 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
variant
adjective: differing from a norm or standard; "a variant spelling"
noun
1: an event that departs from expectations [syn: {discrepancy},
{variance}]
2: (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ
in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of
microorganisms" [syn: {form}, {strain}, {var.}]
3: a variable quantity that is random [syn: {random variable},
{variate}, {stochastic variable}, {chance variable}]
4: something a little different from others of the same type;
"an experimental version of the night fighter"; "an emery
wheel is a modern variant of the grindstone"; "the boy is
a younger edition of his father" [syn: {version}, {variation},
{edition}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Variant \Va"ri*ant\, adjective [L. varians, p. pr. of variare to
change: cf. F. variant. See {Vary}.]
1. Varying in from, character, or the like; variable;
different; diverse.
2. Changeable; changing; fickle. [Obs.]
He is variant, he abit [abides] nowhere. --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Variant \Va"ri*ant\, noun [Cf. F. variante.]
Something which differs in form from another thing, though
really the same; as, a variant from a type in natural
history; a variant of a story or a word.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
87 Moby Thesaurus words for "variant":
altering, alternative, antagonistic, antipathetic, assorted,
at cross-purposes, at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, at war,
changing, clashing, contradictory, contrary, contrasted,
contrasting, cranky, cross, departing, deviant, deviating,
deviative, different, differentiated, differing, disaccordant,
disagreeable, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, discrete,
discriminated, disharmonious, disjoined, disparate,
disproportionate, dissident, dissimilar, dissonant, distinct,
distinguished, divergent, diverging, divers, diverse, diversified,
grating, heterogeneous, hostile, immiscible, in disagreement,
inaccordant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant,
inharmonious, irreconcilable, jangling, jarring, many,
modification, motley, multifarious, negative, out of accord,
out of whack, poles apart, poles asunder, repugnant, separate,
separated, several, unconformable, uncongenial, unequal,
unharmonious, unlike, unstable, variable, variation, varied,
variegated, various, varying, widely apart, worlds apart
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