Various \Va"ri*ous\, a. [L. varius. Cf. Vair.]
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   1. Different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various
      names; various occupations; various colors.
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            So many and so various laws are given. --Milton.
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            A wit as various, gay, grave, sage, or wild.
                                                  --Byron.
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   2. Changeable; uncertain; inconstant; variable.
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            A man so various, that he seemed to be
            Not one, but all mankind's epitome.   --Dryden.
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            The names of mixed modes . . . are very various.
                                                  --Locke.
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   3. Variegated; diversified; not monotonous.
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            A happy rural seat of various view.   --Milton.
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	various
    adj 1: of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking
           any uniformity; "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many
           and various"; "various experiments have failed to
           disprove the theory"; "cited various reasons for his
           behavior" [syn: assorted, various]
    2: considered individually; "the respective club members";
       "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports
       all agreed" [syn: respective(a), several(a),
       various(a)]
    3: distinctly dissimilar or unlike; "celebrities as diverse as
       Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar
       and the cavy and the sloth" [syn: diverse, various]
    4: having great diversity or variety; "his various achievements
       are impressive"; "his vast and versatile erudition" [syn:
       versatile, various]

	

	115 Moby Thesaurus words for "various":
   assorted, at odds, at variance, capricious, certain, changeable,
   changing, choppy, composite, contrary, contrasted, contrasting,
   departing, deviating, deviative, deviatory, different,
   differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disagreeing, discordant,
   discrepant, discrete, discriminated, disjoined, disorderly,
   disparate, dissimilar, dissonant, distant, distinct, distinctive,
   distinguished, divaricate, divergent, diverging, divers, diverse,
   diversified, diversiform, erose, erratic, heterogeneous, impulsive,
   in disagreement, inaccordant, incompatible, incongruous,
   inconsistent, inconsonant, inconstant, individual, inharmonious,
   irreconcilable, irregular, jagged, jerky, legion, many,
   many and various, mercurial, miscellaneous, more, more than one,
   motley, multifarious, multitudinal, multitudinous, mutable,
   nonconformist, nonstandard, nonuniform, not singular, numerous,
   of all sorts, peculiar, plural, pluralistic, plurative,
   poles apart, poles asunder, populous, ragged, rough, separate,
   separated, several, some, spasmodic, sporadic, sundry, unalike,
   unconformable, unequable, unequal, uneven, unlike, unorthodox,
   unsimilar, unstable, unsteady, unsystematic, ununiform, upwards of,
   variable, variant, varied, variegated, variform, varying,
   voluminous, wavering, widely apart, worlds apart