of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity; assorted sizes; his disguises are many and various; various experiments have failed to disprove the theory; cited various reasons for his behavior

[ Syn: assorted ]

considered individually; the respective club members; specialists in their several fields; the various reports all agreed

[ Syn: respective , several ]

distinctly dissimilar or unlike; celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan; animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth

[ Syn: diverse ]

having great diversity or variety; his various achievements are impressive; his vast and versatile erudition

[ Syn: versatile ]