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   Dif·fer·ent

   /ˈdif(ə)rənt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. not the same as another or each other; unlike in nature, form, or quality: "you can play this game in different ways" Similar dissimilarunalikeunlikenonidenticalcontrastingdivergentdisparatepoles apartincompatiblemismatchedinconsistentopposedat varianceat oddsclashingconflictingcontradictorycontraryinformal:like chalk and cheeserare:contrastiveOpposite similar
   • ▪ novel and unusual: informal "try something deliciously different" Similar unusualout of the ordinaryuncommonunfamiliarrareuniquenovelnewfreshoriginalunprecedentedunconventionalunorthodoxoff-centeratypicalout of the wayspecialsingularremarkablenoteworthyexceptionalextraordinaryoutrageousoutlandishexoticout of the commoninformal:way outoffbeatoff the wallOpposite ordinaryconventional
   • 2. distinct; separate: "on two different occasions" Similar distinctseparateindividualdiscretenonidenticalunrelatedunconnectedunassociatedindependentdisparateOpposite relatedsimilar

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin different- ‘carrying away, differing’, from the verb differre (see differ).

   Derivatives

   • 1. differentness noun

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   Synonyms and antonyms of. different. in English. different. Thesaurus > different > different. These are words and phrases related to different. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of different.

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   dĭfər-ənt, dĭfrənt. Synonyms for DIFFERENT: dissimilar, divergent, disparate, diverse, unlike, various, distinct, variant, contrasted; Antonyms for DIFFERENT: like, same, alike, similar, resembling, correspondent, homogeneous, uniform, like.

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   Synonyms. Similar meaning. View all. various. diverse. distinct. separate. dissimilar. unlike. divergent. unusual. individual. disparate. differing. contrary. several. varying. opposite. contrasting. novel. varied. changed. strange. otherwise. peculiar. uncommon. unique. heterogeneous. Antonyms. Opposite meaning. Related. Common usage.

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   3 days ago · 1 (adjective) in the sense of dissimilar. Definition. partly or completely unlike. We have totally different views. Synonyms. dissimilar. opposed. contrasting. changed. clashing. unlike. altered. diverse. at odds. inconsistent. disparate. deviating. divergent. at variance. discrepant. streets apart. See examples for synonyms.

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   # apart , differing. dissimilar. adj. # differing. unlike. adj. # dissimilar. divergent. adj. # unique. unusual. adj. # abnormal , unique. individual. adj. # unique , feature. disparate. adj. # miscellaneous. differing. adj. # disagreeing. contrary. adj. # opposition. several. adj. , n. # various.

7. www.wordreference.com › synonyms › differentdifferent - WordReference.com English Thesaurus

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   Synonyms: distinct, nonidentical, not the same, not identical, nothing alike, dissimilar, unalike, unlike, not alike, distinctive, diverse, unidentical, disparate, contrasting, contradictory, contrary, reverse, converse, poles apart. Antonyms: the same, alike, similar, equal, identical, indistinguishable, the same as, just like.

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   synonyms: incompatible. not compatible. dissimilar, unlike. marked by dissimilarity. antithetic, antithetical. sharply contrasted in character or purpose. assorted, various. of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity. contrary. very opposed in nature or character or purpose. contrasting, contrastive.