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Deviate

🔄 Synonyms of "Deviate"

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
degenerateverb	(of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
pervertverb	A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.
deflectverb	(transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
departverb	(intransitive) To leave.
divertverb	(transitive) To turn aside from a course.
divergeverb	(intransitive, figuratively, of interests, opinions, or anything else) To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
varyverb	(intransitive) Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.
deviantnoun	A person who deviates, especially from norms of social behavior.

↔️ Antonyms of "Deviate"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
conformverb	(transitive, intransitive) To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Deviate"

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Word	Definition
deviantnoun	A person who deviates, especially from norms of social behavior.
pervertverb	A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.
degenerateverb	(of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
divertverb	(transitive) To turn aside from a course.
deflectverb	(transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
divergeverb	(intransitive, figuratively, of interests, opinions, or anything else) To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
departverb	(intransitive) To leave.
varyverb	(intransitive) Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.
errverb	(intransitive, formal) To make a mistake.
distractverb	(transitive) To divert the attention of.
differverb	(intransitive) Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
derogateverb	(transitive) To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle.
deferverb	(transitive) To delay or postpone.
circumventverb	(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
strayverb	(intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
resignverb	(transitive or intransitive) To voluntarily leave (a job or position), in particular a hard-fought position of high status.
abscondverb	(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
justifyverb	(transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
giveverb	(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
bypassverb	To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass.