Deviate Synonyms and Antonyms
dē'vē-āt'
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Synonyms for Deviate
To move without a destination or purpose; wander:
To be different or diverse; differ
To turn aside, especially to depart temporarily from the main subject in writing or speaking; stray.
To turn or make go to one side
To turn aside or cause to turn aside sharply or suddenly from a straight line, course, etc.
To throw (something) with a swift motion; fling.
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To change sides; shift, as from one opinion or attitude to another
go out of control
depart from
break the pattern
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To vary, as from a regular course; deviate:
To deviate from the established moral code; do wrong
To behave in a manner that does not conform to morality or norms:
Differing from a norm or from the accepted standards of a society.
One who practices sexual perversion.
To turn aside from a course or direction:
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go amiss
angle away
angle off
leave the beaten path
not conform
get off the subject
edge off
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go out of the way
(Intransitive with on) To reduce consumption.
fly off on a tangent
go off on a tangent
go haywire
sing a different tune
march-to-a-different-drummer
Alternative form of march to the beat of a different drum.
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swim against the stream
To follow an irregularly winding course of motion or growth:
To keep from happening; ward off; prevent
To pivot is to turn or spin around a center point.
(Linguistics) To alter phonetically as part of a systematic historical change.
To change so as to be; become:
Detour is defined as to create or go down a route that is different than the usual route.
To be carried along by or as by a current
To become forfeit or void because of failure to pay the premium at the stipulated time
To wander aimlessly or idly; ramble
To cause to sheer
To sideline; to push aside; to divert or distract from, reducing (something) to a secondary or subordinate position.
To bend or twist out of shape; distort
The definition of aberrant is something that does not follow the correct or expected course or something that is not typical or normal.
A degenerate person, esp. one who is morally depraved or sexually perverted
break bounds
Antonyms for Deviate
To act, often unquestioningly, in accordance with traditional customs or prevailing standards:
keep in line
To raise:
stray from normal path
Words Related to Deviate
(Intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
To transfer from (one conveyance) to another:
One whose sexual behavior differs from the accepted norm
Either of two divisions, male and female, into which most sexually reproducing organisms are grouped. Sex is usually determined by anatomy, the makeup of the sex chromosomes, and the type and amount of hormones produced. When the sex of an organism is determined by the sex chromosomes, males and females are generally produced in equal numbers. In other organisms, such as bees and wasps, in which females develop from fertilized eggs and males develop from unfertilized eggs, distribution of the sexes is unequal.
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- Digress suggests a wandering, often deliberate and temporary, from the main topic in speaking or writing
- Diverge suggests the branching of a single path or course into two courses leading away from each other stay to the left when the road diverges
- Veer , originally used of wind and ships, suggests a turning or series of turnings so as to change direction
- Swerve implies a sudden or sharp turning from a path, course, etc. the car swerved to avoid hitting us
- Deviate suggests a turning aside, often to only a slight degree, from the correct or prescribed course, standard, doctrine, etc. to deviate from the truth
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