aberrant

1. 1.

   one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group

   Broaderanomaly

1. 1.

   markedly different from an accepted norm

   “aberrant behavior”

   “deviant ideas”

   Synonymsdeviantdeviate

   Similarabnormal

Other forms of aberrant

plural

aberrants·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about aberrant

What does aberrant mean?

aberrant means "one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in aberrant?

aberrant has 3 syllables: a-ber-rant. The stress falls on "ber". In IPA it is /æˈbɛɹənt/.

What is another word for aberrant?

Close synonyms include deviant, deviate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aberrant a common word?

aberrant is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.