Synonyms of the word vary


VARYALTER - CHANGE - DEPART - DEVIATE - DIFFER - DIVERGE - DIVERSIFY - MOTLEY - VARIEGATE

vary

  • v. (transitive) To change with time or a similar parameter.
  • v. (transitive) To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify.
  • v. (intransitive) Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.
  • v. (of the members of a group, intransitive) To display differences.
  • v. (intransitive) To be or act different from the usual.
  • v. (transitive) To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
  • v. (transitive, music) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key,…
  • v. (obsolete) To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension.
  • n. (obsolete) alteration; change.

alter

  • v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
  • v. (intransitive) To become different.
  • v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
  • v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

change

  • v. (intransitive) To become something different.
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
  • v. (transitive) To replace.
  • v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
  • v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
  • v. (archaic) To exchange.
  • v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
  • n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
  • n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
  • n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
  • n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
  • n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
  • n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
  • n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
  • n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
  • n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
  • n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

depart

  • v. (intransitive) To leave.
  • v. (intransitive) To set out on a journey.
  • v. (intransitive) To die.
  • v. (intransitive) To deviate (from).
  • v. (transitive, now rare) To go away from; to leave.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To divide up; to distribute, share.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To separate, part.
  • n. (obsolete) division; separation, as of compound substances.
  • n. (obsolete) A going away; departure.

deviate

  • n. (sociology) A person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert.
  • n. (statistics) A value equal to the difference between a measured variable factor and a fixed or algorithmic…
  • v. (intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.

differ

  • v. Not to have the same traits, characteristics.
  • v. (people, groups, etc.) To have diverging opinions, disagree.

diverge

  • v. (intransitive, literally of lines or paths) To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively, of interests, opinions, or anything else) To become different; to run apart;…
  • v. (intransitive, literally of a line or path) To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another…
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively, of an interest, opinion, or anything else) To become different, to separate…
  • v. (intransitive, mathematics, of a sequence, series, or function) Not to converge: to have no limit, or…

diversify

  • v. (transitive) To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish…

motley

  • adj. Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity; heterogeneous.
  • adj. Having many colours; variegated.
  • n. An incongruous mixture.
  • n. A jester's multicoloured clothes.
  • n. (by extension) A jester; a fool.

variegate

  • v. (transitive) to add variety to something; to diversify.
  • v. (transitive) to change the appearance of something, especially by covering with patches or streaks of…
  • v. to dabble.
  • adj. variegated.

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