'Deviating' definitions:
Definition of 'Deviating'
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]
Synonyms of 'deviating'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrant,
- aberrative,
- ambagious,
- assorted,
- at odds,
- at variance,
- backhanded,
- capricious,
- changeable,
- changing,
- choppy,
- circuitous,
- circular,
- contrary,
- contrasted,
- contrasting,
- departing,
- desultory,
- deviant,
- deviative,
- deviatory,
- devious,
- different,
- differentiated,
- differing,
- digressive,
- disaccordant,
- disagreeing,
- discordant,
- discrepant,
- discrete,
- discriminated,
- discursive,
- disjoined,
- disorderly,
- disparate,
- dissimilar,
- dissonant,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- divaricate,
- divergent,
- diverging,
- divers,
- diverse,
- diversified,
- diversiform,
- erose,
- errant,
- erratic,
- excursive,
- helical,
- heterogeneous,
- impulsive,
- in disagreement,
- inaccordant,
- incompatible,
- incongruous,
- inconsistent,
- inconsonant,
- inconstant,
- indirect,
- inharmonious,
- irreconcilable,
- irregular,
- jagged,
- jerky,
- labyrinthine,
- many,
- mazy,
- meandering,
- mercurial,
- motley,
- multifarious,
- mutable,
- nonconformist,
- nonstandard,
- nonuniform,
- O-shaped,
- oblique,
- orbital,
- out-of-the-way,
- planetary,
- pluralistic,
- poles apart,
- poles asunder,
- ragged,
- rambling,
- rotary,
- rough,
- round,
- roundabout,
- roving,
- separate,
- separated,
- serpentine,
- several,
- shifting,
- snaky,
- spasmodic,
- spiral,
- sporadic,
- stray,
- swerving,
- turning,
- twisting,
- unconformable,
- undirected,
- unequable,
- unequal,
- uneven,
- unlike,
- unorthodox,
- unstable,
- unsteady,
- unsystematic,
- ununiform,
- vagrant,
- variable,
- variant,
- varied,
- variegated,
- variform,
- various,
- varying,
- veering,
- wandering,
- wavering,
- widely apart,
- winding,
- worlds apart,
- zigzag