aberrant
Syllables: ab·er·rant/əˈbɛɹ.ənt/US/əˈbɛɹ.ənt/
aberrant adjective: differing from the norm.
Adjective
aberrant (comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant)
- Differing from the norm.
- Synonyms:
- abnormal, exceptional, unusual, alien, anomalous, as queer as Dick's hatband, bizarre, booky, curious, deviant
- Antonyms:
- normal, regular, true, average, medial, basic, bog-standard, common, commonplace, common-and-garden
- Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.
- Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
- The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of the Species
- Antonyms:
- continuous
Noun
aberrant (plural aberrants)
- A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
- A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.
- Also I think other birders realise you are struggling a bit when you start talking about aberrants[.]1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 87
- Synonyms:
- deviant
aberrant meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
aberrant in Tamil
- பிறழக்கூடிய, வழிவிலகும், சுற்றித்திரிகிற, நெறி திறம்பிய, இயல்புக்கு மாறுபடுகிற
aberrant in Urdu
- گمراہ, کج رو
aberrant in Bengali
- স্বাভাবিক, গ্রহণযোগ্য মান থেকে বিচ্যুত
aberrant in Malayalam
- വ്യതിചലിച്ച, വിലക്ഷണമായ, ക്രമവിരുദ്ധമായ, വഴിതെറ്റിയ, പതിവില്ലാത്ത, അംഗീകരിക്കാനാവാത്ത
More languagesFewer languages
- aberrant in Kannada
- ನೀತಿಗೆಟ್ಟ, ದಾರಿಬಿಟ್ಟ
- aberrant in Arabic
- شاذّ šāḏḏ, ضالّ ḍāll, زائِغ zāʔiḡ
- aberrant in Malay
- menyimpang
- aberrant in Indonesian
- menyimpang
- aberrant in Persian
- گمراه gomrâh, ابیراه abirāh
- aberrant in Vietnamese
- lầm lạc, khác thường
Synonyms of aberrant
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- eerie
- eldritch
- errant
- extraordinary
- fey
- forby
- freak
- freakish
- freaky
- funny
- heteroclite
- hinky
- incongruous
- incongruitous
- irregular
- kooky
- nonstandard
- odd
- outlandish
- out of the ordinary
- outré
- peculiar
- quaint
- queer
- queer as a clockwork orange
- queer as a nine bob note
- queer as a three dollar bill
- queer as a coot
- rare
- selcouth
Antonyms
10 more antonymsFewer antonyms
Forms of aberrant
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more aberrant |
| superlative | most aberrant |
| Noun | |
| plural | aberrants |
Origin of aberrant
From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + errō (“to wander”). See aberr.
Words formed from aberrant
Phrases with aberrant
Questions about aberrant
- What does aberrant mean?
- Aberrant means differing from the norm.
- What is aberrant in Tamil?
- Aberrant in Tamil is பிறழக்கூடிய, வழிவிலகும், சுற்றித்திரிகிற. See Aberrant meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is aberrant?
- Aberrant can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce aberrant?
- Aberrant is pronounced /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/ (UK).
Words near aberrant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aberrant (page history and authors); aberrant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aberrant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aberrant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aberrant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aberrant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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