Antonyms of verb diversify

1 of 3 senses of diversify

Sense 3
diversify, branch out, broaden -- (vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified")
       Antonym of specialize (Sense 1)
      => specialize, specialise, narrow, narrow down -- (become more focus on an area of activity or field of study; "She specializes in Near Eastern history")
       Antonym of specialise (Sense 4)
      => specialize, specialise, narrow, narrow down -- (become more focus on an area of activity or field of study; "She specializes in Near Eastern history")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb diversify

3 senses of diversify

Sense 1
diversify -- (make (more) diverse; "diversify a course of study")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 2
diversify, radiate -- (spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; "The plants on this island diversified")
       => change, alter, vary -- (become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season")

Sense 3
diversify, branch out, broaden -- (vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified")
       => change, alter, vary -- (become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season")

Antonyms of adj diversified

1 sense of diversified

Sense 1
diversified (vs. undiversified) -- (having variety of character or form or components; or having increased variety; "a diversified musical program ranging from classical to modern"; "diversified farming"; "diversified manufacturing"; "diversified scenery"; "diversified investments")

undiversified (vs. diversified) -- (not diversified)
        => general -- (not specialized or limited to one class of things; "general studies"; "general knowledge")
        => monolithic -- (characterized by massiveness and rigidity and total uniformity; "a monolithic society"; "a monolithic worldwide movement")
        => solid, unanimous, whole -- (acting together as a single undiversified whole; "a solid voting bloc")
        => undistributed -- ((of investments) not distributed among a variety of securities)

Similarity of adj diversified

1 sense of diversified

Sense 1
diversified (vs. undiversified) -- (having variety of character or form or components; or having increased variety; "a diversified musical program ranging from classical to modern"; "diversified farming"; "diversified manufacturing"; "diversified scenery"; "diversified investments")
       => varied, wide-ranging -- (widely different; "varied motives prompt people to join a political party"; "varied ethnic traditions of the immigrants")
          Also See-> heterogeneous#1, heterogenous#1

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