Aberrant

Quick meaning: Aberrant is an adjective meaning Differing from the norm.

Meaning

Differing from the norm.

More Meanings

1. (sometimes figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.
2. (botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
3. A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
4. (biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.

Example Sentences

Also I think other birders realise you are struggling a bit when you start talking about aberrants[.]

The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.

Word Forms

• aberrants

Synonyms for aberrant

Depending on context, synonyms include deviant, abnormal, exceptional, unusual, alien, anomalous.

Antonyms for aberrant

Common opposites include normal, regular, true, average, medial, basic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include abnormal, deviant, anomalous, outlier, odd, weird.

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