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Antonyms for divergent
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : dih-vur-juh nt, dahy- |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈvɜr dʒənt, daɪ- |
Definition of divergent
Origin :- 1690s, from Modern Latin divergentem (nominative divergens), present participle of divergere (see diverge). Related: Divergently.
- adj differing
- That the habits of the Judge and the drummer were divergent made it all the more annoying.
- Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton
- Burr could get no help from any of the divergent parties he had attempted to gain.
- Extract from : « A History of the United States » by Cecil Chesterton
- But this traveling on divergent lines could not but have its effect upon them.
- Extract from : « The Faith Doctor » by Edward Eggleston
- The results are so divergent on this point that it is best not to adopt any standard at present.
- Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen
- It consists merely in divergent specialization from a general center.
- Extract from : « Expository Writing » by Mervin James Curl
- They do imply, however, that there are divergent directions and forms of thought.
- Extract from : « Elements of Folk Psychology » by Wilhelm Wundt
- Horns and feet slender cylindrical, straight, divergent; three horns about as long as the shell, three feet twice as long.
- Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
- Apical horn and the six divergent feet twice to three times as long as the shell, bristle-shaped, irregularly curved and branched.
- Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
- Cephalis spherical, very small, with two divergent conical horns of half the length; its lower half hidden in the thorax.
- Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
- The latter are connected with the former by six divergent curved columell, about as long as the diameter of the basal ring.
- Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
Synonyms for divergent
- aberrant
- abnormal
- anomalous
- antithetical
- atypical
- conflicting
- contradictory
- contrary
- deviating
- different
- disagreeing
- disparate
- dissimilar
- dissonant
- distant
- diverging
- diverse
- factional
- factious
- irregular
- off-key
- opposite
- poles apart
- separate
- unalike
- unequal
- unlike
- unnatural
- unsimilar
- untypical
- variant
- various
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