'Deviate' definitions:
Definition of 'deviate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas" [syn: aberrant, deviant, deviate]
noun
A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior [syn: pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate]
verb
Turn aside; turn away from [syn: deviate, divert]
verb
verb
Cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding"
Definition of 'Deviate'
From: GCIDE
- Deviate \De"vi*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deviated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deviating.] [L. deviare to deviate; de + viare to go, travel, via way. See Viaduct.] To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary. [1913 Webster]
- Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, May boldly deviate from the common track. --Pope.
- Syn: To swerve; stray; wander; digress; depart; deflect; err. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Deviate'
From: GCIDE
- Deviate \De"vi*ate\, v. t. To cause to deviate. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- To deviate a needle. --J. D. Forbes. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'deviate'
From: GCIDE
- deviate \de"vi*ate\ (d[=e]"v[-e]*[i^]t), n. a person having behavior differing from that which is normal or socially acceptable; -- used especially to characterize persons whose sexual behavior is considered morally unacceptable.
- Syn: deviant. [PJC]
Definition of 'deviate'
From: GCIDE
- deviate \de"vi*ate\ (d[=e]"v[-e]*[i^]t), a. having behavior differing from that which is normal or expected, especially in an undesirable or socially disapproved manner; as, deviate behavior.
- Syn: deviant. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'deviate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alter,
- ameliorate,
- angle,
- angle off,
- be changed,
- be converted into,
- be distinct,
- be distinguished,
- be in error,
- be mistaken,
- be renewed,
- be wrong,
- bear off,
- bend,
- bias,
- bottom out,
- branch off,
- break,
- bypass,
- change,
- change the bearing,
- checker,
- chop,
- chop and change,
- clash with,
- come about,
- come around,
- come round,
- conflict with,
- contrast with,
- crook,
- curve,
- deflect,
- degenerate,
- depart,
- depart from,
- deteriorate,
- detour,
- deviant,
- deviate from,
- differ,
- diffract,
- diffuse,
- digress,
- disaccord with,
- disagree with,
- disperse,
- distort,
- divagate,
- divaricate,
- divaricate from,
- diverge,
- diverge from,
- diversify,
- divert,
- dogleg,
- drift,
- err,
- excurse,
- fall into error,
- flop,
- get sidetracked,
- go amiss,
- go around,
- go astray,
- go awry,
- go round about,
- go wrong,
- hairpin,
- haul around,
- heel,
- improve,
- jar with,
- jibe,
- lapse,
- make a detour,
- maunder,
- meliorate,
- misbelieve,
- miscalculate,
- mitigate,
- modulate,
- mutate,
- not accord with,
- not square with,
- oblique,
- pervert,
- pull,
- ramble,
- refract,
- revive,
- scatter,
- serve Mammon,
- sex criminal,
- sex fiend,
- sexual deviant,
- sexual deviate,
- sexual pervert,
- sexual psychopath,
- sheer,
- shift,
- skew,
- slip,
- slip up,
- slue,
- stand apart,
- stand over against,
- stray,
- stumble,
- sway,
- swerve,
- tack,
- take a turn,
- trend,
- trip,
- turn,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn into,
- turn the corner,
- twist,
- undergo a change,
- vary,
- veer,
- wander,
- warp,
- worsen,
- zigzag