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divergent

[dih-vur-juhnt, dahy-] / dɪˈvɜr dʒənt, daɪ- /
ADJECTIVE
differing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
atypical conflicting contradictory contrary different disparate dissimilar diverse various
STRONG
diverging
WEAK
aberrant abnormal anomalous antithetical deviating disagreeing dissonant distant factional factious irregular off-key opposite poles apart separate unalike unequal unlike unnatural unsimilar untypical variant
Antonyms
STRONGEST
agreeing alike conforming correspondent equal harmonious homogeneous like normal same similar standard uniform
WEAK
convergent

Example Sentences

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Asked on NBC about Trump’s divergent sentiments, Bessent said, “It’s not mutually exclusive.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

But in terms of their overall quality, the two films couldn’t be more divergent.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

Ahead of the results, BofA Securities analyst Christopher Nardone wrote in a note to clients that he believes Costco will continue to show how it benefits in the current divergent economic environment.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

Some AI systems, including GPT-4, exceeded average human scores on tasks designed to measure divergent linguistic creativity.

From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2026

Schrödinger was trying to conjure up a chemical that would capture the divergent, contradictory qualities of heredity—a molecule to satisfy Aristotle.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.