DEVIATE

Pronunciation (US):

• DEVIATE (noun)
  The noun DEVIATE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DEVIATE used as a noun is very rare.

• DEVIATE (adjective)
  The adjective DEVIATE has 1 sense:

1. markedly different from an accepted norm

  Familiarity information: DEVIATE used as an adjective is very rare.

• DEVIATE (verb)
  The verb DEVIATE has 3 senses:

1. be at variance with; be out of line with
2. turn aside; turn away from
3. cause to turn away from a previous or expected course

  Familiarity information: DEVIATE used as a verb is uncommon.

• DEVIATE (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

degenerate; deviant; deviate; pervert

Hypernyms ("deviate" is a kind of...):

miscreant; reprobate (a person without moral scruples)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deviate"):

fetishist (one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature))

bugger; sod; sodomist; sodomite (someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male))

lech; lecher; letch; satyr (man with strong sexual desires)

sadomasochist (someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism)

sadist (someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others)

paedophile; pedophile (an adult who is sexually attracted to children)

child molester; paederast; pederast (a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner)

nympho; nymphomaniac (a woman with abnormal sexual desires)

masochist (someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment)

• DEVIATE (adjective)

Meaning:

Markedly different from an accepted norm

Synonyms:

aberrant; deviant; deviate

Context examples:

aberrant behavior / deviant ideas

Similar:

abnormal (not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm)

• DEVIATE (verb)

Meaning:

Be at variance with; be out of line with

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

deviate; vary; depart; diverge

Hypernyms (to "deviate" is one way to...):

differ (be different)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deviate"):

aberrate (diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration)

aberrate (diverge from the expected)

belie; contradict; negate (be in contradiction with)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Antonym:

conform (be similar, be in line with)

Meaning:

Turn aside; turn away from

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

divert; deviate

Hypernyms (to "deviate" is one way to...):

turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deviate"):

depart; digress; sidetrack; straggle (wander from a direct or straight course)

detour (travel via a detour)

yaw (deviate erratically from a set course)

Sentence frames:

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Meaning:

Cause to turn away from a previous or expected course

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The river was deviated to prevent flooding

Hypernyms (to "deviate" is one way to...):

divert (send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deviate"):

perturb (cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull)

perturb (disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom)

shunt (provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something