Antonyms for diverse


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-vurs, dahy-, dahy-vurs
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈvɜrs, daɪ-, ˈdaɪ vɜrs


Definition of diverse

Origin :
  • c.1300, spelling variant of divers (q.v.), perhaps by analogy with converse, traverse, etc. In some cases directly from Latin diversus, and since c.1700 restricted to the meaning "different in character or quality." Related: Diversely.
  • adj different; various
Example sentences :
  • As in all his sentiments, as in all his sensations, there were mingled in it diverse elements.
  • Extract from : « Ramuntcho » by Pierre Loti
  • Please tell me, just to see, the diverse ways they could be put.
  • Extract from : « The Middle Class Gentleman » by Moliere
  • Let us assume, then, that there are many and diverse pleasures, and many and different sciences.
  • Extract from : « Philebus » by Plato
  • Now these spirits or intermediate powers are many and diverse, and one of them is Love.'
  • Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato
  • There were present men from many lands and of many nations, and their languages were diverse.
  • Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage
  • And as the causes be diverse, the tokens and signs be diverse.
  • Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh
  • In outward appearance the youths were as different as their characters were diverse.
  • Extract from : « Stories by English Authors: Orient » by Various
  • The diverse opinions were there, and were uttered with entire unreserve.
  • Extract from : « A History of American Christianity » by Leonard Woolsey Bacon
  • Now, throughout the castle there were many and diverse noises.
  • Extract from : « The Pirates of Ersatz » by Murray Leinster
  • Said Biorn: "Needs must he who fareth far fall in with diverse hap."
  • Extract from : « The Story Of Frithiof The Bold » by Anonymous

Synonyms for diverse

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