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Deviative

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Deviative

Compared: Among its synonyms — "aberrant", "abnormal", "abroad" — "deviative" is typically the broadest and most versatile in the sense of "tending to deviate". The alternatives carry stronger connotations: choose them when that extra weight is intentional.

Tone: "Deviative" sits comfortably in both formal and informal writing. There are no strong register constraints; choose it when it fits the meaning rather than for stylistic effect.

Synonyms for "deviative" (224 found)

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Closest matches (45)

aberrant abnormal abroad adrift aimless amiss amorphous anomalous askew assorted astray asymmetric asymmetricalat faultat oddsat varianceawry backhanded bent broken

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by the waycapricious catchy changeable choppy circuitous circular cockeyed contrary corrupt crank cranky crazy crooked crotchety crumpled crunched deceptive defective delusive desultory deviating devious different differing

Strong matches (67)

digressive disaccordant disagreeing disconnected discontinuous discordant discrepant discrete discursive disorderly disparate dissimilar dissonant distinct distinguished distorted divaricate divergent divers diverse

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diversified dotty eccentric episodic errant erratic erroneous exceptional excursive fallacious false faulty fey fitful flaky flawed flickering fluctuating formless freakish funny halting helical heretical heterodox heterogeneous idiosyncratic illogical illusory impulsive inaccordant incompatible incongruous inconsistent inconsonant inconstant indirect inharmonious intermittent irreconcilable irregular jagged jerky kinky kooky labyrinthineleft handed

Related words (112)

loose lopsided lurching maggoty many mazy meandering mercurial motley multifarious mutable nonconformist nonuniformnot rightnot truenutty oblique odd oddball off

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one sidedorbital outout-of-the-waypatchy peccant peculiar perverse perverted planetary pluralisticpoles apartpreternatural queer quirky ragged rambling rotary rough round roundabout roving scrappy screwball screwy self-contradictory separate separated serpentine several shapeless shifting side sidelong singular sinister sinistral snaky spasmodic spastic spiral sporadic spotty sprung staggering strange stray straying subnormal swerving tortuous turning twisted twisting uncertain unconventional undirected unequal uneven unfactual unlike unmethodical unnatural unorthodox unproved unrhythmical unsettled unstable unsteady unsymmetrical unsystematic untrue vagrant variable variant varied variegated variform various varying veering wacky wandering warped wavering whimsical wide winding wobblyworlds apartwrong zigzag

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