| variety | | |
| n. (group) | 1. assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety | a collection containing a variety of sorts of things.; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" |
| ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| ~ grab bag | an assortment of miscellaneous items. |
| ~ witch's brew, witches' brew, witches' broth | a fearsome mixture.; "a witches' brew of gangsters and terrorists"; "mixing dope and alcohol creates a witches' brew" |
| ~ range | a variety of different things or activities.; "he answered a range of questions"; "he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection" |
| ~ selection | an assortment of things from which a choice can be made.; "the store carried a large selection of shoes" |
| ~ farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag | a motley assortment of things. |
| ~ alphabet soup | a confusing assortment.; "Roosevelt created an alphabet soup of federal agencies" |
| ~ sampler | an assortment of various samples.; "a candy sampler"; "a sampler of French poets" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. diverseness, diversity, multifariousness, variety | noticeable heterogeneity.; "a diversity of possibilities"; "the range and variety of his work is amazing" |
| ~ heterogeneity, heterogeneousness | the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind. |
| ~ biodiversity | the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole).; "a high level of biodiversity is desirable" |
| n. (group) | 3. variety | (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics.; "varieties are frequently recognized in botany" |
| ~ biological science, biology | the science that studies living organisms. |
| ~ taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group | animal or plant group having natural relations. |
| ~ breed, strain, stock | a special variety of domesticated animals within a species.; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep" |
| ~ species | (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed. |
| ~ cultivar | a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation. |
| n. (communication) | 4. variety, variety show | a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances. |
| ~ show | a social event involving a public performance or entertainment.; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway" |
| ~ minstrel show | a variety show in which the performers are made up in blackface. |
| ~ revue, review | a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians. |
| ~ vaudeville, music hall | a variety show with songs and comic acts etc.. |
| n. (cognition) | 5. form, kind, sort, variety | a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality.; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" |
| ~ category | a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme. |
| ~ description | sort or variety.; "every description of book was there" |
| ~ type | a subdivision of a particular kind of thing.; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?" |
| ~ antitype | an opposite or contrasting type. |
| ~ art form | (architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture). |
| ~ style | a particular kind (as to appearance).; "this style of shoe is in demand" |
| ~ flavour, flavor | (physics) the six kinds of quarks. |
| ~ colour, color | (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction.; "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors" |
| ~ species | a specific kind of something.; "a species of molecule"; "a species of villainy" |
| ~ genus | a general kind of something.; "ignore the genus communism" |
| ~ make, brand | a recognizable kind.; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?" |
| ~ genre | a kind of literary or artistic work. |
| ~ ilk, like | a kind of person.; "We'll not see his like again"; "I can't tolerate people of his ilk" |
| ~ manner | a kind.; "what manner of man are you?" |
| ~ model | a type of product.; "his car was an old model" |
| ~ stripe | a kind or category.; "businessmen of every stripe joined in opposition to the proposal" |
| ~ like, the like, the likes of | a similar kind.; "dogs, foxes, and the like"; "we don't want the likes of you around here" |
| n. (attribute) | 6. change, variety | a difference that is usually pleasant.; "he goes to France for variety"; "it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic" |
| ~ difference | the quality of being unlike or dissimilar.; "there are many differences between jazz and rock" |
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