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deviate - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: deviate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stray from normal path
Synonyms: avert, bend, contrast, deflect, depart, differ, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, err, part, shy, swerve, turn, vary, veer, wander, aberrate, angle off, bear off, bend the rules, break pattern, circumlocate, depart from, edge off, get around, go amiss, go haywire, go off on tangent, go out of control, go out of way, leave beaten path, not conform, swim against stream, take a turn, turn aside
Antonyms: go straight, keep, stay
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
Main Entry: backslide
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: go astray
Synonyms: deviate, fall from grace, lapse, relapse, revert, sin, slip, apostatize, leave the straight and narrow
Main Entry: contrast
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: compare, differ
Synonyms: balance, bracket, collate, conflict, contradict, depart, deviate, differentiate, disagree, distinguish, diverge, hang, mismatch, oppose, separate, stand out, vary, weigh, be a foil to, be contrary to, be dissimilar, be diverse, be unlike, be variable, hold a candle to, match up, set in opposition, set off, stack up against
Antonyms: accord, agree, coincide, concur, conform, be alike, be equal, be similar
Main Entry: curve
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bending in a shape or course
Synonyms: arc, arch, bend, bow, buckle, bulge, coil, concave, convex, crook, crumple, curl, deviate, divert, gyrate, hook, loop, round, skew, snake, spiral, stoop, swerve, turn, twist, veer, wind, incurve, inflect, wreathe
Antonyms: straighten
Main Entry: deflect
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bounce off; turn aside
Synonyms: avert, bend, curve, deviate, disperse, diverge, divert, fend, hook, parry, pivot, ricochet, sheer, shy, sidetrack, slip, swerve, twist, veer, wheel, whip, whirl, wind, cover up, glance off, hold off, keep off, slew, volte-face
Main Entry: distort
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deform; falsify
Synonyms: alter, angle, belie, bend, bias, buckle, change, collapse, color, con, contort, crush, curve, deceive, decline, deteriorate, deviate, disfigure, doctor*, fake, fudge*, garble, knot, lie, mangle, melt, misconstrue, misinterpret, misrepresent, pervert, sag, scam*, slant, slump, snow*, torture, twist, warp, whitewash*, wind, wrench, writhe, gnarl, make out like, misshape, phony up, put one on, trump up
Antonyms: beautify, straight, shape nicely
Main Entry: err
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make a mistake; do wrong
Synonyms: blow*, blunder, deviate, fall, flub*, foul up*, goof*, lapse, mess up*, misapprehend, misbehave, miscalculate, misjudge, muff*, offend, screw up*, sin, snafu*, stray, stumble, transgress, trespass, wander, be in error, be inaccurate, be incorrect, be mistaken, bollix, boo-boo, drop the ball, go astray, go wrong, louse up, make a mess of, slip up*, snarl up
Antonyms: correct
Main Entry: misbehave
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: act in inappropriate manner
Synonyms: act up, carry on, cut up, deviate, fail, fool around*, misconduct, offend, roughhouse, sin, transgress, trespass, be at fault, be bad, be dissolute, be guilty, be immoral, be indecorous, be insubordinate, be mischievous, be out of line, be out of order, be reprehensible, bend the law, do evil, do wrong, get into mischief, go astray, go wrong, make trouble, sow wild oats, take a wrong turn
Antonyms: behave, obey
Main Entry: pervert
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who lacks morals
Synonyms: degenerate, deviant, deviate, freak, weirdo*, debauchee
Main Entry: shift
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: switch, fluctuate
Synonyms: about-face*, alter, blow hot and cold*, budge, change, cook*, deviate, dislocate, displace, disturb, do up*, drift, exchange, fault, flip-flop*, hem and haw*, move, rearrange, remove, replace, ship, shuffle, slip, stir, substitute, swerve, tack, transfer, transpose, turn, vacillate, vary, veer, waffle, bottom out, change gears, dial back, move around, move over, recalibrate, relocate, reposition, swap places, switch over, transmogrify, turn around, turn the corner, turn the tables, yo-yo
Antonyms: deactivate, remain, stagnate
Main Entry: sin
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: commit illegal or immoral action
Synonyms: backslide*, cheat, deviate, err, fall, fall from grace, lapse, misbehave, misconduct, offend, stray, transgress, trespass, wander, break commandment, break law, commit crime, do wrong, go astray, live in sin, sow wild oats, take the primrose path, wallow in the mire
Antonyms: behave, comply, obey
Main Entry: swerve
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: turn aside, often to avoid collision
Synonyms: bend, deflect, depart, deviate, dip, diverge, err, incline, lurch, move, sheer, shift, sidestep, skew, skid, stray, swing, tack, turn, veer, wander, waver, wind, depart from, get off course, go off course, sheer off, sideslip, slue, train off
Antonyms: straighten
Main Entry: switch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: change, exchange
Synonyms: convert, deflect, deviate, divert, interchange, rearrange, replace, shift, sidetrack, substitute, swap, trade, turn, turnabout, veer, change course, shunt, turn aside
Main Entry: trespass
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: infringe, offend
Synonyms: butt in*, crash, deviate, displease, encroach, entrench, err, horn in, intrude, invade, lapse, meddle, misbehave, obtrude, overstep, penetrate, poach, poke, sin, transgress, violate, wrong, chisel in, crash the gates, do wrong by, interlope, kibitz, mix in, muscle in, nose in, stick nose in
Antonyms: retreat
Main Entry: vary
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: change
Synonyms: alter, alternate, assort, blow hot and cold*, convert, depart, deviate, differ, digress, disagree, displace, dissent, diverge, diversify, divide, fluctuate, hem and haw*, interchange, modify, mutate, part, range, separate, shilly-shally*, swerve, transform, turn, be unlike, divaricate, inflect, permutate, take turns, variegate, yo-yo
Antonyms: remain, stay
Main Entry: veer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: change direction
Synonyms: avert, bear, bend, change, curve, cut, deflect, depart, deviate, digress, dip, divagate, diverge, divert, drift, pivot, sheer, shift, skew, skid, swerve, swing, swivel, tack, turn, twist, wheel, whip, whirl, angle off, be deflected, change course, get around, make a left, make a right, train off, volte-face
Antonyms: stay, go direct
Main Entry: warp
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bend, distort
Synonyms: bastardize*, color, contort, corrupt, crook, curve, debase, debauch, deform, deprave, deviate, misrepresent, pervert, swerve, torture, turn, twist, vitiate, wind, brutalize, misshape
Antonyms: straighten
Main Entry: wind
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bend, turn
Synonyms: coil, convolute, cover, crook, curl, curve, deviate, distort, encircle, enclose, entwine, envelop, fold, furl, loop, meander, ramble, reel, roll, screw, slither, snake, spiral, swerve, twine, twist, weave, wrap, wriggle, zigzag, corkscrew, wreathe
Antonyms: straighten
Main Entry: yaw
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: temporarily swerve off coarse
Synonyms: bank, curve, deviate, swerve, turn, veer, weave, zigzag, slue
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