Definitions for variant

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variant var·i·ant

Spelling: [vair-ee-uh nt]

IPA: /ˈvɛər i ənt/

Variant is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 159 anagrams from letters in variant (aainrtv).

Definitions for variant

noun

1. a person or thing that varies.
2. a different spelling, pronunciation, or form of the same word: .

adjective

1. tending to change or alter; exhibiting variety or diversity; varying:
2. not agreeing or conforming; differing, especially from something of the same general kind.
3. not definitive, as a version of part of a text; different; alternative:
4. not universally accepted.

Origin of variant

1325-75; Middle English Latin variant-, stem of variāns, present participle of variāre to vary; see -ant

Examples for variant

All of these will end with some variant of the following: Ms. Pembreteaux laughed, then shrugged.

The Dutch variant appeared in 2010 on the VPRO website – a self-described liberal-Protestant network.

The variant of malaria prevalent in Northern malarial zones like the Po Valley was enfeebling, but not lethal.

If these books are indeed Great American Novels—a distinct category, a variant of excellence—they are generally big in every way.

The variant spellings of Bulloign, Bulloigne and Bullogne have been retained.

But fortune is so variant, and the wheel so movable, there is no constant abiding.

These were the expensive Austrian variant: the sleek silver-and-blue cans that cost roughly $1.50 each.

The Italian and German techniques were often pursued in variant styles.

In the variant of the story in No. 38, the comrades are the hero Martin, a smith, and a tailor.

A Prime can be negated, while on the other hand a variant can shift from possible to Logical to Prime.