Antonyms for deviate
ˈdi viˌeɪt; -ɪtde·vi·ate

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1. deviateverb

   Synonyms:
   veer, wander, stray, swerve

2. deviateverb

   A person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert.

   He's deviating from the course. Follow him!

   Synonyms:
   veer, stray, swerve, wander

3. deviateverb

   To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.

   His exhibition of nude paintings deviated from local censorship norms.

   Synonyms:
   swerve, wander, stray, veer

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1. deviate

   In some cases a thing is spoken of as bent where the parts make an angle; but oftener to bend is understood to be to draw to or through a curve; as, to bend a bow. To submit or yield is to bend the mind humbly to another's wishes. To incline or influence is to bend another's wishes toward our own; to persuade is to draw them quite over. To warp is to bend silently through the whole fiber, as a board in the sun. To crook is to bend irregularly, as a crooked stick. Deflect, deviate, and diverge are said of any turning away; deviate commonly of a slight and gradual movement, diverge of a more sharp and decided one. To bias is to cut across the texture, or incline to one side; in figurative use always with an unfavorable import. Mold is a stronger work than bend; we may bend by a superior force that which still resists the constraint; as, a bent bow; we mold something plastic entirely to some desired form.

   Synonyms:
   bend, bias, bow, crook, curve, deflect, diverge, incline, influence, mold, persuade, stoop, submit, turn, twine, twist, warp, yield

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. deviate

   Antonyms:
   continue, advance

   Synonyms:
   digress, wander, swerve, deflect, err, sway, depart, divaricate, diverge

Matched Categories

1. • Differ
   • Divert
   • Turn

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1. pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerateadjective

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

   Antonyms:
   normal, conform

   Synonyms:
   deviant, pervert, degenerate

2. aberrant, deviant, deviateverb

   markedly different from an accepted norm

   "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas"

   Antonyms:
   normal, conform

   Synonyms:
   deviant, aberrant

3. deviate, divertverb

   turn aside; turn away from

   Antonyms:
   normal, conform

   Synonyms:
   vary, diverge, divert, disport, hive off, amuse, depart

4. deviate, vary, diverge, departverb

   be at variance with; be out of line with

   Antonyms:
   normal, conform

   Synonyms:
   go, alter, quit, variegate, motley, sidetrack, divert, take leave, go away, start out, take off, vary, change, part, start, set off, digress, depart, pull up stakes, straggle, set forth, leave, set out, diverge

5. deviateverb

   cause to turn away from a previous or expected course

   "The river was deviated to prevent flooding"

   Antonyms:
   normal, conform

   Synonyms:
   divert, vary, depart, diverge

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1. deviateverb

   Antonyms:
   continue

   Synonyms:
   swerve, deflect, digress, stray, wander, diverge

How to use deviate in a sentence?

1. Kim Catechis:

   A stabilization of oil production would inject confidence in the company's prospects, as would the announcement of any new oil field discovery, if the company continues to demonstrate a willingness to trim its debt and the government doesn't deviate from its plan.

2. Tom Aikens:

   There are so many variations of mac and cheese you can have -- mustard or no mustard, different toppings you can put on. But I don't like to deviate too far from the original because once you start adding too much, you take away the plainness of a mac and cheese in white sauce, i like to keep it as simple and true as possible.

3. Yogi Adityanath:

   The prime minister feels that we should not deviate from our agenda of economic reforms and development.

4. Trade Minister Simon Birmingham:

   We will not deviate from those policy positions under any threat of economic coercion or anything else, the least the world can expect is a transparent inquiry into the causes of COVID-19 so that we can understand how best to prevent a repeat episode any time in the future. We would hope that China, like any other country around the world, would see the merits in understanding how the world can be better prepared in the future.

5. Michael Schmidt:

   We made a minor change to the story shortly after it went online that said the investigation was in connection with her email use, it didn't really deviate our story much from where we were before.

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