variations

NOUN

difference; alternative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abnormality alteration change deviation discrepancy disparity divergence diversity fluctuation innovation modification mutation shift variety

STRONG

aberration adaptation bend break contradistinction contrast curve deflection departure digression displacement dissimilarity dissimilitude distinction diversification exception inequality novelty swerve turn

WEAK

departure from the norm unconformity

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agreement harmony sameness similarity stagnation uniformity

STRONG

conformity continuation equality likeness line normality regularity

WEAK

root source

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variations

Some have even resorted to faking influencer deals by posting variations of #ad on their posts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

These variations were not scattered randomly throughout the genome.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

That’s one of the great things about Letterboxd: Everyone uses it differently, and those variations reflect a wide array of tastes in film.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

They are constantly tweaking interview questions, experimenting with slightly different test variations and searching for ways to improve models for predicting future performance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

Sanskrit and Latin words could be traced back to mutations and variations in an ancient Indo-European language, and English and Flemish had arisen from a common root.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee