Meanings
- More than one (of an indeterminate set of things).
Various books have been taken.
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There are various ways to fix the problem.
You have broken various of the rules.
- not comparableHaving a broad range (of different elements).
The reasons are various.
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For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.
1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Affair at the Novelty Theatre”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020The penalty for the breach of various contracts is scourging with stripes[…]
1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization, page 114
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
adjectiveconsidered individually
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinvarius“manifold, diverse, various, parti-colored, variegated, also changing, changeable, fickle, etc.”
- Middle Frenchvarieux
- Englishvarious
Borrowed from Middle French varieux, from Latin varius (“manifold, diverse, various, parti-colored, variegated, also changing, changeable, fickle, etc.”). By surface analysis, vary + -ous.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek διάφορος
- διάφορος (diáphoros)an eclectic range of
Arabic مُخْتَلِف, مُتَنَوَّع
- مُخْتَلِف (muḵtalif)an eclectic range of
- مُتَنَوَّع (mutanawwaʕ)an eclectic range of
- شَتَّى (šattā)an eclectic range of
Basque askotariko
- askotarikoan eclectic range of
Bulgarian разли́чен, ра́зен
- разли́чен (razlíčen)an eclectic range of
- ра́зен (rázen)an eclectic range of
Catalan varis
- varisan eclectic range of
Chinese Mandarin 各種（的） /各种（的）
- 各種（的） /各种（的） (gèzhǒng de)an eclectic range of
Czech rozdílný, rozličný
- rozdílnýan eclectic range of
- rozličnýan eclectic range of
- různýan eclectic range of
- rozmanitýan eclectic range of
Danish forskellige
- forskelligean eclectic range of
Dutch verscheiden, uiteenlopend
- verscheidenan eclectic range of
- uiteenlopendan eclectic range of
- diversan eclectic range of
Esperanto diversa
- diversaan eclectic range of
Finnish eri, erilainen
- erian eclectic range of
- erilainenan eclectic range of
- vaihtelevaan eclectic range of
- moninainenan eclectic range of
French divers
- diversan eclectic range of
German verschiedene
- verschiedenean eclectic range of
Greek διάφορος
- διάφορος (diáforos)an eclectic range of
Hawaiian likeʻole, like ʻole
- likeʻolean eclectic range of
- like ʻolean eclectic range of
Hindi विभिन्न
- विभिन्न (vibhinn)an eclectic range of
Hungarian különböző, különféle
- különbözőan eclectic range of
- különfélean eclectic range of
- sokfélean eclectic range of
Irish ilghnéitheach, ilchineálach
- ilghnéitheachan eclectic range of
- ilchineálachan eclectic range of
- éagsúilan eclectic range of
Italian vario
- varioan eclectic range of
Japanese いろいろな, 様々な
- いろいろな (iroiro na)an eclectic range of
- 様々な (samazama na)an eclectic range of
Korean 여러 가지의, 다양하다
- 여러 가지의 (yeoreo gaji-ui)an eclectic range of
- 다양하다 (dayanghada)an eclectic range of
- 여러 (yeoreo)an eclectic range of
Latin varius
- variusan eclectic range of
Latvian dažādi
- dažādian eclectic range of
Lithuanian įvairus, skirtingas
- įvairusan eclectic range of
- skirtingasan eclectic range of
Māori kanorau, whakaehu
- kanorauan eclectic range of
- whakaehuan eclectic range of
Norwegian Bokmål ymse, ulike
- ymsean eclectic range of
- ulikean eclectic range of
Polish różny, rozmaity
- różnyan eclectic range of
- rozmaityan eclectic range of
Portuguese vários
- váriosan eclectic range of
Romanian divers, variat
- diversan eclectic range of
- variatan eclectic range of
- diferitan eclectic range of
- feluritan eclectic range of
Russian ра́зный, разли́чный
- ра́зный (ráznyj)an eclectic range of
- разли́чный (razlíčnyj)an eclectic range of
Scottish Gaelic eadar-dhealaichte
- eadar-dhealaichtean eclectic range of
Slovak rozličný, rôzny
- rozličnýan eclectic range of
- rôznyan eclectic range of
- rozmanitýan eclectic range of
Spanish varios
- variosan eclectic range of
Swedish olika
- olikaan eclectic range of
Thai ทั้งหลาย, ต่าง
- ทั้งหลาย (táng-lǎai)an eclectic range of
- ต่าง (dtàang)an eclectic range of
- ต่าง ๆ (dtàang-dtàang)an eclectic range of
- นานา (naa-naa)an eclectic range of
- หลากหลาย (làak-lǎai)an eclectic range of
Turkish çeşitli
- çeşitlian eclectic range of
Ukrainian рі́зний, різномані́тний
- рі́зний (ríznyj)an eclectic range of
- різномані́тний (riznomanítnyj)an eclectic range of
Urdu مُخْتَلِف
- مُخْتَلِف (muxtalif)an eclectic range of
Vietnamese khác nhau
- khác nhauan eclectic range of
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with various
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Cite this entry
various. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/various
“various.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/various. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “various,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/various.
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