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 | ||