| Main Entry: | atypical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonconforming |
Synonyms: |
aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, deviant, different, divergent, exceptional, heteroclite, irregular, odd, peculiar, preternatural, strange, unnatural, unrepresentative |
Antonyms: |
conforming, normal, ordinary, standard, typical, usual |
| Main Entry: | aberrant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not normal; varying from the usual |
Synonyms: |
abnormal, atypical, bizarre, deviant, different, flaky*, mental*, nonstandard, odd, off-base, off-color, out of line, peculiar, psycho, strange, unusual, weird |
Antonyms: |
normal, same, true |
| Main Entry: | abnormal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different from standard or norm |
Synonyms: |
aberrant, anomalistic, anomalous, atypical, bizarre, curious, deviant, deviate, deviating, divergent, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, funny, grody, gross, heteroclite, heterodox, heteromorphic, irregular, odd, off-base, off-color, out of line, peculiar, preternatural, queer, screwy, spastic, strange, uncommon, unexpected, unnatural, unorthodox, unusual, weird |
| Notes: | abnormal means 'not normal, different from normal' while subnormal means 'below normal' |
Antonyms: |
customary, normal, standard, straight, usual |
| Main Entry: | anomalous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deviating from normal, usual |
Synonyms: |
aberrant, abnormal, atypical, bizarre, divergent, eccentric, exceptional, foreign, heteroclite, incongruous, inconsistent, irregular, odd, peculiar, preternatural, prodigious, rare, strange, unnatural, unorthodox, unrepresentative, untypical, unusual |
Antonyms: |
conforming, normal, regular, standard, usual |
| Main Entry: | deviant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abnormal, different |
Synonyms: |
aberrant, anomalous, atypical, bent, devious, divergent, freaky, heretical, heteroclite, irregular, kinky, off-key, perverse, perverted, preternatural, queer, twisted, unorthodox, unrepresentative, untypical, variant, varying, wandering, wayward, weird |
Antonyms: |
normal, regular, standard, usual |
| Main Entry: | different |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | separate, distinct |
Synonyms: |
another, another story, atypical, bizarre, discrete, diverse, especial, express, extraordinary, individual, novel, original, other, out of the ordinary, particular, peculiar, rare, several, singular, something else, special, specialized, specific, startling, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unique, unusual, various |
Antonyms: |
conventional, correspondent, harmonious, normal, same, standard, unified, united |
| Main Entry: | divergent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | differing |
Synonyms: |
aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, antithetical, atypical, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, deviating, different, disagreeing, disparate, dissimilar, dissonant, distant, diverging, diverse, factional, factious, irregular, off-key, opposite, poles apart, separate, unalike, unequal, unlike, unnatural, unsimilar, untypical, variant, various |
Antonyms: |
agreeing, convergent, similar |
| Main Entry: | exceptional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irregular |
Synonyms: |
aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, atypical, deviant, distinct, extraordinary, inconsistent, infrequent, notable, noteworthy, odd, peculiar, phenomenal, rare, remarkable, scarce, singular, special, strange, uncommon, uncustomary, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unordinary, unprecedented, unthinkable, unusual |
Antonyms: |
common, conventional, expected, general, normal, ordinary, regular, unexceptional, usual |
| Main Entry: | irregular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abnormal, peculiar |
Synonyms: |
aberrant, anomalous, atypical, capricious, deviant, different, disorderly, divergent, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, immoderate, improper, inappropriate, inordinate, odd, off-key, queer, quirky, singular, strange, unconventional, unique, unnatural, unofficial, unorthodox, unsuitable, unusual |
Antonyms: |
common, conventional, normal, standard, usual |
| Main Entry: | novel |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | new, original |
Synonyms: |
at cutting edge, atypical, avant-garde, breaking new ground, contemporary, different, far cry, fresh, funky*, innovative, just out, modernistic, neoteric, new-fashioned, newfangled, now*, odd, offbeat, peculiar, rare, recent, singular, strange, uncommon, unfamiliar, unique, unusual |
Antonyms: |
common, customary, familiar, old, ordinary, overused, used, usual, worn |