Antonyms for different
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dif-er-uhnt, dif-ruhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪf ər ənt, ˈdɪf rənt |
Definition of different
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French different (14c.), from Latin differentem (nominative differens) "differing, different," present participle of differre "to set apart" (see differ). Colloquial sense of "special" attested by 1912. Related: Differently.
- adj dissimilar, unlike
- adj separate, distinct
- adj miscellaneous, various
- The prisoners came in, attended by the Phylarchi of their different wards.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- That was the way with his pa—he was a different man after things got to comin' too easy fur him.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- So he thought the things he would have said to her if matters had been different.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- But this slab of black basalt was different from anything that had ever been discovered.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- I can hardly think that Parliament will adopt a different view.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- We have called by different names brethren of the same principle.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- How different a picture would the streets and public places then present!
- Extract from : « Sunday under Three Heads » by Charles Dickens
- The nature of these ties must vary with the different problems of different areas.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- If an Acacia, Mr. Bentham says, it is different from any he knows.
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- The visions may be different, and yet each vision may be true.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
Synonyms for different
- a far cry from
- altered
- another
- another story
- anthologized
- antithetic
- assorted
- asymmetrical
- at odds
- at variance
- atypical
- bizarre
- changed
- clashing
- collected
- colorful
- contradistinct
- contradistinctive
- contrary
- contrasting
- contrastive
- deviating
- differential
- discrepant
- discrete
- disparate
- dissonant
- distant
- distinct
- distinctive
- divergent
- divers
- diverse
- diversified
- diversiform
- especial
- express
- extraordinary
- heterogeneous
- incommensurable
- incomparable
- incongruous
- inconsistent
- indiscriminate
- individual
- jarring
- like night and day
- manifold
- many
- mismatched
- mismated
- multifarious
- multiform
- novel
- numerous
- offbeat
- omnifarious
- omniform
- opposed
- original
- other
- otherwise
- out of the ordinary
- particular
- peculiar
- poles apart
- rare
- several
- single
- singular
- some
- something else
- special
- specialized
- specific
- startling
- strange
- sundry
- unalike
- uncommon
- unconventional
- unequal
- unique
- unrelated
- unsimilar
- unusual
- variant
- varicolored
- varied
- variegated
- varietal
- variform
- various
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