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variation

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of variation

1 a distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play)

the movie begins with a somewhat irreverent variation on the Nativity story

Synonyms of variation

interpretation, riff, take

Words Related to variation

adaptation, translation

2 the act, process, or result of making different

the latest in a long line of variations in her hair color

Synonyms of variation

alteration, change, difference, modification, redoing, refashioning, remaking, remodeling, revamping, review, revise, revision, reworking

Words Related to variation

amendment, correction, rectification, reform

conversion, deformation, distortion, metamorphosis, mutation, transfiguration, transformation

fluctuation, oscillation, shift

displacement, replacement, substitution

adjustment, modulation, regulation, tweak

Antonyms of variation

fixation, stabilization

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