diversity

1 the quality or state of being composed of many different elements or types the diversity of plant life on that tropical island is staggering Synonyms of diversity assortment, diverseness, variety, heterogeneity, heterogeneousness, manifoldness, miscellaneousness, multifariousness, multiplicity, variousnessWords Related to diversity disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, otherness, unlikenessNear Antonyms of diversity homogeneity, homogeneousness, likeness, sameness, similarity; fewness, paucity

2 the quality or state of being different there's considerable diversity in the platforms for the two major parties Synonyms of diversity contrast, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distance, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, diverseness, difference, otherness, unlikenessWords Related to diversity deviance, divergence; differentiability, discriminability, distinguishability; change, modification, variation; conflict, discord, discordance, dissension (also dissention), dissent, dissidence, disunity, friction, strife; variability, variance; anomalousness, dichotomy, incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness, nonconformity; disproportion, imbalance, inequality, nonequivalenceNear Antonyms of diversity identicalness, identity; accordance, agreement, conformity, congruity, correspondence, parallelism, similitude; equality, equivalence, equivalency; homogeneity, homogeneousness, uniformityAntonyms of diversity alikeness, analogousness, analogy, community, likeness, resemblance, sameness, similarity