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different
Unlike most others; unusual
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  1. Unlike most others; unusual
  2. Various
  3. Distinct or separate:
conflicting
Striking, or dashing together; fighting; contending; struggling to resist and overcome.
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  1. Striking, or dashing together; fighting; contending; struggling to resist and overcome.
  2. Being in opposition; contrary; contradictory.
variant
Varying; different; esp., different in some way from others of the same kind or class, or from some standard or type
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  1. Varying; different; esp., different in some way from others of the same kind or class, or from some standard or type
  2. Having or exhibiting variation; varying:
  3. Differing from others of the same kind or from a standard:
aberrant
Deviating from what is typical for a specified thing:
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  1. Deviating from what is typical for a specified thing:
  2. Deviating from what is normal or typical
  3. Deviating from what is considered proper or normal:
abnormal
Not normal; not average; not typical; not usual; irregular, esp. to a considerable degree
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  1. Not normal; not average; not typical; not usual; irregular, esp. to a considerable degree
  2. Not typical, usual, or regular; not normal; deviant.
anomalistic
Anomalous
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  1. Anomalous
  2. (Astronomy) Of or pertaining to an anomaly (angle of a body from its perihelion)
  3. Irregular
anomalous
Being or seeming to be inconsistent, contradictory, or improper
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  1. Being or seeming to be inconsistent, contradictory, or improper
  2. Deviating from the regular arrangement, general rule, or usual method; abnormal
  3. Deviating from the normal or common order, form, or rule.
atypic
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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  1. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
  2. That has no type; devoid of typical character; irregular; unlike the type
atypical
Not conforming to type; unusual or irregular.
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  1. Not conforming to type; unusual or irregular.
  2. Not typical; not characteristic; abnormal
  3. Unusual or irregular.
deviant
Differing from a norm or from the accepted standards of a society.
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  1. Differing from a norm or from the accepted standards of a society.
  2. Of or pertaining to a deviation; characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.
  3. Deviating, esp. from what is considered normal in a group or for a society
irregular
Of uneven rate, occurrence, or duration:
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  1. Of uneven rate, occurrence, or duration:
  2. (Grammar) Departing from the usual pattern of inflection, derivation, or word formation, as the present forms of the verb be or the plural noun children.
  3. Not straight, uniform, or symmetrical:
preternatural
Transcending the natural or material order; supernatural.
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  1. Transcending the natural or material order; supernatural.
  2. Differing from or beyond what is normally found in or expected from nature; abnormal
  3. Surpassing what is normal or usual; extraordinary:
unnatural
Contrary to, or at variance with, nature; abnormal; strange
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  1. Contrary to, or at variance with, nature; abnormal; strange
  2. Characterized by a lack of the emotions, attitudes, or behavior regarded as natural, normal, or right
  3. Not in accordance with what usually occurs in nature:
disparate
Containing or composed of dissimilar or opposing elements:
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  1. Containing or composed of dissimilar or opposing elements:
  2. Essentially not alike; distinct or different in kind; unequal
dissimilar
Unlike; different.
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  1. Unlike; different.
diverse
Made up of distinct characteristics, qualities, or elements:
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  1. Made up of distinct characteristics, qualities, or elements:
  2. Varied; diversified
  3. Different; dissimilar
unlike
Not like; dissimilar; diverse; having no resemblance.
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  1. Not like; dissimilar; diverse; having no resemblance.
  2. Unequal.
  3. Not alike; different:
variant
Having or exhibiting variation; varying:
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  1. Having or exhibiting variation; varying:
  2. Differing from others of the same kind or from a standard:
  3. Varying; different; esp., different in some way from others of the same kind or class, or from some standard or type
various
Several or many
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  1. Several or many
  2. Of diverse kinds:
  3. Unlike; different:
Find another word for divergent. In this page you can discover 26 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for divergent, like: different, diverging, deviating, conflicting, variant, centrifugal, different, aberrant, abnormal, anomalistic and anomalous.

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  • Two divergent views have been held as to the nature of the original hexapod stock.

  • It took the spouses five years to discover that their tastes were divergent and their tempers incompatible.

  • In external form and appearance the Hydrozoa exhibit such striking differences that there would seem at first sight to be little in common between the more divergent members of the group. Nevertheless there is no other class in the animal kingdom with better marked characteristics, or with more uniform morphological peculiarities underlying the utmost diversity of superficial characters.

  • With regard to the origin of this class two divergent views are still held.

  • It was here and now that divergent ideals as to the powers of the eldership really emerged.

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