deviate

deviate
I
(Roget's IV) v.
Syn. deflect, digress, swerve, shy, vary, wander, stray, turn aside, veer, bear off, go out of control, divagate, depart from, break the pattern, go amiss, err, angle away, angle off, diverge, leave the beaten path, not conform, break bounds, get off the subject, edge off, go out of the way, cut back, cut across, fly off on a tangent, go off on a tangent, go haywire, sing a different tune, march to a different drummer, swim against the stream; see also differ 1 .
Ant. conform*, keep on, keep in line.
Syn.- deviate suggests a turning aside, often to only a slight degree, from the correct or prescribed course, standard, doctrine, etc. [ to deviate from the truth ] ; swerve implies a sudden or sharp turning from a path, course, etc. [ the car swerved to avoid hitting us ] ; veer , originally used of wind and ships, suggests a turning or series of turnings so as to change direction; diverge suggests the branching of a single path or course into two courses leading away from each other [ stay to the left when the road diverges] ; digress suggests a wandering, often deliberate and temporary, from the main topic in speaking or writing
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
diverge, turn aside, veer, depart, stray, drift, wander, swerve, part, meander, err, detour, digress.
ANT.: follow the straight and narrow, stay on course
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To turn away from a prescribed course of action or conduct: depart, digress, diverge, stray, swerve, veer. Archaic: err. See APPROACH, CORRECT. 2. To turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking: digress, divagate, diverge, ramble, stray, wander. Idiom: go off at (or on) a tangent. See APPROACH. 3. To change the direction or course of: avert, deflect, divert, pivot, shift, swing, turn, veer. See CHANGE. II noun One whose sexual behavior differs from the accepted norm: deviant, pervert. See USUAL, SEX.

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  • deviate — [dē′vē āt΄; ] for adj. & n. [, dē vēit] vi. deviated, deviating [< LL deviatus, pp. of deviare, to turn aside < de , from + via, road: see VIA] to turn aside (from a course, direction, standard, doctrine, etc.); diverge; digress vt. to… …   English World dictionary

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Deviate — De vi*ate, v. t. To cause to deviate. [R.] [1913 Webster] To deviate a needle. J. D. Forbes. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • deviate — de vi*ate (d[=e] v[ e]*[i^]t), a. having behavior differing from that which is normal or expected, especially in an undesirable or socially disapproved manner; as, deviate behavior. Syn: deviant. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • deviate — de vi*ate (d[=e] v[ e]*[i^]t), n. a person having behavior differing from that which is normal or socially acceptable; used especially to characterize persons whose sexual behavior is considered morally unacceptable. Syn: deviant. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • deviate — I verb aberrare, alter course, angle off, be at variance, be different, be distinguished from, be oblique, bear no resemblance, bear off, branch out, break bounds, break the pattern, change direction, clash, clash with, conflict with, contrast,… …   Law dictionary

  • deviate — (v.) 1630s, from L.L. deviatus, pp. of deviare to turn out of the way (see DEVIANT (Cf. deviant)). Related: Deviated; deviating. The noun meaning sexual pervert is attested from 1912 …   Etymology dictionary

  • deviate — digress, diverge, *swerve, veer, depart Analogous words: deflect, *turn, divert, avert, sheer: stray, *wander, rove …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • deviate — [v] stray from normal path aberrate, angle off, avert, bear off, bend, bend the rules*, break pattern, circumlocate, contrast, deflect, depart, depart from, differ, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, edge off*, err, get around, go amiss, go… …   New thesaurus

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