variant

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: var=i=ant

CIDE DICTIONARY

variant, a. [L. varians, p. pr. of variare to change: cf. F. variant. See Vary.].

•  Varying in form, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.  [1913 Webster]
•  Changeable; changing; fickle.  [1913 Webster]

  "He is so variant, he abit [abides] nowhere."  [1913 Webster]

variant, n. [Cf. F. variante.].

 Something which differs in form from another thing, though really the same; as, a variant from a type in natural history; a variant of a story or a word.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

variant, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 differing in form or details from the main one (a variant spelling).
2 having different forms (forty variant types of pigeon).
3 variable or changing.
--n. a variant form, spelling, type, reading, etc.

Etymology

ME f. OF (as VARY)

THESAURUS

variant

altering, alternative, antagonistic, antipathetic, assorted, at cross-purposes, at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, at war, changing, clashing, contradictory, contrary, contrasted, contrasting, cranky, cross, departing, deviant, deviating, deviative, different, differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disagreeable, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, discrete, discriminated, disharmonious, disjoined, disparate, disproportionate, dissident, dissimilar, dissonant, distinct, distinguished, divergent, diverging, divers, diverse, diversified, grating, heterogeneous, hostile, immiscible, in disagreement, inaccordant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inharmonious, irreconcilable, jangling, jarring, many, modification, motley, multifarious, negative, out of accord, out of whack, poles apart, poles asunder, repugnant, separate, separated, several, unconformable, uncongenial, unequal, unharmonious, unlike, unstable, variable, variation, varied, variegated, various, varying, widely apart, worlds apart