aberrant

Meaning

Adj

1. Differing from the norm.
2. (figuratively, sometimes) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.
3. Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.

Noun

1. A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
2. A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.

Opposite of

normal, regular, true, conspicuous, different, egregious, exceptional, historic, interesting, memorable, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, remarkable, special, strange, unique, correct, right, straight, bad, dishonest, immodest, immoral, incontinent, indecent, obscene, reprehensible, risque, shameless, unchaste, wicked, continuous

Synonyms

abnormal

deviant

irregular

anomalous

deviate

atypical

stray

devious

exceptional

crooked

cross grained

degenerate

deviated

deviating

digressive

dilly-dally

discrepant

distorted

eccentric

foolish

freak

freakish

insane

linger

loiter

lunatic

mad

meaningless

nonsensical

odd

perverse

perverted

rogue

rough

rugged

scraggly

senseless

silly

spotty

strange

uneven

variant

wacky

wander

wild

nuts

be dilatory

absurd

anomalistic

anomaly

Translations

aberrante

aberrant

afwijkend

aberrante

aberrante

anormal

aberrant

aberrant

anomal

anormal

afdwalend

anormal

aberrant

abnorm

abnormaal

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈbɛɹ.ənt/

Etymology

From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + errō (“to wander”). See aberr.