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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb vary has 4 senses

• vary(v = verb.change) alter, change - become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
Derived forms adjective variable₁, adjective variable₂, noun variant₄, adjective variant₁, noun variation₄
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• vary(v = verb.stative) depart, deviate, diverge - be at variance with; be out of line with; Array
is one way to differ
Derived forms noun variance₇, noun variant₁, adjective variant₁, noun variation₂, noun variation₉, noun variation₈
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

• vary(v = verb.stative) Array - be subject to change in accordance with a variable; "Prices vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather"
is one way to differ
Derived forms adjective variable₁, adjective variable₂, adjective variant₁, adjective variant₂, noun variate₁, noun variation₁, noun variation₈, noun variation₆
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• vary(v = verb.change) motley, variegate - make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"
is one way to diversify
Derived forms adjective variable₂, adjective variant₂, noun variation₁₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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THESAURUS

vary

accommodate, adapt, adjust, agree to disagree, alter, alternate, ameliorate, analyze, anatomize, atomize, back and fill, be at cross-purposes, be changed, be converted into, be distinct, be distinguished, be renewed, bear off, bend, better, bottom out, branch off, break, break off, break up, camouflage, change, change the bearing, checker, chop, chop and change, chop logic, clash, clash with, collide, come about, come around, come round, conflict, conflict with, contradict, contrast with, convert, counter, curve, deform, degenerate, denature, depart, depart from, desynonymize, deteriorate, detour, deviate, deviate from, differ, difference, differentiate, digress, disaccord, disaccord with, disagree, disagree with, discord, discriminate, disequalize, disguise, disjoin, dissent, dissimilate, distinguish, disunify, dither, divagate, divaricate, divaricate from, diverge, diverge from, diversify, divide, ebb and flow, equivocate, extend, fit, flop, flounder, fluctuate, go, go through phases, haul around, heel, improve, individualize, individuate, intermit, jangle, jar, jar with, jibe, jostle, lack regularity, make a distinction, mark, mark off, mark out, meliorate, mismatch, mismate, mitigate, modify, modulate, mutate, negate, not accord with, not square with, object, oscillate, overthrow, part, particularize, pendulate, personalize, qualify, re-create, realign, rebuild, reconstruct, redesign, refashion, refine a distinction, refit, reform, relieve, remake, remodel, renew, reorganize, reshape, restructure, revamp, revive, ring changes, ring the changes, run, seesaw, segregate, separate, set apart, set off, sever, severalize, sheer, shift, shift the scene, shilly-shally, shuffle, shuffle the cards, specialize, split hairs, stagger, stand apart, stand over against, subvert, sway, swerve, swing, switch, tack, take a turn, teeter, teeter-totter, tergiversate, totter, transform, trend, turn, turn aside, turn into, turn the corner, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down, undergo a change, vacillate, variate, variegate, veer, warp, waver, wax and wane, wobble, work a change, worsen

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vary

Difference

VB be different, differ, vary, ablude, mismatch, contrast, divaricate, differ toto coelo, differ longo intervallo, vary, modify, discriminate, be different, differ, vary, ablude, mismatch, contrast, divaricate, differ toto coelo, differ longo intervallo, vary, modify, discriminate.

Dissimilarity

VB be unlike, vary, bear no resemblance to, differ toto coelo, render unlike, vary, be unlike, vary, bear no resemblance to, differ toto coelo, render unlike, vary.

Variation

VB vary, deviate, diverge, alternate, swerve.

Change

VB change, alter, vary, wax and wane, modulate, diversify, qualify, tamper with, turn, shift, veer, tack, chop, shuffle, swerve, warp, deviate, turn aside, evert, intervert, pass to, take a turn, turn the corner, resume, work a change, modify, vamp, superinduce, transform, transfigure, transmute, transmogrify, transume, metamorphose, ring the changes, innovate, introduce new blood, shuffle the cards, give a turn to, give a color to, influence, turn the scale, shift the scene, turn over a new leaf, recast, reverse, disturb, convert into.

Changeableness

VB fluctuate, vary, waver, flounder, flicker, flitter, flit, flutter, shift, shuffle, shake, totter, tremble, vacillate, wamble, turn and turn about, ring the changes, sway to and fro, shift to and fro, change and change about, waffle, blow with the wind (irresolute), oscillate, vibrate between, two extremes, oscillate between, two extremes, alternate, have as man phases as the moon.

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