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| Main Entry: | aberrant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not normal; varying from the usual |
| Synonyms: | abnormal, atypical, bizarre, deviant, different, flaky*, mental*, odd, off-color, peculiar, psycho, strange, unusual, weird, nonstandard, off-base, out of line |
| Antonyms: | normal, same, true |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abnormal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different from standard or norm |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, anomalous, atypical, bizarre, curious, deviant, deviate, deviating, divergent, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, funny, gross, heterodox, irregular, odd, off-color, peculiar, preternatural, queer, screwy*, strange, uncommon, unexpected, unnatural, unorthodox, unusual, weird, anomalistic, grody, heteroclite, heteromorphic, off-base, out of line, spastic |
| Notes: | abnormal means 'not normal, different from normal' while subnormal means 'below normal' |
| Antonyms: | customary, normal, standard, straight, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | anomalous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deviating from normal, usual |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, atypical, bizarre, divergent, eccentric, exceptional, foreign, incongruous, inconsistent, irregular, odd, peculiar, preternatural, prodigious, rare, strange, unnatural, unorthodox, untypical, unusual, heteroclite, unrepresentative |
| Antonyms: | conforming, normal, regular, standard, usual |
| Main Entry: | atypical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonconforming |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, deviant, different, divergent, exceptional, irregular, odd, peculiar, preternatural, strange, unnatural, heteroclite, unrepresentative |
| Antonyms: | conforming, normal, ordinary, standard, typical, usual |
| Main Entry: | deviant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abnormal, different |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, anomalous, atypical, bent, devious, divergent, heretical, irregular, kinky, off-key, perverse, perverted, preternatural, queer, twisted, unorthodox, untypical, variant, varying, wandering, wayward, weird, freaky, heteroclite, unrepresentative |
| Antonyms: | normal, regular, standard, usual |
| 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, diverse, factious, irregular, off-key, opposite, separate, unequal, unlike, unnatural, untypical, variant, various, diverging, factional, poles apart, unalike, unsimilar |
| Antonyms: | agreeing, convergent, similar |
| Main Entry: | eccentric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bizarre, unusual |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, beat*, bent*, bizarre, capricious, characteristic, cockeyed, crazy, curious, droll, erratic, far out, flaky, freak, freakish, funky*, funny, idiosyncratic, irregular, nutty, odd, oddball, off the wall, off-center, offbeat, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, quizzical, singular, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unnatural, way out, weird, whimsical, wild, kooky, out in left field |
| Antonyms: | boring, common, dull, normal, ordinary, plain, regular, standard, unexciting, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | errant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wrong; deviant |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, deviating, devious, erratic, erring, fallible, heretic, meandering, mischievous, miscreant, naughty, rambling, ranging, roaming, roving, sinning, stray, straying, unorthodox, unreliable, wandering, wayward, drifting, errable, misbehaving, off straight and narrow, offending, shifting |
| Antonyms: | correct, righteous |
| Main Entry: | erratic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unpredictable; wandering |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, arbitrary, bizarre, capricious, changeable, desultory, devious, dicey, dubious, eccentric, fitful, flaky*, idiosyncratic, iffy*, incalculable, inconsistent, inconstant, irregular, meandering, mercurial, nomadic, oddball*, peculiar, planetary, rambling, roving, spasmodic, strange, stray, uncertain, unnatural, unreliable, unstable, unusual, variable, volatile, wayward, weird, whimsical, directionless, fluctuant, shifting, undirected, vagarious |
| Antonyms: | certain, consistent, definite, dependable, predictable, regular, reliable, steady, sure, unchanging |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | freakish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abnormal, unusual |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, arbitrary, bizarre, capricious, crazy, erratic, fantastic, far-out, grotesque, malformed, monstrous, odd, outlandish, preternatural, queer, strange, unconventional, wayward, weird, whimsical, wild, freaky, outré, vagarious |
| Antonyms: | common, general, natural, normal, ordinary, standard, usual |
| Main Entry: | grotesque |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ugly, misshapen |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, absurd, antic, bizarre, deformed, distorted, eerie, extravagant, extreme, fanciful, fantastic, flamboyant, freakish, gross*, incongruous, ludicrous, malformed, monstrous, odd, outlandish, perverted, preposterous, queer, ridiculous, strange, uncanny, unnatural, weird, whimsical, grody, surrealistic |
| Antonyms: | beautiful, nice, pretty, shapely |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irrational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illogical, senseless |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, absurd, brainless, crazy, delirious, demented, disconnected, disjointed, distraught, fallacious, flaky*, foolish, incoherent, injudicious, insane, invalid, loony*, mad, mindless, nonsensical, nutty*, preposterous, raving, ridiculous, silly, specious, stupid, unreasonable, unsound, unstable, unthinking, unwise, wacky*, wild, wrong, cockamamie, freaky, kooky, off-the-wall, reasonless, sophistic, unreasoning |
| Antonyms: | logical, rational, reasonable, reflective, sensible, sound, stable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | morbid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gloomy, nasty, sickly |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, ailing, dark, deadly, depressed, despondent, diseased, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, grim, grisly, gruesome, hideous, irascible, macabre, malignant, melancholy, monstrous, moody, pessimistic, saturnine, sick, somber, sullen, unhealthy, unnatural, unsound, unusual, unwholesome, brooding, horrid, infected |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy, healthy, pleased, sound |
| Main Entry: | neurotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally maladjusted |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anxious, basket case*, compulsive, deviant, disordered, disoriented, distraught, disturbed, erratic, hung up*, inhibited, manic, nervous, overwrought, unhealthy, unstable, upset, uptight, wired*, bundle of nerves, choked, clutched, hysteric, nervous wreck, obsessive, psychoneurotic |
| Antonyms: | balanced, sane, stable, adjusted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perverted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral, evil |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, aberrant, abnormal, corrupt, corrupted, debased, debauched, defiled, depraved, deviant, deviating, distorted, foreign, grotesque, impaired, kinky*, misguided, monstrous, queer, sick, tainted, twisted, unhealthy, unnatural, vicious, vitiate, wicked, abused, contorted, misused, outraged, polluted, vitiated, warped |
| Antonyms: | clean, good, healthy, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | preternatural |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unusual, abnormal |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, anomalous, atypical, deviant, extraordinary, ghostly, inexplicable, irregular, marvelous, miraculous, mysterious, odd, peculiar, strange, superhuman, superior, supernatural, unaccountable, unearthly, unnatural, untypical, deviative, supermundane, unrepresentative |
| Antonyms: | common, natural, normal, regular, usual |
| Main Entry: | unnatural |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not regular; artificial |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, affected, anomalous, assumed, bizarre, contrary, contrived, ersatz*, extraordinary, factitious, false, feigned, forced, freakish, imitation, incredible, insincere, irregular, labored, made-up*, make-believe*, odd, outlandish, outrageous, perverse, perverted, phony, preposterous, pseudo*, queer, stiff, stilted*, strained, strange, studied, supernatural, synthetic, theatrical, unaccountable, uncanny, unorthodox, unusual, concocted, fabricated, freaky, put-on, staged, unconforming |
| Antonyms: | acceptable, genuine, natural, real |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unprecedented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exceptional, original |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, bizarre, eccentric, exotic, extraordinary, fantastic, freakish, idiosyncratic, marvelous, miraculous, modern, new, newfangled, novel, odd, out-of-the-way*, outlandish, preternatural, prodigious, remarkable, signal, singular, uncommon, unheard-of, unique, unparalleled, unrivaled, unusual, outré, sui generis, unexampled |
| Antonyms: | known, unexceptional, usual, unremarkable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wayward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contrary, unmanageable |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, arbitrary, balky, capricious, changeable, contumacious, delinquent, disobedient, disorderly, errant, erratic, fickle, flighty, fractious, froward, headstrong, immoral, inconstant, incorrigible, insubordinate, intractable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, ornery*, perverse, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, self-indulgent, stubborn, undependable, ungovernable, unpredictable, unruly, unstable, variable, whimsical, willful, cross-grained, self-willed, uncompliant |
| Antonyms: | manageable, obedient, controllable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delirious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally imbalanced |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, bewildered, confused, crazed, crazy, demented, deranged, deviant, deviate, disarranged, disordered, distracted, disturbed, flipped, flipped out, hallucinatory, incoherent, insane, irrational, lightheaded, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, manic, off one's head, out of one's head, out of one's skull, rambling, raving, unhinged, unreasonable, unsettled, wandering |
| Antonyms: | balanced, collected, normal, sane |
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