English Explanatory Dictionary

aberrant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Differing from the norm.
  2. Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.
  3. Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
noun
  1. A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
  2. A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.

Pronunciation

/əˈbɛɹ.ənt/ /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aberrant.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aberrant2.wav en-ca-aberrant.ogg /əˈbeɹ.ənt/

Word forms

aberrant more aberrant most aberrant aberrants

Etymology

From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + errō (“to wander”). See aberr.

Synonyms

abnormal exceptional unusual aberrant alien anomalous as queer as Dick's hatband bizarre booky curious deviant discrepant eerie eldritch errant extraordinary fey forby freak freakish freaky fremd funny heteroclite hinky incongruous incongruitous irregular kooky monstrous 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 queer as Dick's hatband rare rum rummy selcouth seld singular strange trippy uncanny uncommon uncouth unconventional unearthly unexpected unreasonable unwonted weird

Antonyms

normal regular true average medial basic bog-standard common commonplace common-and-garden common-or-garden congruent consistent conventional customary everyday expected garden variety improminent mundane natural ordinary par for the course plain plain vanilla quotidian routine run-of-the-mill standard standard issue typical unexceptional unremarkable unstrange usual vulgar wakeaday workaday correct right straight chaste continent delicate decent decorous desertful deserving dutiful duteous good honest innocent meritorious modest moral noble right-minded righteous uprighteous

Derived words

aberrance aberrancy aberrant conduction aberrantly aberrant salience aberration aberrational nonaberrant unaberrant
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