VARIANT Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of variant

as in various

able to be distinguished in some way from others of the same kind variant strains of a disease variant points of view

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Noun

Kia The Passenger variant Kia revealed in Hanover has nine seats, which will be the maximum offered in Europe. — New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2026 Water masses also change and move, which could speed up the spread of a new variant. — Quanta Magazine, 11 Sep. 2026 While the duo has traditionally only been available with rear-wheel-drive, it’s suspected that the EV model could introduce a dual-motor, all-wheel-drive variant. — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 10 Sep. 2026 Each score is broken down into the processes driving it, showing whether a variant is flagged for splicing, gene expression or protein change. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for variant

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Adjective

Government troops also conducted raids in various areas Thursday and killed 10 militants believed to be members of the Pakistani Taliban, the military and police said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
Over a tight five-day timeline — as Marnus and Ilse finish school ahead of the December holidays, and the family prepares for their summer vacation — these various tensions impact one another in tacit but perhaps terminal ways.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of various

Noun

With real-world variation, the failure rate that had been a footnote turned into daily operational work.

— Shivansh Inamdar, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Our paper argues that end-to-end AI systems could compress this variation by steering exploration toward what existing data suggest is likely to succeed.

— Julio Ottino, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of variation

Adjective

Yet Marcon’s works defy old-world tempos with their pacing (the shots in Monelle, 2017, last no more than a second each), their length (several clock in at under five minutes), and, of course, the seeming ease with which they can be summarized.

— Matthew McLean, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2026
But when Lee turns to Danbi’s POV several hundred pages in, no complication follows.

— Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of several

Noun

Scientists analyze mutations in a patient’s tumor and create a personalized therapy designed to train the immune system to recognize and attack the cancer.

— Sally C. Pipes, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Someone living in Southern Appalachia today doesn’t necessarily carry the mutation, and someone who carries it may live anywhere, says LoPiccolo.

— Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of mutation

Adjective

All onshore experiences are locally guided, offered in small groups, and scaled to different activity levels.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
The correspondence helped convince Anders, who fled the Nazis for American exile in 1936, that different kinds of evil cause different kinds of harm.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of different

Noun

Astronomers measure these changes in brightness and can use that small deviation to infer that a planet is there.

— Thomas Fauchez, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
This configuration is designed to remain operational despite manufacturing deviations and wear that develops during extended operation.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of deviation

Adjective

In other cases, Virginia prosecutors have previously brought their own expert witnesses to counter an insanity defense at trials or even disputed the claims without their own expert, according to reports and court records.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2026
Even though the analysis adjusted for several potential confounding factors, other unmeasured factors could still contribute to the observed relationship.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of other

Noun

Why would anyone want to do this in a game about an angry, unkillable mutant with claws sharp enough to cut through space-time?

— Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026
The latter is embodied by an underground race of telepathic mutants who worship an unexploded nuclear bomb and find themselves in conflict with the apes, as well as the few surviving humans, on the way to a finale that out-tragedies the original.

— Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026

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