variation

Word Type

n.

variation Meaning Definition

The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation; as, a variation of color in different lights; a variation in size; variation of language.

Synonyms for variation

Nachtmusik,Proteus,aberrancy,aberration,about-face,absolute music,accommodation,adaptation,adjustment,air varie,aleatory,aleatory music,allotropism,allotropy,alteration,altering,alternation,amelioration,anacrusis,analysis,anatomization,apostasy,arrangement,atomization,bass passage,bend,betterment,bias,bourdon,branching off,break,bridge,burden,cadence,capriciousness,chamber music,chamber orchestra,change,change of heart,change of pace,changeability,changeableness,changing,choice,choppiness,chorus,circuitousness,coda,composition,constructive change,continuity,contrariety,contrast,conversion,corner,crook,curve,dappleness,declination,defection,deflection,degeneration,degenerative change,demarcation,departure,descant,desultoriness,desynonymization,deterioration,detour,development,deviability,deviance,deviancy,deviation,deviousness,difference,differencing,differentiation,differing,digression,disaccord,disaccordance,disagreement,disconformity,discongruity,discontinuity,discordance,discrepancy,discreteness,discrimination,discursion,disequalization,disjunction,disorder,disparity,dissent,dissimilarity,dissonance,distinction,distinctness,distinguishment,divagation,divarication,divergence,divergency,diversification,diversion,diversity,division,dogleg,double,drift,drifting,eccentricity,electronic music,errantry,erraticism,etude,excursion,excursus,exercise,exorbitation,exposition,far cry,fickleness,figure,fitting,flightiness,flip-flop,fluctuation,folderol,freakishness,gradual change,hairpin,harmonic close,harmonization,her infinite variety,heterogeneity,heteromorphism,improvement,impulsiveness,inaccordance,incidental music,incompatibility,incongruity,inconsistency,inconsonance,inconstancy,indirection,individualization,individuation,inequality,inharmoniousness,inharmony,instability,instrumental music,interlude,intermezzo,introductory phrase,invention,irreconcilability,irregularity,jerkiness,manifoldness,measure,melioration,mercuriality,mitigation,mixture,modification,modifying,modulation,moodiness,motleyness,movement,multifariousness,multiplicity,musical phrase,musical sentence,mutability,mutation,nocturne,nonconformism,nonconformity,nonstandardization,nonuniformity,novelty,obliquity,odds,omnifariousness,omniformity,opposition,opus,orchestration,ornament,oscillation,otherness,overthrow,part,particularization,passage,pendulation,pererration,period,permutation,personalization,phrase,piece,pluralism,polymorphism,production,program music,qualification,radical change,raggedness,rambling,re-creation,realignment,redesign,reform,reformation,refrain,remaking,renewal,reshaping,resolution,response,restlessness,restructuring,reversal,revival,revivification,revolution,ricercar,ritornello,score,section,seesawing,segregation,separateness,separation,severalization,severance,shapeshifter,sheer,shift,shiftiness,shifting,shifting course,shifting path,shuffling,skew,slant,sonata,sonatina,specialization,stanza,statement,strain,straying,string orchestra,string quartet,study,sudden change,sweep,swerve,swerving,swinging,switch,tack,tailpiece,teeter-tottering,teetering,theme and variations,total change,tottering,transition,trio,turn,turnabout,turning,tutti,tutti passage,twist,uncertainty,unconformism,unconformity,undependability,unfixedness,unlikeness,unorthodoxy,unpredictability,unreliability,unsettledness,unstableness,unsteadfastness,unsteadiness,upheaval,vacillation,variability,variance,variegation,variety,variousness,varying,veer,versatility,verse,vicissitude,violent change,wandering,wantonness,warp,wavering,waywardness,whimsicality,work,worsening,yaw,zigzag

Synonym Search Links for variation

NachtmusikProteusaberrancyaberrationabout-faceabsolute musicaccommodationadaptationadjustmentair variealeatoryaleatory musicallotropismallotropyalterationalteringalternationameliorationanacrusisanalysisanatomizationapostasyarrangementatomizationbass passagebendbettermentbiasbourdonbranching offbreakbridgeburdencadencecapriciousnesschamber musicchamber orchestrachangechange of heartchange of pacechangeabilitychangeablenesschangingchoicechoppinesschoruscircuitousnesscodacompositionconstructive changecontinuitycontrarietycontrastconversioncornercrookcurvedapplenessdeclinationdefectiondeflectiondegenerationdegenerative changedemarcationdeparturedescantdesultorinessdesynonymizationdeteriorationdetourdevelopmentdeviabilitydeviancedeviancydeviationdeviousnessdifferencedifferencingdifferentiationdifferingdigressiondisaccorddisaccordancedisagreementdisconformitydiscongruitydiscontinuitydiscordancediscrepancydiscretenessdiscriminationdiscursiondisequalizationdisjunctiondisorderdisparitydissentdissimilaritydissonancedistinctiondistinctnessdistinguishmentdivagationdivaricationdivergencedivergencydiversificationdiversiondiversitydivisiondoglegdoubledriftdriftingeccentricityelectronic musicerrantryerraticismetudeexcursionexcursusexerciseexorbitationexpositionfar cryficklenessfigurefittingflightinessflip-flopfluctuationfolderolfreakishnessgradual changehairpinharmonic closeharmonizationher infinite varietyheterogeneityheteromorphismimprovementimpulsivenessinaccordanceincidental musicincompatibilityincongruityinconsistencyinconsonanceinconstancyindirectionindividualizationindividuationinequalityinharmoniousnessinharmonyinstabilityinstrumental musicinterludeintermezzointroductory phraseinventionirreconcilabilityirregularityjerkinessmanifoldnessmeasuremeliorationmercurialitymitigationmixturemodificationmodifyingmodulationmoodinessmotleynessmovementmultifariousnessmultiplicitymusical phrasemusical sentencemutabilitymutationnocturnenonconformismnonconformitynonstandardizationnonuniformitynoveltyobliquityoddsomnifariousnessomniformityoppositionopusorchestrationornamentoscillationothernessoverthrowpartparticularizationpassagependulationpererrationperiodpermutationpersonalizationphrasepiecepluralismpolymorphismproductionprogram musicqualificationradical changeraggednessramblingre-creationrealignmentredesignreformreformationrefrainremakingrenewalreshapingresolutionresponserestlessnessrestructuringreversalrevivalrevivificationrevolutionricercarritornelloscoresectionseesawingsegregationseparatenessseparationseveralizationseveranceshapeshiftersheershiftshiftinessshiftingshifting courseshifting pathshufflingskewslantsonatasonatinaspecializationstanzastatementstrainstrayingstring orchestrastring quartetstudysudden changesweepswerveswervingswingingswitchtacktailpieceteeter-totteringteeteringtheme and variationstotal changetotteringtransitiontrioturnturnaboutturningtuttitutti passagetwistuncertaintyunconformismunconformityundependabilityunfixednessunlikenessunorthodoxyunpredictabilityunreliabilityunsettlednessunstablenessunsteadfastnessunsteadinessupheavalvacillationvariabilityvariancevariegationvarietyvariousnessvaryingveerversatilityversevicissitudeviolent changewanderingwantonnesswarpwaveringwaywardnesswhimsicalityworkworseningyawzigzag