Synonyms for deviation
ˌdi viˈeɪ ʃənde·vi·a·tion

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1. deviation, divergence, departure, differencenoun

   a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

   "the deviation from the mean"

   Synonyms:
   deviance, passing, departure, remainder, exit, difference of opinion, difference, loss, leaving, divergence, deflexion, going, release, digression, disagreement, deflection, diversion, dispute, divagation, variance, expiration, going away, discrepancy, divergency, conflict

2. deviationnoun

   the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function

   Synonyms:
   deflection, divergence, digression, divagation, deviance, deflexion, diversion, departure, difference

3. deviationnoun

   the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances

   Synonyms:
   deflection, divergence, digression, divagation, deviance, deflexion, diversion, departure, difference

4. deviation, deviancenoun

   deviate behavior

   Synonyms:
   deflection, divergence, aberrancy, digression, divagation, deviance, deflexion, aberration, aberrance, diversion, departure, difference

5. diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagationnoun

   a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

   "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"

   Synonyms:
   diversionary attack, warp, departure, excursion, difference, parenthesis, excursus, deflexion, deviance, bending, digression, deflection, refraction, diversion, divagation, aside, divergence, recreation

Matched Categories

1. • Abnormality
   • Erroneousness
   • Statistic
   • Statistics
   • Turn
   • Variation

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1. deviationnoun

   Synonyms:
   divergence, departure, depression, divarication, turning, aberration

2. deviationnoun

   Synonyms:
   difference, variation, variance, change, alteration

3. deviationnoun

   Synonyms:
   error, offence, iniquity, sin

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1. deviationnoun

   Synonyms:
   swerving, deflection, digression, divergence

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1. List of paraphrases for "deviation":

   diversion, deflection, variance, gap, detour, derogation, deviance, deviations, departure, discrepancy, difference, divergence, drift, derailment, offset

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1. Michael Brunson:

   When we sing in stuffy offices and stuffy places, people eat it up because the world's gotten so corporate and PC, when you've got four guys in tuxedos walking around singing barbershop, it's such a deviation from the doldrums of proper business. There is a lighthearted irreverence to barbershop. We look at the way the world works and say, 'Everything's become so not fun, so let's make it fun again.'.

2. Nic Sam:

   I couldn’t have imagined a more beautiful deviation from the canon game content, i’m replaying the game along with watching the show, and after watching this episode, I just know I’m going to connect even more to Bill emotionally than I did on previous playthroughs.

3. Andrey Kuzyayev:

   We need to make up time we have lost, cycles in any economy are the norm, not deviation. There will be a slowdown but obviously there will be acceleration later.

4. Andy Warhol:

   Those who talk about individuality the most are the ones who most object to deviation, and in a few years it may be the other way around. Some day everybody will just think what they want to think, and then everybody will probably be thinking alike; that seems to be what is happening.

5. Minister Ashraf Rifi:

   Continuing (to be part of) this government has become an agreement to this deviation, or at least is a failure to confront it, so I present to you and to Prime Minister Tammam Salam my resignation.