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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pervert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who lacks morals |
| Synonyms: | degenerate, deviant, deviate, freak, weirdo*, debauchee |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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