deviate (redirected from deviators)

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

vb [ˈdiːvɪˌeɪt]

1. (usually intr) to differ or diverge or cause to differ or diverge, as in belief or thought

2. (usually intr) to turn aside or cause to turn aside; diverge or cause to diverge

3. (Psychology) (intr) Psychol to depart from an accepted standard or convention

n & adj [ˈdiːvɪɪt]

(Sociology) another word for deviant

[from Late Latin dēviāre to turn aside from the direct road, from de- + via road]

deviator  n

deviatory  adj

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 He didn't deviate from his schedule.

Translations

deviate [ˈdiːvɪeɪt] VI → desviarse (from de)

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deviate [ˈdiːvieɪt] vi
to deviate from [+ path, task, standard] → dévier de

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deviate

vi

(person: from truth, former statement, routine) → abweichen (from von)

(ship, plane, projectile) → vom Kurs abweichen or abkommen; (deliberately) → vom Kurs abgehen

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

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

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deviate

v deviate [ˈdiːvieit]

to turn aside, especially from a right, normal or standard course She will not deviate from her routine. afwyk يَنْحَرِف отклонявам odchýlit se afvige abweichen παρεκκλίνω desviarse hälbima منحرف شدن؛ گمراه شدن poiketa s'écarter לִסטוֹת मार्ग से अलग होना odstupiti, zastraniti eltér menyimpang víkja frá, bregða út af deviare それる 벗어나다 nukrypti novirzīties melencong afwijken avvike fra zbaczać desviar-se a se abate (de la) отклоняться odchýliť sa oddaljiti se, zaviti odstupiti avvika, frångå เบี่ยงเบน; ออกนอกเส้นทาง sapmak 偏離 відхилятися; збочувати راہ عمل سے منحرف ہونا sai đường 偏离

n deviˈation

afwyking إنْحِراف отклонение odchylka, úchylka afvigelse die Abweichung παρέκκλιση desviación hälve انحراف؛ گمراهی poikkeaminen écart, déviation סְטִייָה लीक से हटना odstupanje, nastranost eltérés penyimpangan frávik deviazione 逸脱 벗어남, 일탈 nukrypimas novirzīšanās; novirze lencongan afwijking avvik zboczenie desvio abatere, deviere отклонение odchýlka odklon odstupanje avvikelse การเบี่ยงเบน; ความคลาดเคลื่อน; ความประพฤติที่เบี่ยงเบน; ความไม่เห็นพ้อง sapma 偏離 відхилення, збочення انحراف sự trệch hướng 偏离