| 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | defective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken, not working |
Synonyms: |
abnormal, amiss, blemished, damaged, deficient, faulty, flawed, impaired, imperfect, inadequate, incomplete, injured, insufficient, lacking, on the bum, out of order, poor, seconds, sick, subnormal, unfinished, unhealthy, unsound, wanting |
| Notes: | defective means having a defect or fault, while deficient means inadequate or lacking in amount or degree |
Antonyms: |
excellent, faultless, flawless, perfect, unbroken |
| 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: | 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, kooky, nutty, odd, oddball, off the wall, off-center, offbeat, out in left field, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, quizzical, singular, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unnatural, way out, weird, whimsical, wild |
Antonyms: |
boring, common, dull, normal, ordinary, plain, regular, standard, unexciting, usual |
| Main Entry: | erratic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unpredictable; wandering |
Synonyms: |
aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, arbitrary, bizarre, capricious, changeable, desultory, devious, dicey, directionless, dubious, eccentric, fitful, flaky*, fluctuant, idiosyncratic, iffy, incalculable, inconsistent, inconstant, irregular, meandering, mercurial, nomadic, oddball, peculiar, planetary, rambling, roving, shifting, spasmodic, strange, stray, uncertain, undirected, unnatural, unreliable, unstable, unusual, vagarious, variable, volatile, wayward, weird, whimsical |
Antonyms: |
certain, consistent, definite, dependable, predictable, regular, reliable, steady, sure, unchanging |
| 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: | grotesque |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ugly, misshapen |
Synonyms: |
aberrant, abnormal, absurd, antic, bizarre, deformed, distorted, eerie, extravagant, extreme, fanciful, fantastic, flamboyant, freakish, grody, gross*, incongruous, ludicrous, malformed, monstrous, odd, outlandish, perverted, preposterous, queer, ridiculous, strange, surrealistic, uncanny, unnatural, weird, whimsical |
Antonyms: |
beautiful, nice, pretty, shapely |