deviate (redirected from deviating)

de·vi·ate  (dv-t)

v. de·vi·at·ed, de·vi·at·ing, de·vi·ates

v.intr.

1. To turn aside from a course or way.

2. To depart, as from a norm, purpose, or subject; stray. See Synonyms at swerve.

v.tr.

To cause to turn aside or differ.

n. (-t)

A deviant.

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[Late Latin dvire, dvit- : Latin d-, de- + Latin via, road; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]

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devi·ator n.

devi·a·tory (--tôr, -tr) adj.

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deviate

Verb

[-ating, -ated]

1. to differ from others in belief or thought

2. to depart from one's usual or previous behaviour [Late Latin deviare to turn aside from the direct road]

deviation n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	deviate - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior degenerate, deviant, pervert fetishist - one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature) masochist - someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment nympho, nymphomaniac - a woman with abnormal sexual desires child molester, paederast, pederast - a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner paedophile, pedophile - an adult who is sexually attracted to children miscreant, reprobate - a person without moral scruples sadist - someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others sadomasochist - someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism lech, lecher, letch, satyr - man with strong sexual desires bugger, sodomist, sodomite, sod - someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
Verb	1.	deviate - turn aside; turn away from divert turn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" yaw - deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of the ship" detour - travel via a detour sidetrack, straggle, digress, depart - wander from a direct or straight course
	2.	deviate - be at variance with; be out of line with depart, vary, diverge aberrate - diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration; "The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens" aberrate - diverge from the expected; "The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman" belie, contradict, negate - be in contradiction with differ - be different; "These two tests differ in only one respect" conform - be similar, be in line with
	3.	deviate - cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding" divert - send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one perturb - cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull; "The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet" perturb - disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom; "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion" shunt - provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
Adj.	1.	deviate - markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas" aberrant, deviant abnormal, unnatural - not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm; "abnormal powers of concentration"; "abnormal amounts of rain"; "abnormal circumstances"; "an abnormal interest in food"

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deviate

verb differ, vary, depart, part, turn, bend, drift, wander, stray, veer, swerve, meander, diverge, digress, turn aside

Translations

deviate [ˈdiːvɪeɪt] vi to deviate (from) → desviarse (de)

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deviate [ˈdiːvɪeɪt] vi to deviate (from) → dévier (de)

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deviate [ˈdiːvɪeɪt] vi to deviate (from) → abweichen (von)

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deviate [ˈdiːvɪeɪt] vi to deviate (from) → deviare (da)