| 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: | 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: | 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: | centrifugal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | radiating from a central point |
Synonyms: |
deviating, diffusive, divergent, diverging, eccentric, efferent, outward, radial, spiral, spreading |
Antonyms: |
centripetal |
| Main Entry: | deviant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abnormal, different |
Synonyms: |
aberrant, anomalous, atypical, bent, devious, divergent, freaky, heretical, heteroclite, irregular, kinky, off-key, perverse, perverted, preternatural, queer, twisted, unorthodox, unrepresentative, untypical, variant, varying, wandering, wayward, weird |
Antonyms: |
normal, regular, standard, usual |
| Main Entry: | different |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dissimilar, unlike |
Synonyms: |
a far cry from, altered, antithetic, at odds, at variance, changed, clashing, colorful, contradistinct, contradistinctive, contrary, contrasting, contrastive, deviating, differential, discrepant, disparate, distant, distinct, distinctive, divergent, divers, diverse, incommensurable, incomparable, inconsistent, individual, like night and day, mismatched, mismated, offbeat, opposed, other, otherwise, particular, peculiar, poles apart, single, unalike, unequal, unrelated, unsimilar, variant, various |
Antonyms: |
alike, correspondent, homogeneous, like, resembling, same, similar |
| Main Entry: | different |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | miscellaneous, various |
Synonyms: |
anthologized, assorted, asymmetrical, collected, disparate, dissonant, divergent, divers, diverse, diversified, diversiform, heterogeneous, incongruous, inconsistent, indiscriminate, jarring, manifold, many, multifarious, multiform, numerous, omnifarious, omniform, several, some, sundry, varicolored, varied, variegated, varietal, variform |
Antonyms: |
normal, same, similar, standard, uniform |
| Main Entry: | discordant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not in harmony; conflicting |
Synonyms: |
antagonistic, antipathetic, at odds, cacophonous, clashing, contradictory, contrarient, contrary, different, disagreeing, discrepant, dissonant, divergent, grating, harsh, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inharmonious, jangling, jarring, on a sour note, opposite, quarreling, strident, uncongenial, unharmonious, unmelodious, unmixable |
Antonyms: |
agreeable, agreeing, concordant, cooperating, harmonious |
| Main Entry: | discrepant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disagreeing |
Synonyms: |
at variance, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, different, differing, disconsonant, discordant, disparate, dissonant, divergent, diverse, incompatible, incongruent, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, unmixable, varying |
Antonyms: |
agreeing, concurring, consistent, harmonious |