DIFFERENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does different mean?
• DIFFERENT (adjective)
The adjective DIFFERENT has 5 senses:
1. unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
2. distinctly separate from the first
3. differing from all others; not ordinary
4. marked by dissimilarity
5. distinct or separate
Familiarity information: DIFFERENT used as an adjective is common.
Dictionary entry details
• DIFFERENT (adjective)
Meaning:
Unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
Context examples:
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:
variant (differing from a norm or standard)
several (distinct and individual)
opposite (altogether different in nature or quality or significance)
divers; diverse (many and different)
diverse; various (distinctly dissimilar or unlike)
distinct; distinguishable ((often followed by 'from') not alike; different in nature or quality)
disparate (fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind)
divergent (diverging from another or from a standard)
diametric; diametrical; opposite; polar (characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed)
contrasting; contrastive (strikingly different; tending to contrast)
contrary (very opposed in nature or character or purpose)
assorted; various (of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity)
antithetic; antithetical (sharply contrasted in character or purpose)
Also:
varied (characterized by variety)
dissimilar (not similar)
incompatible (not compatible)
different; dissimilar; unlike (marked by dissimilarity)
Attribute:
difference (the quality of being unlike or dissimilar)
Antonym:
same (closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree)
Meaning:
Distinctly separate from the first
Context example:
that's another (or different) issue altogether
Similar:
other (not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied)
Meaning:
Differing from all others; not ordinary
Context examples:
advertising that strives continually to be different / this new music is certainly different but I don't really like it
Similar:
unusual (not usual or common or ordinary)
Meaning:
Marked by dissimilarity
Synonyms:
unlike; dissimilar; different
Context examples:
for twins they are very unlike / people are profoundly different
Meaning:
Distinct or separate
Context example:
each interviewed different members of the community
Similar:
other (not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied)
