Synonyms for deviant
- adjective
- noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.
At the trial, the extent of his deviant behaviour became clear.
- n. 1
A person who deviates, especially from norms of social behavior.
He was branded as a deviant and ostracized.
- n. 2
A thing, phenomenon, or trend that deviates from an expectation or pattern.
As the graph shows, the March sales trend is the deviant.
Forms
- Plural
- deviants → perverts, degenerates, abnormalities, outliers…
Example sentences
- weird I may be imagining it, but something smells weird.
- abnormal It's abnormal to have the heart on the right side.
- deviate Do not deviate from the standard operating procedure.
- aberrant Tom's aberrant thinking persists.
- illicit Sami was too involved in an illicit relationship.
By length
- 3 letters
- odd1, rum1
- 4 letters
- prev, perv
- 5 letters
- funny2, weird1, freak1, queer1, kooky2, perve
- 6 letters
- outlaw2
- 7 letters
- strange1, unusual4, curious3, illicit3, pervert2, deviate3, outlier3, uncouth2
- 8 letters
- abnormal3, singular3, maverick3, aberrant3, freakish
- 9 letters
- different3, eccentric3, unnatural4, anomalous4
- 10 letters
- degenerate4, outlandish3
- 11 letters
- abnormality5, heteroclite
- 12 letters
- irregularity6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (funny2 = 2 syllables).