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

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Wiktionary1.3 / 3 votes

  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

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  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 Antonyms3.0 / 3 votes

  1. deviate

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

    Antonyms:
    continue, advance

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerateadjective

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

    Synonyms:
    deviant, pervert, degenerate

    Antonyms:
    normal, conform

  2. aberrant, deviant, deviateverb

    markedly different from an accepted norm

    "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas"

    Synonyms:
    deviant, aberrant

    Antonyms:
    normal, conform

  3. deviate, divertverb

    turn aside; turn away from

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

    Antonyms:
    normal, conform

  4. deviate, vary, diverge, departverb

    be at variance with; be out of line with

    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

    Antonyms:
    normal, conform

  5. deviateverb

    cause to turn away from a previous or expected course

    "The river was deviated to prevent flooding"

    Synonyms:
    divert, vary, depart, diverge

    Antonyms:
    normal, conform

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. deviateverb

    Synonyms:
    digress, diverge, deflect, veer, tack, wheel, turn aside, alter one's course, wheel about

  2. deviateverb

    Synonyms:
    err, stray, swerve, wander, go astray, go out of one's way, lose one's way

  3. deviateverb

    Synonyms:
    turn aside, cause to deviate

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. deviateverb

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

    Antonyms:
    continue

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "deviate":

    depart, derogate, diverge, differ, divert, deflect

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How to use deviate in a sentence?

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Michael Schmidt:

    It didn't really deviate our story much from where we were before.

  5. Kimara Martinez:

    We use establish protocol put forth by the American Animal Hospital Association, so when we have to deviate from those [guidelines] I don’t want to have to second guess the drug’s effects.


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