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| 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: | 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: | centrifugal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | radiating from a central point |
| Synonyms: | deviating, divergent, eccentric, outward, radial, spiral, spreading, diffusive, diverging, efferent |
| Antonyms: | centripetal |
| 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: | discordant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not in harmony; conflicting |
| Synonyms: | antagonistic, antipathetic, cacophonous, clashing, contradictory, contrary, different, disagreeing, discrepant, dissonant, divergent, grating, harsh, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inharmonious, jarring, opposite, quarreling, strident, uncongenial, at odds, contrarient, inconsonant, jangling, on a sour note, unharmonious, unmelodious, unmixable |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, agreeing, cooperating, harmonious, concordant |
| Main Entry: | discrepant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disagreeing |
| Synonyms: | conflicting, contradictory, contrary, different, discordant, disparate, dissonant, divergent, diverse, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, varying, at variance, differing, disconsonant, incongruent, inconsonant, unmixable |
| Antonyms: | agreeing, consistent, harmonious, concurring |
| Main Entry: | disparate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at odds, different |
| Synonyms: | contrary, contrasting, discordant, discrepant, dissimilar, distant, distinct, divergent, diverse, incommensurate, incompatible, inconsistent, separate, unequal, uneven, unlike, various, at variance, far cry, inconsonant, like night and day, poles apart, unalike, unequivalent, unsimilar |
| Antonyms: | alike, equal, like, same, similar |
| Main Entry: | dissimilar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not alike; not capable of comparison |
| Synonyms: | antithetical, contradictory, contrary, different, disparate, distant, divergent, diverse, heterogeneous, individual, offbeat, opposite, unequal, unique, unlike, unrelated, various, weird*, antonymous, far cry, like night and day, march to a different drummer, mismatched, mismated, not similar, poles apart, unsimilar |
| Antonyms: | alike, compatible, equal, matched, related, same, similar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | diverse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different; various |
| Synonyms: | assorted, contradictory, contrary, contrasting, discrete, disparate, dissimilar, distant, distinct, divergent, manifold, miscellaneous, mixed bag*, multifarious, opposite, separate, several, sundry, unequal, unlike, varied, varying, contrasted, contrastive, differing, diversified, diversiform, incommensurable, like night and day, unalike |
| Antonyms: | alike, conforming, identical, like, parallel, similar, uniform |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heterogeneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assorted, miscellaneous |
| Synonyms: | amalgamate, composite, confused, conglomerate, contrary, different, discordant, discrepant, disparate, dissimilar, divergent, diverse, incongruous, independent, inharmonious, jumbled, mixed, mongrel, mosaic, motley, multifarious, odd, opposed, unlike, unrelated, variant, varied, variegated, contrasted, diversified, mingled, multiplex, unallied |
| Antonyms: | homogeneous, identical, pure, single, unchanging, uniform |
| Main Entry: | incongruous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out of place; absurd |
| Synonyms: | alien, bizarre, conflicting, contradictory, discordant, disparate, distorted, divergent, extraneous, fantastic, fitful, foreign, illogical, improper, inappropriate, inapt, incoherent, incompatible, inconsistent, irreconcilable, irregular, jumbled, lopsided, rambling, twisted, unavailing, unbalanced, unbecoming, unconnected, uncoordinated, uneven, unintelligible, unpredictable, unrelated, unsuitable, unsuited, disconsonant, inapropos, incongruent, mismatched, out of keeping, shifting |
| Antonyms: | compatible, congruous, consistent, corresponding, fitting, harmonious, matched, suitable, uniform |
| Main Entry: | miscellaneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | diversified, various |
| Synonyms: | assorted, confused, conglomerate, different, disordered, disparate, divergent, diverse, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, jumbled, many, mixed, motley, muddled, multifarious, odd, promiscuous, scattered, sundry, unmatched, varied, variegated, divers, mingled, multiform, scrambled, unsorted |
| Antonyms: | alone, lone, simple, single, singular |
| Main Entry: | noncompliant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unwilling to go along with something |
| Synonyms: | belligerent, contumacious, divergent, impatient, irregular, negative, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, truculent, declinatory, declining, objecting, refusing |
| Antonyms: | compliant, obedient, subservient, willing |
| Main Entry: | off |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | apart, away |
| Synonyms: | above, absent, afar, ahead, aside, behind, below, beneath, beside, divergent, elsewhere, far, out, over, removed, up front, vanishing, away from, disappearing, farther away, gone away, in the distance, not here, to one side, turning aside |
| Antonyms: | close, here, present |
| Main Entry: | off-key |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not sounding right |
| Synonyms: | abnormal, anomalous, deviant, discordant, dissonant, divergent, flat, inharmonious, irregular, jarring, sour*, sour, unnatural, clinker, not harmonious, off-pitch, off-tone, out of keeping, out of pitch, out of tune, out of tune, sour note, unmusical, untuned |
| Antonyms: | harmonious, concordant, on-key |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unlike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different |
| Synonyms: | clashing, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, discordant, disparate, dissimilar, dissonant, distant, distinct, divergent, diverse, heterogeneous, hostile, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, offbeat, opposed, opposite, separate, unequal, unrelated, variant, various, weird, apples and oranges, contrasted, disharmonious, far cry from, mismatched, not alike, poles apart, unalike |
| Antonyms: | alike, like, related, same, similar |
| Main Entry: | variant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different |
| Synonyms: | alternative, divergent, exceptional, modified, various, varying, derived, differing |
| Antonyms: | agreeing, same, similar |
| Main Entry: | separated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | divided |
| Synonyms: | abstracted, apart, detached, disconnected, disjointed, distant, distinct, distributed, divergent, marked, removed, scattered, apportioned, cut apart, disassociated, disembodied, disunited, divorced, parted, partitioned, severed, sundered |
| Antonyms: | connected, together, united, whole, attached |
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