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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | diversified, various |
| Synonyms: | assorted, confused, conglomerate, different, disordered, disparate, divergent, divers, diverse, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, jumbled, many, mingled, mixed, motley, muddled, multifarious, multiform, odd, promiscuous, scattered, scrambled, sundry, unmatched, unsorted, varied, variegated |
| Antonyms: | alone, lone, simple, single, singular |
| Main Entry: | complex |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | involved, intricate |
| Synonyms: | circuitous, complicated, composite, compound, compounded, confused, conglomerate, convoluted, elaborate, entangled, heterogeneous, knotty, labyrinthine, manifold, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, mixed-up, mosaic, motley, multifarious, multiform, multiple, multiplex, tangled, tortuous, variegated |
| Notes: | something complex may be well-organized and logically constructed as well as subtle and intricate, while a thing that is complicated will have something irregular, perverse, asymmetrical in addition to fundamental intricacy; complex is more formal and technical (a problem in mathematics is complex) while something like personal life can be complicated |
| Antonyms: | clear, easy, evident, homogeneous, obvious, plain, simple, uniform |
| Main Entry: | confused |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mixed up, disordered |
| Synonyms: | anarchic, blurred, chaotic, disarranged, disorderly, disorganized, haywire, in a muddle, in disarray, involved, jumbled, messy, miscalculated, miscellaneous, mistaken, misunderstood, obscured, out of order, snafu, snarled, topsy-turvy, unsettled, untidy |
| Antonyms: | methodical, ordered, organized, separated, systematic |
| Main Entry: | conglomerate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | composite |
| Synonyms: | amassed, assorted, blended, clustered, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, massed, melded, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, multifarious, promiscuous, varied, variegated |
| Notes: | in geology, an agglomerate is a mass consisting of volcanic or eruptive fragments which have united under the action of heat - as opposed to a conglomerate, composed of waterworn fragments united by some substance in aqueous solution |
| Antonyms: | individual, separate, single |
| Main Entry: | diverse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different; various |
| Synonyms: | assorted, contradictory, contrary, contrasted, contrasting, contrastive, differing, discrete, disparate, dissimilar, distant, distinct, divergent, diversified, diversiform, incommensurable, like night and day, manifold, miscellaneous, mixed bag, multifarious, opposite, separate, several, sundry, unalike, unequal, unlike, varied, varying |
| Notes: | divers has the meaning 'several, many, various,' while diverse has the meaning 'different, unlike, variegated'; diverse derived from divers and was influenced by adverse and perverse |
| Antonyms: | alike, conforming, identical, like, parallel, similar, uniform |
| Main Entry: | equipment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supplies, gear for activity |
| Synonyms: | accessories, accompaniments, accouterments, apparatus, appliances, appurtenances, articles, attachments, baggage, belongings, contraptions, contrivances, devices, equipage, facilities, fittings, fixtures, furnishings, furniture, gadgets, habiliments, impedimenta, kit and kaboodle, machinery, material, materiel, miscellaneous, outfit, paraphernalia, provisioning, provisions, rig, setup, shebang, stock, store, stuff, tackle, things, tools, trappings, traps, utensils |
| Main Entry: | general |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comprehensive |
| Synonyms: | across-the-board, all-around, all-embracing, all-inclusive, ample, blanket, broad, catholic, collective, comprehending, diffuse, ecumenical, encyclopedic, endless, extensive, far-reaching, generic, global, inclusive, indiscriminate, infinite, limitless, miscellaneous, overall, panoramic, sweeping, taken as a whole, total, ubiquitous, unconfined, universal, unlimited, wide, worldwide |
| Antonyms: | circumscribed, limited |
| Main Entry: | indiscriminate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | random, chaotic |
| Synonyms: | aimless, assorted, broad, careless, confused, designless, desultory, extensive, general, haphazard, heterogeneous, hit-or-miss, imperceptive, jumbled, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, mongrel, motley*, multifarious, promiscuous, purposeless, shallow, spot, superficial, sweeping, unconsidered, uncritical, undiscriminating, unmethodical, unplanned, unselective, unsystematic, varied, variegated, wholesale, wide |
| Antonyms: | chosen, critical, definite, discriminatory, methodical, particular, selective, specific, systematic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mixed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assorted, combined |
| Synonyms: | alloyed, amalgamated, assimilated, assorted, blended, brewed, composite, compound, conglomerate, crossbred, crossed, different, disordered, diverse, diversified, embodied, fused, heterogeneous, hybrid, hybridized, incorporated, infused, interbred, interdenominational, joint, kneaded, married, merged, mingled, miscellaneous, mongrel, motley, multifarious, tied, transfused, united, varied, woven |
| Antonyms: | lone, single, singular, ummixed, uncombined |
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