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Synonyms for aberrant

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Differing from the norm.

  2. adj. 2

    Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.

  3. n. 1

    A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.

Related words

Word family
aberrance aberrancy aberration aberrational

Forms

Plural
aberrants → abnormalities, abnormities, abnormalcies, abnormalisms…

Example sentences

  • unusual The study by Meyer and his colleagues was unusual.
  • abnormal It's abnormal to have the heart on the right side.
  • deviant His deviant behavior made others uncomfortable.
  • anomalous The SCP Foundation contains and studies anomalous entities.
  • perverse Layla was victim to Sami's every perverse whim.
  • devious Tom doesn't seem to be as devious as Mary seems to be.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
aberrantrising
unusualsteady
abnormalsteady
deviantsteady
anomalousfalling
perverserising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
odd1
5 letters
wrong1, freak1
6 letters
wicked2, errant2
7 letters
strange1, unusual4, curious3, corrupt2, immoral3, erratic3, deviate3, deviant3, devious3, ungodly3
8 letters
variable4, uncommon3, abnormal3, peculiar3, singular3, improper3, perverse2, unseemly3
9 letters
different3, wandering3, irregular4, eccentric3, unnatural4, divergent3, perverted3, anomalous4, reprobate3, abnormity
10 letters
iniquitous, indecorous, abnormalcy
11 letters
exceptional4, abnormality5, unrighteous, aberational, abnormalism
13 letters
preternatural

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wicked2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
aberrant
Italiano
anormale
Español
aberrante
Deutsch
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