From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Various \Va"ri*ous\, adjective [L. varius. Cf. {Vair}.]
1. Different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various names; various occupations; various colors.
So many and so various laws are given. --Milton.
A wit as various, gay, grave, sage, or wild. --Byron.
2. Changeable; uncertain; inconstant; variable.
A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. --Dryden.
The names of mixed modes . . . are very various. --Locke.
3. Variegated; diversified; not monotonous.
A happy rural seat of various view. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity; "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many and various"; "various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"; "cited various reasons for his behavior" [syn: {assorted}]
2: considered individually; "the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed" [syn: {respective(a)}, {several(a)}, {various(a)}]
3: distinctly dissimilar or unlike; "diverse parts of the country"; "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth" [syn: {diverse}]
4: having great diversity or variety; "his various achievements are impressive"; "his vast and versatile erudition" [syn: {versatile}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
115 Moby Thesaurus words for "various": assorted, at odds, at variance, capricious, certain, changeable, changing, choppy, composite, contrary, contrasted, contrasting, departing, deviating, deviative, deviatory, different, differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, discrete, discriminated, disjoined, disorderly, disparate, dissimilar, dissonant, distant, distinct, distinctive, distinguished, divaricate, divergent, diverging, divers, diverse, diversified, diversiform, erose, erratic, heterogeneous, impulsive, in disagreement, inaccordant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inconstant, individual, inharmonious, irreconcilable, irregular, jagged, jerky, legion, many, many and various, mercurial, miscellaneous, more, more than one, motley, multifarious, multitudinal, multitudinous, mutable, nonconformist, nonstandard, nonuniform, not singular, numerous, of all sorts, peculiar, plural, pluralistic, plurative, poles apart, poles asunder, populous, ragged, rough, separate, separated, several, some, spasmodic, sporadic, sundry, unalike, unconformable, unequable, unequal, uneven, unlike, unorthodox, unsimilar, unstable, unsteady, unsystematic, ununiform, upwards of, variable, variant, varied, variegated, variform, varying, voluminous, wavering, widely apart, worlds apart
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