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

Its track-only GTR variant, though, is a little less well known. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 July 2026 The Crossover variant with the cargo rack and rear battery is priced at $4,349. — New Atlas, 18 July 2026 Military analysts believe the new Y-9 variant has reached early combat capability, based on recent images. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026 Apple usually reserves the base variant of its chip series for the standard iPhone models, while the Pro models get the corresponding Pro chip. — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for variant

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Adjective

Dubai International Airport, a central global transport hub, was forced to temporarily close in March, while various airlines, including British Airways and Emirates paused flights to the destination.

— Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
This move continues their strategy of bolstering their pitching pipeline through various acquisition methods.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of various

Adjective

Crime has been down considerably across the city this year, despite several high-profile events occurring in recent months.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
After several Zoom calls, Nahmias flew to Charlotte without cameras, spending a few days simply getting to know Olive and her family.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026

Definition of several

Noun

By reading the mutations stacked up in the tumor’s genome as a kind of clock, researchers estimate the lineage has been dividing and passing from clam to clam for more than two centuries, outlasting countless generations of its hosts.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Some of the mutations the scientists found are obvious adaptations to the sinkhole environment.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 July 2026

Definition of mutation

Adjective

That proposal calls for allowing a citizen in family court to ask for a different judge without having to provide a reason.

— Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
The sky-high payments could be caused by a lot of different things — buyers wanting big cars, low credit scores pushing monthly payments higher or high credit scores allowing for bigger loans.

— Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 24 July 2026

Definition of different

Noun

Now, doctors get your latest cycle phase, symptoms, sleep score, steps and temperature deviation sent straight to their clinical dashboards so your stats are all in one place.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 July 2026
Manufacturing tacit knowledge cannot be captured fully in SOPs because real process behavior often lives in pattern memory built through years of batch history, deviations and corrective action.

— Nagesh Nama, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of deviation

Adjective

The Big Bend Sector has not experienced the high number of border crossings seen in recent years in other areas farther south along the Rio Grande or in Arizona or California, owing to the remote and challenging terrain on both sides of the border.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Today, some bright spots aside, the Art Deco District’s historic commercial spine is a drab length of vacant and unkempt storefronts, smoke shops, liquor stores, fast-food outlets, cheap T-shirt emporia and other varieties of tourist trap.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

Definition of other

Noun

But there really is nowhere safe in the world for mutants at this point in time when someone like Trask is out there.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 23 July 2026
While humanity knows about superheroes like Spider-Man (hence, the events of the previous games), mutants are still largely living in the shadows.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026

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