adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/
UK:/ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹɪt/
US:/ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/
US:/dɪˈspæɹət/
US:/dɪˈspɛɹət/
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rhymes with (US) -æɹət
rhymes with (US) -ɛɹət
CMU ARPABET:D IH1 S P ER0 IH0 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:D IH0 S P EH1 R IH0 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The board of the company was decidedly disparate, with no two members from the same social or economic background.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: incongruous, mismatched, uncoordinated
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: different, dissimilar, unalike
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: incommensurable
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
including markedly dissimilar elements
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing
disparate ideas
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin parō Latin disparō Latin disparātusder. Middle French desparatbor. ▲ Latin disparātusbor. English disparate First attested in 1586; either borrowed from Middle French desparat or directly from Latin disparātus, perfect passive participle of disparō (“to divide”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from dis- (“apart”) + parō (“to arrange”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 (“two”) and the root *per- (“carry forth”).
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
несравним
(nesravnim)
— composed of inherently different elements
Bulgarian:
несъизмерим
(nesǎizmerim)
— composed of inherently different elements
Czech:
nesourodý
— composed of inherently different elements
Danish:
uensartet
— composed of inherently different elements
Danish:
uhomogen
— composed of inherently different elements
Dutch:
onsamenhangend
— composed of inherently different elements
Finnish:
toisenlainen
— composed of inherently different elements
Finnish:
hajanainen
— composed of inherently different elements
French:
disparate
— composed of inherently different elements
Georgian:
განსხვავებული
(gansxvavebuli)
— composed of inherently different elements
German:
disparat
— composed of inherently different elements
German:
verschieden
— composed of inherently different elements
German:
ungleich
— composed of inherently different elements
German:
ungleichartig
— composed of inherently different elements
Italian:
disparato
— composed of inherently different elements
Japanese:
異質な
(ishitsu na)
— composed of inherently different elements
Norwegian Bokmål:
uensartet
— composed of inherently different elements
Portuguese:
disperso
— composed of inherently different elements
Russian:
несравнимый
(nesravnimyj)
— composed of inherently different elements
Russian:
несоизмеримый
(nesoizmerimyj)
— composed of inherently different elements
Spanish:
dispar
— composed of inherently different elements
Spanish:
heterogéneo
— composed of inherently different elements
Spanish:
variado
— composed of inherently different elements
Spanish:
discrepante
— composed of inherently different elements
Spanish:
disparejo
— composed of inherently different elements
Turkish:
apayrı
— composed of inherently different elements
Turkish:
bambaşka
— composed of inherently different elements
Turkish:
kıyaslanmaz
— composed of inherently different elements
Turkish:
kıyaslanamaz
— composed of inherently different elements
Ukrainian:
різнорідний
(riznoridnyj)
— composed of inherently different elements
Ukrainian:
розрізнений
(rozriznenyj)
— composed of inherently different elements
Ukrainian:
відмінний
(vidminnyj)
— composed of inherently different elements
