diversity

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.