Synonyms for Deviate:

adj.
• abnormal
- Heteroclite
- Heteromorphic
- extra-ordinary
- funnier
- grodier
- grodiest
- gross
- hetero clite
- hetero-clite
- more curious
- more deviate
- more heteroclite
- more heteromorphic
- more off base
- more off-base
- more offbase
- more spastic
- most deviate
- most heteroclite
- most heteromorphic
- most off base
- most off-base
- most offbase
- most spastic
- oddest
- off base
- off color
- offbase
- offcolor
- out line
- screwy
- un common
- un commoner
- un commonest
- un expected
- un natural
- un orthodox
- un usual
- un-common
- un-commoner
- un-commonest
- un-expected
- un-natural
- un-orthodox
- un-usual
• delirious
- Flipped
- be wildered
- be-wildered
- de ranged
- de-ranged
- dis arranged
- dis ordered
- dis-arranged
- dis-ordered
- in coherent
- in sane
- in saner
- in sanest
- in-coherent
- in-sane
- in-saner
- in-sanest
- more disarranged
- more flipped
- more maniac
- more maniacal
- most disarranged
- most flipped
- most maniac
- most manic
- off head
- off one head
- off ones head
- out head
- out of one head
- out of one skull
- out of one's skull
- out of ones head
- out of ones skull
- out of skull
- out one head
- out one skull
- out one's head
- out one's skull
- out ones head
- out ones skull
- out skull
- un hinged
- un reasonable
- un settled
- un-hinged
- un-reasonable
- un-settled
n.
- (the) scum of the earth
- creep
- horror
- know-all
- loudmouth
- public enemy number one
- public nuisance
- vermin
- yob
- approach
- correct
• pervert
- debauchees
- deviants
v.
• backslide
- falling from grace
- falls from grace
- fell from grace
- leave straight and narrow
- leave straight narrow
- leave the straight narrow
- leaved straight and narrow
- leaved straight narrow
- leaved the straight and narrow
- leaved the straight narrow
- leaves straight and narrow
- leaves straight narrow
- leaves the straight and narrow
- leaves the straight narrow
- leaving straight and narrow
- leaving straight narrow
- leaving the straight and narrow
- leaving the straight narrow
- left straight and narrow
- left straight narrow
- left the straight and narrow
- left the straight narrow
- re lapse
- re lapsed
- re lapses
- re lapsing
- re-lapse
- re-lapsed
- re-lapses
- re-lapsing
• change
- reform
- set
- transfigure
- transit
• curve
- Arcked
- Arcking
- convexes
- convexing
- in curve
- in curved
- in curves
- in curving
- in-curve
- in-curved
- in-curves
- in-curving
• depart
- de part
- de parted
- de parting
- de parts
- de sert
- de-part
- de-parted
- de-parting
- de-parts
- de-sert
- dis card
- dis carded
- dis carding
- dis cards
- dis sent
- dis sents
- dis-card
- dis-carded
- dis-carding
- dis-cards
- dis-sent
- dis-sents
- ex curse
- ex cursed
- ex curses
- ex cursing
- ex-curse
- ex-cursed
- ex-curses
- ex-cursing
- excursed
- excursing
- turns aside
• disagree
- am discordant
- are discordant
- being discordant
- dis agree
- dis agreed
- dis agreeing
- dis agrees
- dis cord
- dis corded
- dis cording
- dis cords
- dis harmonize
- dis harmonized
- dis harmonizes
- dis harmonizing
- dis-agree
- dis-agreed
- dis-agreeing
- dis-agrees
- dis-cord
- dis-corded
- dis-cording
- dis-cords
- dis-harmonize
- dis-harmonized
- dis-harmonizes
- dis-harmonizing
- disharmonized
- disharmonizes
- disharmonizing
- is discordant
- ran counter to
- running counter to
- runs counter to
- was discordant
- wast discordant
- were discordant
- wert discordant
• distort
- be lied
- be lying
- be-lied
- be-lying
- co loring
- co-loring
- de cline
- de clines
- de-cline
- de-clines
- dis figure
- dis figured
- dis figures
- dis figuring
- dis tort
- dis torts
- dis-figure
- dis-figured
- dis-figures
- dis-figuring
- dis-tort
- dis-torts
- made out like
- makes out like
- making out like
- mis construe
- mis construed
- mis construes
- mis construing
- mis interpret
- mis interpreted
- mis interpreting
- mis interprets
- mis represent
- mis represented
- mis representing
- mis represents
- mis shape
- mis shaped
- mis shapen
- mis shapes
- mis shaping
- mis-construe
- mis-construed
- mis-construes
- mis-construing
- mis-interpret
- mis-interpreted
- mis-interpreting
- mis-interprets
- mis-represent
- mis-represented
- mis-representing
- mis-represents
- mis-shape
- mis-shaped
- mis-shapes
- mis-shaping
- phonied up
- phonies up
- phonying up
- puts one on
- trumping up
- trumps up
• diverge
- bi furcate
- bi furcated
- bi furcates
- bi furcating
- bi-furcate
- bi-furcated
- bi-furcates
- bi-furcating
- dis approve
- dis approved
- dis approves
- dis approving
- dis-approve
- dis-approved
- dis-approves
- dis-approving
- divaricates
• err
- am error
- am in error
- are error
- are in error
- are inaccurate
- are incorrect
- art in error
- art inaccurate
- art incorrect
- art mistaken
- be error
- being error
- being in error
- being inaccurate
- being incorrect
- being mistaken
- bollixes
- boo booed
- boo booing
- boo-booed
- boo-booing
- boobooed
- boobooing
- drop ball
- dropped ball
- dropping ball
- drops ball
- drops the ball
- dropt ball
- dropt the ball
- flubbing
- is error
- is in error
- is inaccurate
- is incorrect
- is mistaken
- made a mess of
- made mess of
- make mess of
- makes a mess of
- makes mess of
- making a mess of
- making mess of
- mis apprehend
- mis apprehended
- mis apprehending
- mis apprehends
- mis calculate
- mis calculated
- mis calculates
- mis calculating
- mis judged
- mis judges
- mis judging
- mis-apprehend
- mis-apprehended
- mis-apprehending
- mis-apprehends
- mis-calculate
- mis-calculated
- mis-calculates
- mis-calculating
- mis-judged
- mis-judges
- mis-judging
- slipt up
- snafuing
- snarling up
- snarls up
- was error
- was in error
- was inaccurate
- was incorrect
- wast error
- wast in error
- wast inaccurate
- wast incorrect
- wast mistaken
- went wrong
- were error
- were in error
- were inaccurate
- were incorrect
- were mistaken
- wert error
- wert in error
- wert inaccurate
- wert incorrect
- wert mistaken
• incline
- in cline
- in clines
- in-cline
- in-clines
- re cline
- re clines
- re-cline
- re-clines
• misbehave
- am at fault
- am bad
- am dissolute
- am fault
- am guilty
- am immoral
- am out line
- am out of line
- am out of order
- am out order
- am reprehensible
- are at fault
- are bad
- are dissolute
- are fault
- are guilty
- are immoral
- are indecorous
- are insubordinate
- are out line
- are out of line
- are out of order
- are out order
- are reprehensible
- art at fault
- art bad
- art fault
- art guilty
- art immoral
- art indecorous
- art insubordinate
- art mischievous
- art out line
- art out of line
- art out of order
- art out order
- art reprehensible
- be fault
- be out line
- be out order
- being at fault
- being bad
- being dissolute
- being fault
- being guilty
- being immoral
- being indecorous
- being insubordinate
- being mischievous
- being out line
- being out of line
- being out of order
- being out order
- bend law
- bended law
- bended the law
- bending law
- bending the law
- bends law
- bends the law
- bent law
- bent the law
- did evil
- didst evil
- didst wrong
- does evil
- doest evil
- doest wrong
- doeth evil
- doeth wrong
- doing evil
- dost evil
- dost wrong
- doth evil
- doth wrong
- gat in to mischief
- gat into mischief
- get in to mischief
- gets in to mischief
- gets into mischief
- getting in to mischief
- getting into mischief
- got in to mischief
- got into mischief
- gotten in to mischief
- gotten into mischief
- is at fault
- is bad
- is dissolute
- is fault
- is guilty
- is immoral
- is indecorous
- is insubordinate
- is mischievous
- is out line
- is out of line
- is out of order
- is out order
- is reprehensible
- made trouble
- makes trouble
- making trouble
- mis behave
- mis behaved
- mis behaves
- mis behaving
- mis conduct
- mis conducted
- mis conducting
- mis conducts
- mis-behave
- mis-behaved
- mis-behaves
- mis-behaving
- mis-conduct
- mis-conducted
- mis-conducting
- mis-conducts
- roughhoused
- sowed wild oats
- sowing wild oats
- sows wild oats
- take wrong turn
- takes a wrong turn
- takes wrong turn
- taking a wrong turn
- taking wrong turn
- took a wrong turn
- took wrong turn
- was at fault
- was bad
- was dissolute
- was fault
- was guilty
- was immoral
- was indecorous
- was insubordinate
- was mischievous
- was out line
- was out of line
- was out of order
- was out order
- was reprehensible
- wast at fault
- wast bad
- wast dissolute
- wast fault
- wast guilty
- wast immoral
- wast indecorous
- wast insubordinate
- wast mischievous
- wast out line
- wast out of line
- wast out of order
- wast out order
- wast reprehensible
- were at fault
- were bad
- were dissolute
- were fault
- were guilty
- were immoral
- were indecorous
- were insubordinate
- were mischievous
- were out line
- were out of line
- were out of order
- were out order
- were reprehensible
- wert at fault
- wert bad
- wert dissolute
- wert fault
- wert guilty
- wert immoral
- wert indecorous
- wert insubordinate
- wert mischievous
- wert out line
- wert out of line
- wert out of order
- wert out order
- wert reprehensible
• motion
- deviate
Other synonyms:

•

begin
branch out
break with
change direction/course
change over
give something a try
sample
strike out
try your hand at something
turn your hand to something

•

avert

•

pivot

•

sex-

Other relevant words:

• change

vary

• contrast

• curve

• deflect

• depart

• disagree

• diverge

• err

• misbehave

• vary

• wander

• wind

• yaw

unsteadied

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Independent
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  differ, vary.
- Verb, base form
  bypass, circumvent, deflect, depart, derail, detract, differ, distract, diverge, divert, leave, stray, vary, veer.
Other Related
- Verb, base form
  derogate.

What are the hypernyms for Deviate?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

hypernyms for deviate (as verbs)
- motion
  depart, yaw, straggle, shunt, sidetrack, perturb, digress, detour.

What are the hyponyms for Deviate?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

hyponyms for deviate (as verbs)
- motion
  divert, turn.

What are the opposite words for deviate?

The word "deviate" means to depart from a standard or expected course of action, thought, or behavior. Antonyms of deviate include conform, comply, abide by, stick to, follow, observe and maintain. Conform means to adhere to expected or set standards or behavior. Comply means to adhere to rules, regulations, or orders. Abide by means to obey, accept, or adhere to a rule, decision or guidance. Stick to means to adhere firmly or persistently to a decision or purpose. Follow means to go after or come after as a result. Observe means to conform to rules or customs. Maintain means to keep up or carry on.

What are the antonyms for Deviate?

adj.
• noun
- archetypal
- average
- characteristic
- common
- commonplace
- customary
- everyday
- natural
- ordinary
- regular
- representative
- routine
- run-of-the-mill
- run-of-the-mine
- standard
- typical
- unexceptional
- unremarkable
- usual
- wonted
- workaday
v.
• agree, complement
- correspond
• coincide
- Concerting
- Tallied
- am concurrent
- am same
- am the same
- are concurrent
- are same
- are the same
- art concurrent
- art same
- art the same
- be concurrent
- be fall
- be fallen
- be falling
- be falls
- be fell
- be same
- be the same
- be-fall
- be-fallen
- be-falling
- be-falls
- be-fell
- being concurrent
- being same
- being the same
- eventuate
- identify
- is concurrent
- is same
- is the same
- occur simultaneously
- occurred simultaneously
- occurring simultaneously
- occurs simultaneously
- sync
- synced
- syncing
- syncs
- was concurrent
- was same
- was the same
- wast concurrent
- wast same
- wast the same
- were concurrent
- were same
- were the same
- wert concurrent
- wert same
- wert the same
• correspond
- am consistent
- am identical to
- am similar to
- are consistent
- are identical to
- are similar to
- art consistent
- art identical to
- art similar to
- be consistent
- be identical to
- be similar to
- being consistent
- being identical to
- being similar to
- is consistent
- is identical to
- is similar to
- lip sync
- lip synced
- lip syncing
- lip syncs
- partake of
- partaking of
- partook of
- was consistent
- was identical to
- was similar to
- wast consistent
- wast identical to
- wast similar to
- were consistent
- were identical to
- were similar to
- wert consistent
- wert identical to
- wert similar to
• go along with; coexist
- coincide
• look or be like
- resemble
• resemble
- am the very picture of
- am very picture of
- appear like
- appeared like
- appearing like
- appears like
- are the very picture of
- are very picture of
- art the very picture of
- art very picture of
- bare resemblance to
- be the very picture of
- be very picture of
- bear resemblance to
- beared resemblance to
- bearing resemblance to
- bears resemblance to
- being the very picture of
- being very picture of
- bore resemblance to
- bring mind
- bring to mind
- bringing mind
- bringing to mind
- brings mind
- brings to mind
- brought mind
- brought to mind
- came close to
- came near
- come close to
- come near
- comes close to
- comes near
- coming close to
- coming near
- correspond to
- corresponded to
- corresponding to
- corresponds to
- had earmarks of
- had signs of
- haddest earmarks of
- haddest signs of
- hadst earmarks of
- hadst signs of
- has earmarks of
- has signs of
- hast earmarks of
- hast signs of
- hath earmarks of
- hath signs of
- have earmarks of
- have signs of
- having earmarks of
- having signs of
- is the very picture of
- is very picture of
- pass for
- passed for
- passes for
- passing for
- re late
- re-lated
- remind of
- remind one of
- reminded of
- reminded one of
- reminding of
- reminding one of
- reminds of
- reminds one of
- seem like
- seemed like
- seeming like
- seems like
- smack of
- smacked of
- smacking of
- smacks of
- sound like
- sounded like
- sounding like
- sounds like
- was the very picture of
- was very picture of
- wast the very picture of
- wast very picture of
- were the very picture of
- were very picture of
- wert the very picture of
- wert very picture of
• stray from normal path
- agree
- go straight
- keep
- stay
- straighten
Other relevant words:

normal

Usage examples for Deviate

Instead of beginning this history of the Americans by generalities, I should wish to conclude the work by such results; but it may frequently be needful to deviate from this plan, and present results as they happen to arise from the facts and events.

"The American Nations, Vol. I."

C. S. Rafinesque

The path before me is direct and plain; ought I to deviate?

"Anna St. Ives"

Thomas Holcroft

Did they ever deviate?

"Anna St. Ives"

Thomas Holcroft

Famous quotes with Deviate

Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers.

Franz Boas
I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it.

Taylor Caldwell
I think everyone has a certain kind of formula in their life. When you deviate from that formula, you're going to fail big or you're gonna win big.

Sylvester Stallone
Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause, without obtaining it, than obtain, without deserving it; if it follow them, it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it. With inferior minds the reverse is observable.

Charles Caleb Colton
Somedays the line I walk turns out to be straight - Other days the line tends to deviate.

Ani DiFranco

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adj.

n.

v.

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