deviate as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
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as an adjective: - 1
deviate
noun
1 deviate
A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior.
synonyms: degenerate, deviant, pervert.
Dutch: afvallige, perverseling, afwijkeling, abnormaal, afwijkend, dégeneré, gedegenereerde
Polish: zboczeniec, dewiant, dewiat
verb
1 deviate
Turn aside; turn away from.
synonym: divert.
Roget 245:
be curved,
etc.
adj.;
curve,
sweep,
sway,
swag,
sag;
deviate
etc.
279;
curl,
turn;
reenter.
render curved
etc.
adj.;
flex,
bend,
curve,
incurvate†;
inflect;
deflect,
scatter [Phys.];
refract
(light)
420;
crook;
turn,
round,
arch,
arcuate,
arch over,
concamerate†;
bow,
curl,
recurve,
frizzle.
rotundity
etc.
249;
convexity
etc.
250.
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Roget 279:
alter one's course,
deviate,
depart from,
turn,
trend;
bend,
curve
etc.
245;
swerve,
heel,
bear off;
gybe†,
wear.
intervert†;
deflect;
divert,
divert from its course;
put on a new scent,
shift,
shunt,
draw aside,
crook,
warp.
stray,
straggle;
sidle;
diverge
etc.
291;
tralineate†;
digress,
wander;
wind,
twist,
meander;
veer,
tack;
divagate;
sidetrack;
turn aside,
turn a corner,
turn away from;
wheel,
steer clear of;
ramble,
rove,
drift;
go astray,
go adrift;
yaw,
dodge;
step aside,
ease off,
make way for,
shy.
fly off at a tangent;
glance off;
wheel about,
face about;
turn to the right about,
face to the right about;
waddle
etc.
(oscillate)
314;
go out of one's way
etc.
(perform a circuit)
629;
lose one's way.
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2 deviate
Be at variance with; be out of line with.
synonyms: depart, diverge, vary.
Roget 20a:
vary
etc.
(change)
140;
deviate
etc.
279;
diverge
etc.
291;
alternate,
swerve.
Roget 140:
change,
alter,
vary,
wax and wane;
modulate,
diversify,
qualify,
tamper with;
turn,
shift,
veer,
tack,
chop,
shuffle,
swerve,
warp,
deviate,
turn aside,
evert,
intervert†;
pass to,
take a turn,
turn the corner,
resume.
work a change,
modify,
vamp,
superinduce;
transform,
transfigure,
transmute,
transmogrify,
transume†;
metamorphose,
ring the changes.
innovate,
introduce new blood,
shuffle the cards;
give a turn to,
give a color to;
influence,
turn the scale;
shift the scene,
turn over a new leaf.
recast
etc.
146;
reverse
etc.
218;
disturb
etc.
61;
convert into
etc.
144.
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Roget 291:
diverge,
divaricate,
radiate;
ramify;
branch off,
glance off,
file off;
fly off,
fly off at a tangent;
spread,
scatter,
disperse
etc.
73;
deviate
etc.
279;
part
etc.
(separate)
44.
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Dutch: afwijken
3 deviate
Cause to turn away from a previous or expected course.
Dutch: afwijken
adjective
1 deviate
Markedly different from an accepted norm.
synonyms: aberrant, deviant.
Polish: dewiacyjny
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deviating
adjective
Roget 279:
deviating
etc.
v.;
aberrant,
errant;
excursive,
discursive;
devious,
desultory,
loose;
rambling;
stray,
erratic,
vagrant,
undirected,
circuitous,
indirect,
zigzag;
crab-like.
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