diversity

1. 1.

   noticeable heterogeneity

   “a diversity of possibilities”

   “the range and variety of his work is amazing”

   Synonymsdiversenessmultifariousnessvariety

   Broaderheterogeneity

   Narrowerbiodiversity
2. 2.

   the condition or result of being changeable

   Broadercondition

Other forms of diversity

plural

diversities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about diversity

What does diversity mean?

diversity means "noticeable heterogeneity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in diversity?

diversity has 4 syllables: di-ver-si-ty. The stress falls on "ver". In IPA it is /dɪˈvɝsɪti/.

What is another word for diversity?

Close synonyms include diverseness, multifariousness, variety. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is diversity a common word?

diversity is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.