variant

  • (s) differing from a norm or standard
    • a variant spelling
  • (s) exhibiting variation and change
    • letters variant in size

Nouns

  • (n) an event that departs from expectations variance, discrepancy,
  • (n) (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
    • a new strain of microorganisms
    var., strain, form,
  • (n) a variable quantity that is random chance variable, random variable, stochastic variable, variate,
  • (n) something a little different from others of the same type
    • an experimental version of the night fighter
    • a variant of the same word
    • an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone
    • the boy is a younger edition of his father
    version, edition, variation,

Synonyms

variance discrepancy var. strain form chance variable random variable stochastic variable variate version edition variation

Words of close approximity

variate