nnoun.persona person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behaviorSynset:degenerate deviant pervert
Derivationally Related Form:pervertdeviatedeviantdegenerate
Hypernyms:miscreant reprobate
Inherited Hypernyms:pervertreprobatewrongdoerbad personpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:pervertreprobatewrongdoerbad personpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:buggerchild molesterfetishistlechlecherletchmasochistnymphonymphomaniacpaederastpaedophilepederastpedophilesadistsadomasochistsatyrsodsodomistsodomite
Full Hyponyms:fetishistflagellantmasochistnymphomaniacpederastpedophilesadistsadomasochistsatyrsodomite
vverb.motionturn aside; turn away fromSynset:divert
Derivationally Related Form:deviationdiversion
Hypernyms:turn
Inherited Hypernyms:deviateturnmove
Direct Hyponyms:departdetourdigresssidetrackstraggleyaw
Full Troponyms:detourhuntsidetrackyaw
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.stativebe at variance with; be out of line withSynset:depart diverge vary
Antonyms:conform
Derivationally Related Form:deviatedivergentvariancevariantdeviantdeviationdeparturedivergencevariation
Hypernyms:differ
Inherited Hypernyms:deviatediffer
Direct Hyponyms:aberratebeliecontradictnegate
Full Troponyms:aberratecontradict
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
vverb.motioncause to turn away from a previous or expected courseExamples:- The river was deviated to prevent flooding
Derivationally Related Form:deviation
Hypernyms:divert
Inherited Hypernyms:deviatedivertsendmove
Direct Hyponyms:perturbshunt
Full Troponyms:perturbshunt
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adj satadj.allmarkedly different from an accepted normSynset:aberrant deviant
Examples:- aberrant behavior
- deviant ideas
Antonyms:normal
Derivationally Related Form:aberrancydeviateaberrantdeviantaberrancedeviance
Inherited Hypernyms:aberrant
Similar to:abnormal unnatural