- Different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various
names; various occupations; various colors. - Changeable; uncertain; inconstant; variable. - Variegated; diversified; not monotonous.
Meaning of 'Various' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . various
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Meaning (1): - distinctly dissimilar or unlike
Example in sentence:
animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth;
celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan
Meaning (2): - of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
Example in sentence:
assorted sizes;
cited various reasons for his behavior;
his disguises are many and various;
various experiments have failed to disprove the theory