deviate - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

Synonyms

• degenerate
• deviant
• deviate
• pervert

More generic

• miscreant
• reprobate

More specific

• bugger
• child molester
• fetishist
• lech
• lecher
• letch
• masochist
• nympho
• nymphomaniac
• paederast
• paedophile
• pederast
• pedophile
• sadist
• sadomasochist
• satyr
• sod
• sodomist
• sodomite

Verb

turn aside; turn away from

Synonyms

• deviate
• divert

More generic

• turn

More specific

• depart
• detour
• digress
• sidetrack
• straggle
• yaw

Verb

cause to turn away from a previous or expected course

Synonyms

• deviate

More generic

• divert

More specific

• perturb
• shunt

Verb

be at variance with; be out of line with

Synonyms

• depart
• deviate
• diverge
• vary

More generic

• differ

Opposite / Antonyms

• conform

More specific

• aberrate
• belie
• contradict
• negate

Adjective

markedly different from an accepted norm

Synonyms

• aberrant
• deviant
• deviate

Related

• abnormal
• unnatural

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