multifarious C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˌmʌltəˈfɛriəs/ UK /ˌmʌltɪˈfɛəriəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj having great variety or many different forms The festival offered a multifarious program of music and dance. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · having great variety or... diversevariedmanifoldmultiformsundryheterogeneous ↔ Opposites uniformhomogeneousmonotonous Word family Derived forms multifariouslymultifariousness Etymology AI details From Latin multifārius ('manifold, of many parts'), from multi- ('many') + the element -fārius ('doing, parts'), perhaps related to fārī ('to speak'). multifārius Latin multus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # multifarious **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌmʌltəˈfɛriəs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌmʌltɪˈfɛəriəs/ ## Meanings 1. having great variety or many different forms ## Examples - The festival offered a multifarious program of music and dance. ## Synonyms - diverse - varied - manifold - multiform - sundry - heterogeneous ## Antonyms - uniform - homogeneous - monotonous ## Derived Forms - multifariously - multifariousness ## Roots and Affixes - Root: multifārius - Root: multus ## Etymology From Latin multifārius ('manifold, of many parts'), from multi- ('many') + the element -fārius ('doing, parts'), perhaps related to fārī ('to speak'). ## AI Etymology Multifarious comes from Latin multifārius ('manifold, of many parts'), from multi- ('many') + the element -fārius ('doing, parts'), perhaps related to fārī ('to speak'). The etymological trail includes Latin multifārius, Latin multus. The same word family includes multifariously, multifariousness. Its current adjective use means "having great variety or many different forms". ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown