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Adjective: different  difurunt
  1. Unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
    "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one"
     
  2. Distinctly separate from the first
    "that's another (or different) issue altogether"
     
  3. Differing from all others; not ordinary
    "advertising that strives continually to be different"; "this new music is certainly different but I don't really like it"
     
  4. Marked by dissimilarity
    "people are profoundly different"
    - unlike, dissimilar
     
  5. Distinct or separate
    "each interviewed different members of the community"

See also: antithetic, antithetical, assorted, contrary, contrasting, contrastive, diametric, diametrical, differ, difference, differently, disparate, dissimilar, distinct, distinguishable, divergent, divers [archaic], diverse, incompatible, opposite, other, polar, several, unusual, variant, varied, various

Antonym: same

Encyclopedia: Different