Synonyms for irregularity
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Noun
1. Abnormality
abnormality, disorder, aberration, eccentricity, oddity, informality, derangement, strangeness, singularity, freak, deviant, queerness, anomalousness, abnormity, peculiarity, anomaly dated
Definitions
- n. 1
An instance of being irregular.
Related words
- Word family
- irregular
Forms
- Plural
- irregularities → abnormalities, disorders, aberrations, eccentricities…
Example sentences
- disorder Apparently, Leon had some kind of mental disorder.
- aberration Owing to a strange mental aberration, Tom forgot his own name.
- abnormality We have detected an abnormality on your x-ray.
- eccentricity Not all eccentricity is mental illness.
- constipation Figs are recommended for constipation conditions.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| irregularity | falling | |
| disorder | rising | |
| aberration | steady | |
| abnormality | steady | |
| eccentricity | falling | |
| constipation | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- freak1
- 6 letters
- oddity3
- 7 letters
- variety4, anomaly4, deviant3
- 8 letters
- disorder3
- 9 letters
- diversity4, asymmetry4, queerness, abnormity
- 10 letters
- inequality5, aberration4
- 11 letters
- uncertainty4, singularity5, abnormality5, impropriety5, strangeness2, derangement, peculiarity6, informality5, infrequency4
- 12 letters
- constipation4, eccentricity5, extravagance4
- 13 letters
- anomalousness, nonuniformity
- 14 letters
- capriciousness, changeableness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (oddity3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- irrégularité
- Italiano
- irregolarità
- Español
- irregularidad
- Deutsch
- Unregelmäßigkeit