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Variety

The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.

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Accumulation 76% connected

The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of…

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Aggregation 76% connected

The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

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Assemblage 76% connected

The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

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Category 76% connected

One of the highest classes to which the objects of knowledge or thought can be reduced, and by which they can be arranged in a system; an ultimate or…

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Collection 76% connected

The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

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Difference 76% connected

The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quali…

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Heterogeneity 76% connected

The state of being heterogeneous; contrariety.

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Show 76% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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Narrower term 36

Antitype 76% connected

That of which the type is the pattern or representation; that which is represented by the type or symbol.

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Biodiversity 76% connected

The variety of life in a place or across the planet.

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Brand 76% connected

A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.

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Breed 76% connected

To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.

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Color 76% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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Colour 76% connected

See Color.

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Description 76% connected

The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

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Farrago 76% connected

A mass composed of various materials confusedly mixed; a medley; a mixture.

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Flavor 76% connected

That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

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Flavour 76% connected

(physics) the six kinds of quarks

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Gallimaufry 76% connected

A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout.

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Genre 76% connected

A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners.

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Genus 76% connected

A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; on…

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Hodgepodge 76% connected

A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot.

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Hotchpotch 76% connected

A mingled mass; a confused mixture; a stew of various ingredients; a hodgepodge.

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Ilk 76% connected

Same; each; every.

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Like 76% connected

Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the part…

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Manner 76% connected

Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.

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Melange 76% connected

A mixture; a medley.

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Mingle-mangle 76% connected

To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of.

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Mishmash 76% connected

A hotchpotch.

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Model 76% connected

A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.

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odds and ends 76% connected

Miscellaneous or leftover items

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Omnium-gatherum 76% connected

A miscellaneous collection of things or persons; a confused mixture; a medley.

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Range 76% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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Review 76% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

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Sampler 76% connected

One who makes up samples for inspection; one who examines samples, or by samples; as, a wool sampler.

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Selection 76% connected

The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.

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Species 76% connected

Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept received by the imagination; an image.

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Stock 76% connected

The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

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Strain 76% connected

Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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Stripe 76% connected

A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as…

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Style 76% connected

An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded,…

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Type 76% connected

The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem.

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Vaudeville 76% connected

A kind of song of a lively character, frequently embodying a satire on some person or event, sung to a familiar air in couplets with a refrain; a str…

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Derivationally related 4

Motley 74% connected

Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.

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Motley 74% connected

Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.

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Vary 74% connected

To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to var…

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Vary 74% connected

To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to var…

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Containing whole 1

Species 70% connected

Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept received by the imagination; an image.

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Varied 66% connected

Changed; altered; various; diversified; as, a varied experience; varied interests; varied scenery.

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Varied 66% connected

Changed; altered; various; diversified; as, a varied experience; varied interests; varied scenery.

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Synonym 14

Assortment 92% connected

Act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or classes.

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Change 92% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Diverseness 92% connected

The quality of being diverse.

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Diversity 92% connected

A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.

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form 92% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Kind 92% connected

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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Miscellanea 92% connected

A collection of miscellaneous matters; matters of various kinds.

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Miscellany 92% connected

A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects.

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Mixture 92% connected

The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients.

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Motley 92% connected

Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.

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Multifariousness 92% connected

Multiplied diversity.

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Potpourri 92% connected

A medley or mixture.

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Salmagundi 92% connected

A mixture of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.

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Sort 92% connected

Chance; lot; destiny.

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