"variety" | Definition and Related Words

variety

Noun

A collection containing a variety of sorts of things (synset 108415730)
"a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"

is a type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
subtypes:
- grab bag - an assortment of miscellaneous items
- witch's brew, witches' brew, witches' broth - a fearsome mixture
- range - a variety of different things or activities
- selection - an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
- farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag - a motley assortment of things
- alphabet soup - a confusing assortment
- sampler - an assortment of various samples
same as: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord
Noticeable heterogeneity (synset 104758560)
"a diversity of possibilities"; "the range and variety of his work is amazing"
tells us about:
- varied - characterized by variety
- unvaried, unvarying - lacking variety
is a type of: heterogeneity, heterogeneousness - the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind

subtypes: biodiversity - the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole)

same as: diverseness, diversity, multifariousness
(biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics (synset 108118051)
"varieties are frequently recognized in botany"

referred to in: biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms

is a type of: taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group - animal or plant group having natural relations
subtypes:
- breed, stock, strain - a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
- cultivar - a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation
is a part of: species - (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
A show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances (synset 107033353)
is a type of: show - a social event involving a public performance or entertainment
subtypes:
- minstrel show - a variety show in which the performers are made up in blackface
- review, revue - a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians
- music hall, vaudeville - a variety show with songs and comic acts etc.
same as: variety show
A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality (synset 105847533)
"sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"

is a type of: category - a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
subtypes:
- description - sort or variety
- type - a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
- antitype - an opposite or contrasting type
- art form - (architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture)
- style - a particular kind (as to appearance)
- flavor, flavour - (physics) the six kinds of quarks
- color, colour - (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
- species - a specific kind of something
- genus - a general kind of something
- brand, make - a recognizable kind
- genre - a kind of literary or artistic work
- ilk, like - a kind of person
- manner - a kind
- model - a type of product
- stripe - a kind or category
- like, the like, the likes of - a similar kind
same as: form, kind, sort
A difference that is usually pleasant (synset 104759289)
"he goes to France for variety"; "it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic"

is a type of: difference - the quality of being unlike or dissimilar

same as: change

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