I suppose it's different when you think about it over the long term.
Source: tatoeba (1306)
Different
//ˈdɪ.fə.ɹənt//
Synonyms for "different" (331 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (67)
Strong matches (99)
definitedepartingdetaileddeterminatedeviantdeviatingdeviativedeviatorydiametricaldifferentiateddifferingdisaccordantdisagreeingdiscordantdiscrepantdiscretediscriminateddisjoineddisorderlydissonant
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distantdistinctivedistinguisheddivaricatedivergingdiversifieddiversiformdottyeccentriceroseerraticesotericespecialexceptionalexoticexpressextraordinaryextremefeyfixedflakyformlessfreakishfreshfunnyhardly likeheterocliteheterogeneousheteromorphicidiocraticidiosyncraticimpulsivein disagreementinaccordantincompatibleincongruousinconsistentinconsonantinconstantindividualindividualisticinharmoniousinnerintimateirreconcilableirregular
Adjective(32 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (165)
jaggedjerkykinkykookymaggotymanifoldmanymercurialminutemotleymultifariousmutablenewnonconformistnonstandardnonuniformnotablenoteworthynovelnumerous
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nuttyoddoddballoffoffbeatordinaryoriginalotherwiseoutoutsideparticularpeculiarpersonalpluralisticpoles apartpoles asunderpreciseprivatequeerquirkyraggedrareremarkablerespectiverevolutionaryroughscarcely likescrewballscrewyseparateseparatedshapelesssinglesingularsolipsisticspasmodicspecialspecificsporadicstrangestraystrayingsubnormaltwisteduncommonunconformableunconventionalunequableunequalunevenunfamiliarunheard ofunheard-ofunidenticaluniqueunmatchedunnaturalunorthodoxunresemblingunsameunsimilarunstableunsteadyunsystematicununiformvariablevariedvariegatedvariformvaryingwackywanderingwaveringweirdwhimsicalwidely apartworlds apart
Adjective(68 words)
jumbledkookyloosemanifoldmany-sidedmingledmiscellaneousmixedmixed upmonstrousmosaicmotleymultifariousmultifoldmultiformmultigenerousmultiplexnonstandardnonuniformomnifarious
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omniformomnigenousotherout of the ordinaryoutlandishoutrépeculiarpolymorphousproteanquaintqueerqueer as a clockwork orangequeer as a cootqueer as a nine bob notequeer as a three dollar billqueer as dick's hatbandrarerumrummyselcouthseldseparatesingularstrangetrippyunalikeunannexedunassociatedunattacheduncannyuncommonunconnectedunconventionalunearthlyunexpectedunlikeunmatchedunreasonableunrelatedunusualunwontedvariedvariegatedvariformvariousweirdweirdsomeyampy
How these synonyms differ
- dissimilar - 'Dissimilar' is formal and analytical, it notes the absence of resemblance without any emotional charge. Useful in academic or technical writing.
- distinct - 'Distinct' means clearly separate and identifiable, two distinct flavors don't blend together. It's difference you can point to precisely.
- diverse - 'Diverse' implies variety within a group, a diverse team has many kinds of differences represented, not just one.
- unique - 'Unique' means one of a kind, beyond merely different, nothing else like it exists. Overuse has diluted the word, but used precisely it's powerful.
- unlike - 'Unlike' is direct comparison, it positions two specific things against each other. 'Different' can stand alone; 'unlike' always needs a counterpart.
Related word relations
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More specific
1 entriesAntonyms
6 entriesSynonyms
12 entriesRelated terms
6 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
distinct from
3 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
16 entriessimilar
42 entriesShowing 16 of 42 words.
Translations
221 translations across 92 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- διάφορος adj (not the same)
- ἀλλοῖος adj (not the same)
Arabic
4 entries- آٰخَر adj (unlike most others)
- غير adj (not the same)
- مختلف adj (not the same)
- مغاير adj (not the same)
Armenian
3 entries- ուրիշ adj (not the same)
- տարբեր adj (not the same)
- տարբեր adj (unlike most others)
Assamese
1 entries- বেলেগ adj (not the same)
Asturian
1 entries- diferente adj (not the same)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- ayrı adj (not the same)
- başqa adj (not the same)
- başqa cür adj (unlike most others)
Bashkir
4 entries- башҡа adj (not the same)
- башҡа adj (unlike most others)
- бүтән adj (not the same)
- икенсе adj (not the same)
Belarusian
4 entries- адро́зны adj (not the same)
- ро́зны adj (unlike most others)
- і́ншы adj (not the same)
- і́ншы adj (unlike most others)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- अलग adj (not the same)
Breton
1 entries- disheñvel adj (not the same)
Bulgarian
2 entries- друг adj (not the same)
- разли́чен adj (not the same)
Burmese
2 entries- တခြား adj (not the same)
- ထူး adj (unlike most others)
Catalan
2 entries- diferent adj (not the same)
- diferent adj (unlike most others)
Central Kurdish
3 entries- جیا adj (not the same)
- جیاواز adj (not the same)
- جیاواز adj (unlike most others)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏄᏓᎴᎢ adj (not the same)
Chinese
2 entries- 無仝 /无仝 adj (not the same)
- 無仝款 /无仝款 adj (not the same)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 唔同 唔一樣 /唔一样 adj (not the same)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 不一樣 /不一样 adj (not the same)
- 不同 adj (unlike most others)
Cornish
1 entries- dihaval adj (not the same)
Czech
4 entries- jiný adj (not the same)
- jiný adj (unlike most others)
- odlišný adj (not the same)
- odlišný adj (unlike most others)
Danish
4 entries- anderledes adj (not the same)
- anderledes adj (unlike most others)
- forskellig adj (not the same)
- ulig adj (not the same)
Dutch
4 entries- anders adj (not the same)
- anders adj (unlike most others)
- ongelijk adj (not the same)
- verschillend adj (not the same)
Esperanto
2 entries- malsama adj (not the same)
- nesama adj (not the same)
Estonian
2 entries- eriline adj (unlike most others)
- erinev adj (not the same)
Faroese
1 entries- øðrvísi adj (not the same)
Finnish
4 entries- erilainen adj (not the same)
- erilainen adj (unlike most others)
- omalaatuinen adj (unlike most others)
- poikkeuksellinen adj (unlike most others)
French
2 entries- différent adj (not the same)
- différent adj (unlike most others)
Galician
1 entries- diferente adj (not the same)
Georgian
4 entries- განსხვავებული adj (not the same)
- განსხვავებული adj (unlike most others)
- სხვა adj (not the same)
- სხვაგვარი adj (not the same)
German
4 entries- anders adj (unlike most others)
- different adj (not the same)
- unterschiedlich adj (not the same)
- verschieden adj (not the same)
Greek
1 entries- διαφορετικός adj (not the same)
Haitian Creole
2 entries- diferan adj (not the same)
- diferan adj (unlike most others)
Hakka Chinese
2 entries- 無共樣 /无共样 adj (not the same)
- 無共款 /无共款 adj (not the same)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ʻokoʻa adj (not the same)
Hebrew
4 entries- שונה adj (not the same)
- שונה adj (not the same)
- שונה adj (unlike most others)
- שונה adj (unlike most others)
Hindi
3 entries- अलग adj (not the same)
- अलग-अलग adj (not the same)
- अलहदा adj (not the same)
Hungarian
4 entries- eltérő adj (not the same)
- eltérő adj (unlike most others)
- különböző adj (not the same)
- különböző adj (unlike most others)
Icelandic
1 entries- öðruvísi adj (not the same)
Ido
2 entries- diferanta adj (not the same)
- diferanta adj (unlike most others)
Indonesian
1 entries- beda adj (not the same)
Interlingua
1 entries- distincte adj (not the same)
Irish
2 entries- difriúil adj (not the same)
- éagsúil adj (not the same)
Italian
2 entries- differente adj (not the same)
- differente adj (unlike most others)
Japanese
4 entries- 変わった adj (unlike most others)
- 特異 adj (unlike most others)
- 異なる adj (not the same)
- 違う adj (not the same)
Khmer
2 entries- ខុស adj (unlike most others)
- ប្លែក adj (unlike most others)
Korean
1 entries- 다른 adj (not the same)
Lao
2 entries- ຕ່າງ adj (unlike most others)
- ອື່ນ adj (not the same)
Latin
1 entries- differens adj (not the same)
Latvian
1 entries- atšķirīgs adj (not the same)
Lithuanian
2 entries- kitoks adj (not the same)
- skirtingas adj (not the same)
Luxembourgish
3 entries- ongläich adj (not the same)
- verschidden adj (not the same)
- ënnerschiddlech adj (not the same)
Macedonian
4 entries- друг adj (not the same)
- поинаков adj (not the same)
- поинаков adj (unlike most others)
- различен adj (not the same)
Malay
1 entries- beza adj (not the same)
Malayalam
2 entries- വ്യത്യസ്ത adj (not the same)
- വ്യത്യസ്ത adj (unlike most others)
Maltese
1 entries- differenti adj (not the same)
Manchu
2 entries- ᠠᡩᠠᠯᡳ ᠠᡴᡡ adj (not the same)
- ᡝᠮᡠ ᠠᡴᡡ adj (not the same)
Marathi
1 entries- वेगळे adj (not the same)
Middle English
1 entries- different adj (not the same)
Māori
1 entries- kē adj (not the same)
Norman
2 entries- difféthent adj (not the same)
- difféthent adj (unlike most others)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- cihê adj (not the same)
- cuda adj (not the same)
- ferq adj (not the same)
- têvel adj (not the same)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- annerledes adj (not the same)
- annerledes adj (unlike most others)
- annleis adj (not the same)
- annleis adj (unlike most others)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- annleis adj (not the same)
- annleis adj (unlike most others)
- forskjellig adj (not the same)
- ulik adj (not the same)
Occitan
1 entries- diferent adj (not the same)
Old English
2 entries- unġelīċ adj (not the same)
- unġelīċ adj (unlike most others)
Polish
4 entries- inny adj (not the same)
- inny adj (unlike most others)
- niezwykły adj (unlike most others)
- odmienny adj (unlike most others)
Portuguese
2 entries- diferente adj (not the same)
- diferente adj (unlike most others)
Romanian
4 entries- deosebit adj (not the same)
- deosebit adj (unlike most others)
- diferit adj (not the same)
- diferit adj (unlike most others)
Russian
4 entries- друго́й adj (not the same)
- друго́й adj (unlike most others)
- ино́й adj (not the same)
- ино́й adj (unlike most others)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- eadar-dhealaichte adj (not the same)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- drugi adj (not the same)
- razan adj (unlike most others)
- različit adj (not the same)
- други adj (not the same)
Slovak
3 entries- druhý adj (not the same)
- iný adj (not the same)
- odlišný adj (not the same)
Slovene
3 entries- drugačen adj (not the same)
- drugačen adj (unlike most others)
- drugi adj (not the same)
Southern Altai
2 entries- башка adj (not the same)
- экинчизи adj (not the same)
Spanish
2 entries- diferente adj (not the same)
- diferente adj (unlike most others)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- difrenti adj (not the same)
Swahili
1 entries- tofauti adj (not the same)
Swedish
3 entries- annorlunda adj (not the same)
- annorlunda adj (unlike most others)
- olik adj (not the same)
Tagalog
1 entries- iba adj (not the same)
Thai
3 entries- ต่าง adj (not the same)
- ต่าง adj (unlike most others)
- อื่น adj (not the same)
Tocharian B
1 entries- āläṃ adj (not the same)
Tok Pisin
2 entries- narakain adj (not the same)
- narakain adj (unlike most others)
Turkish
4 entries- ayrı adj (not the same)
- başka adj (unlike most others)
- değişik adj (not the same)
- farklı adj (not the same)
Ukrainian
4 entries- відмі́нний adj (not the same)
- рі́зний adj (unlike most others)
- і́нший adj (not the same)
- і́нший adj (unlike most others)
Urdu
1 entries- الگ adj (not the same)
Venetan
1 entries- difarente adj (not the same)
Vietnamese
1 entries- khác adj (not the same)
Walloon
2 entries- diferin adj (not the same)
- diferinne adj (not the same)
Welsh
2 entries- gwahanol adj (not the same)
- gwahanol adj (unlike most others)
Yiddish
2 entries- פֿאַרשידן adj (not the same)
- פֿאַרשיידן adj (not the same)
Yucatec Maya
1 entries- hela’an adj (not the same)
Zazaki
3 entries- ciya (diq) adj (not the same)
- zewbi adj (unlike most others)
- zobi adj (unlike most others)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
Mathematicians are like French people: whatever you tell them they translate it into their own language and turn it into something totally different.
Source: tatoeba (1794)
I consider the Jehovah's witnesses who knock on my door all the time to be no different from religious zealots trying to force their beliefs on me.
Source: tatoeba (1935)
Your ideas are different from mine.
Source: tatoeba (17171)
Showing 4 of 23 available sentences.
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