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Synonyms for abnormal

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Aberrant — not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type

aberrant, irregular, anomalous, atypical, unusual, strange, exceptional, odd, eccentric, deviant, freakish, erratic, peculiar, preternatural, extraordinary, different, singular, perverted, funny, curious, divergent, remarkable

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.

Example sentences

  • irregular Rainfall in Algeria has become rare and irregular.
  • atypical Tom is taking an atypical antipsychotic.
  • anomalous The SCP Foundation contains and studies anomalous entities.
  • aberrant Tom's aberrant thinking persists.
  • unnatural This sentence sounds unnatural to me as an American.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
abnormalsteady
irregularfalling
atypicalrising
anomalousfalling
aberrantrising
unnaturalrising

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

By length

3 letters
odd1
5 letters
funny2
7 letters
strange1, unusual4, curious3, erratic3, deviant3
8 letters
peculiar3, singular3, atypical4, aberrant3, freakish, teratoid
9 letters
different3, irregular4, eccentric3, unnatural4, divergent3, perverted3, anomalous4, subnormal
10 letters
remarkable4
11 letters
exceptional4
13 letters
extraordinary6, preternatural

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (funny2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
anormal
Italiano
abnorme
Deutsch
unnormal