English adjective: different | |||
1. | different unlike in nature or quality or form or degree | ||
Samples | Took different approaches to the problem. Came to a different conclusion. Different parts of the country. On different sides of the issue. This meeting was different from the earlier one. | ||
Similar | antithetic, antithetical, assorted, contrary, contrasting, contrastive, diametric, diametrical, disparate, distinct, distinguishable, divergent, divers, diverse, diverse, opposite, opposite, polar, several, variant, various, various | ||
See also | different, dissimilar, dissimilar, incompatible, unlike, varied | ||
Attribute | difference | ||
Antonyms | same | ||
2. | different distinctly separate from the first | ||
Samples | That's another (or different) issue altogether. | ||
Similar | other | ||
Antonyms | same | ||
3. | different differing from all others; not ordinary | ||
Samples | Advertising that strives continually to be different. This new music is certainly different but I don't really like it. | ||
Similar | unusual | ||
Antonyms | usual | ||
4. | different marked by dissimilarity | ||
Samples | For twins they are very unlike. People are profoundly different. | ||
Synonyms | dissimilar, unlike | ||
Antonyms | like, similar | ||
5. | different distinct or separate | ||
Samples | Each interviewed different members of the community. | ||
Similar | other | ||
Antonyms | same | ||