Noun

• S: (n) discrepancy, variance, variant (an event that departs from expectations)
• S: (n) form, variant, strain, var. ((biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups) "a new strain of microorganisms"
• S: (n) random variable, variate, variant, stochastic variable, chance variable (a variable quantity that is random)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) variable, variable quantity (a quantity that can assume any of a set of values)
• S: (n) argument (a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable)
• S: (n) independent variable, experimental variable ((statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables)
• S: (n) correlate, correlative (either of two or more related or complementary variables)
• S: (n) degree of freedom ((statistics) an unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution)
• S: (n) dependent variable ((statistics) a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value depends on the independent variable) "if f(x)=y, y is the dependent variable"
• S: (n) predictor variable (a variable that can be used to predict the value of another variable (as in statistical regression))
• S: (n) infinitesimal ((mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit)
• S: (n) random variable, variate, variant, stochastic variable, chance variable (a variable quantity that is random)
• S: (n) scalar (a variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components)
• S: (n) tensor (a generalization of the concept of a vector)
• S: (n) vector (a variable quantity that can be resolved into components)
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) vary [Related to: variate] (be subject to change in accordance with a variable) "Prices vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather"
• S: (n) version, variant, variation, edition (something a little different from others of the same type) "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father"

Adjective

• S: (adj) variant (differing from a norm or standard) "a variant spelling"
• S: (adj) variant (exhibiting variation and change) "letters variant in size"
• similar to
• derivationally related form
• antonym