variegation

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: var=i=e=ga=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

variegation, n. 

 The act of variegating or diversifying, or the state of being diversified, by different colors; diversity of colors.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

variegation

Dalmatian, Proteus, allotropism, allotropy, antigorite, butterfly, candy cane, capriciousness, chameleon, changeability, changeableness, cheetah, choppiness, chrysotile, confetti, contrariety, contrast, crazy quilt, dappleness, departure, deviation, difference, differentiation, disaccord, disaccordance, disagreement, disconformity, discongruity, discordance, discrepancy, discreteness, disorder, disparity, dissent, dissimilarity, dissonance, distinction, distinctness, divarication, divergence, divergency, diversification, diversity, far cry, firedog, harlequin, her infinite variety, heterogeneity, heteromorphism, inaccordance, incompatibility, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, inconstancy, inequality, inharmoniousness, inharmony, instability, iris, irreconcilability, irregularity, jaguar, jerkiness, leopard, mackerel, mackerel sky, manifoldness, marble, marbled paper, mercuriality, mixture, moire, mother-of-pearl, motleyness, multifariousness, multiplicity, mutability, nacre, nonconformism, nonconformity, nonstandardization, nonuniformity, ocelot, odds, omnifariousness, omniformity, opal, ophite, opposition, otherness, patchwork quilt, peacock, pluralism, polymorphism, raggedness, rainbow, separateness, serpentine, serpentine marble, shapeshifter, shot silk, spectrum, tortoise shell, unconformism, unconformity, unevenness, unlikeness, unorthodoxy, unsteadiness, variability, variance, variation, variety, variousness, versatility, wavering, zebra

ROGET THESAURUS

variegation

Variegation

N variegation, colors, dichroism, trichroism, iridescence, play of colors, polychrome, maculation, spottiness, striae, spectrum, rainbow, iris, tulip, peacock, chameleon, butterfly, tortoise shell, mackerel, mackerel sky, zebra, leopard, cheetah, nacre, ocelot, ophite, mother-of-pearl, opal, marble, check, plaid, tartan, patchwork, marquetry-, parquetry, mosaic, tesserae, strigae, chessboard, checkers, chequers, harlequin, Joseph's coat, tricolor, variegated, many-colored, many-hued, divers-colored, party- colored, dichromatic, polychromatic, bicolor, tricolor, versicolor, of all the colors of the rainbow, of all manner of colors, kaleidoscopic, iridescent, opaline, opalescent, prismatic, nacreous, pearly, shot, gorge de pigeon, chatoyant, irisated, pavonine, pied, piebald, motley, mottled, marbled, pepper and salt, paned, dappled, clouded, cymophanous, mosaic, tesselated, plaid, tortoise shell, spotted, spotty, punctated, powdered, speckled, freckled, flea-bitten, studded, flecked, fleckered, striated, barred, veined, brinded, brindled, tabby, watered, grizzled, listed, embroidered, daedal, naevose, stipiform, strigose, striolate, (iii) PERCEPTIONS OF LIGHT.