, biology
=> fauna, zoology
=> petting zoo
=> set
=> Victoriana
=> class, category, family
=> job lot
=> package, bundle, packet, parcel
=> defense, defence, defense team, defense lawyers
=> prosecution
=> planting
=> signage
=> generally accepted accounting practices, GAAP
=> pantheon
=> Free World
=> Third World
=> Europe
=> Asia
=> North America
=> Central America
=> South America
=> Oort cloud
=> galaxy
=> galaxy, extragalactic nebula
=> fleet
=> fleet
=> fleet
=> repertoire, repertory
=> repertory, repertoire
=> assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley
=> batch, clutch
=> batch
=> rogue's gallery
=> exhibition, exposition, expo
=> convoy
=> traffic
=> aviation, air power
=> vegetation, flora, botany
=> law, jurisprudence
=> menagerie
=> data, information
=> ana
=> mail, post
=> treasure
=> treasure trove
=> trinketry
=> troponymy, troponomy
=> smithereens
HAS INSTANCE=> Wise Men, Magi
HAS INSTANCE=> French West Indies
Sense 2
diverseness, diversity, multifariousness, variety
> heterogeneity, heterogeneousness
=> diverseness, diversity, multifariousness, variety
Sense 3
variety
> taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon
=> Adapid, Adapid group
=> Omomyid, Omomyid group
=> kingdom
=> subkingdom
=> variety
=> phylum
=> subphylum
=> superphylum
=> class
=> subclass
=> superclass
=> order
=> suborder
=> superorder
=> family
=> superfamily
=> subfamily
=> tribe
=> genus
=> subgenus
=> monotype
=> species
=> subspecies, race
=> form, variant, strain, var.
=> type
=> Pteridospermae, group Pteridospermae, Pteridospermaphyta, group Pteridospermaphyta
=> Centrospermae, group Centrospermae
=> Amentiferae, group Amentiferae
=> Phycomycetes, Phycomycetes group
Sense 4
variety show, variety
> show
=> stage dancing, choreography
=> movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
=> attraction
=> broadcast, program, programme
=> performance, public presentation
=> burlesque
=> play
=> galanty show, shadow show, shadow play
=> puppet show, puppet play
=> variety show, variety
Sense 5
kind, sort, form, variety
> category
=> kind, sort, form, variety
=> pigeonhole
=> rubric
=> way
Sense 6
variety, change
> difference
=> otherness, distinctness, separateness
=> differential
=> differentia
=> distinction
=> discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance
=> dissimilarity, unsimilarity
=> variety, change
=> inequality
Meronyms of noun variety
6 senses of variety
Holonyms of noun variety
1 of 6 senses of variety
Sense 3
variety
PART OF: species
Grep of noun variety
variety
variety meat
variety show
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