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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stray from normal path |
| Synonyms: | 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 haywire, go off on tangent, go out of control, go out of way, leave beaten path, not conform, part, shy, swerve, swim against stream, take a turn, turn, turn aside, vary, veer, wander |
| Antonyms: | go straight, keep, stay |
| Main Entry: | backslide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go astray |
| Synonyms: | apostatize, deviate, fall from grace, lapse, leave the straight and narrow, relapse, revert, sin, slip |
| Main Entry: | contrast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compare, differ |
| Synonyms: | balance, be a foil to, be contrary to, be dissimilar, be diverse, be unlike, be variable, bracket, collate, conflict, contradict, depart, deviate, differentiate, disagree, distinguish, diverge, hang, hold a candle to, match up, mismatch, oppose, separate, set in opposition, set off, stack up against, stand out, vary, weigh |
| Notes: | compare emphasizes the similarities between or among things, though not losing sight of the differences; contrast emphasizes the differences |
| Antonyms: | accord, agree, be alike, be equal, be similar, coincide, concur, conform |
| Main Entry: | curve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bending in a shape or course |
| Synonyms: | arc, arch, bend, bow, buckle, bulge, coil, concave, convex, crook, crumple, curl, deviate, divert, gyrate, hook, incurve, inflect, loop, round, skew, snake, spiral, stoop, swerve, turn, twist, veer, wind, wreathe |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | deflect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bounce off; turn aside |
| Synonyms: | avert, bend, cover up, curve, deviate, disperse, diverge, divert, fend, glance off, hold off, hook, keep off, parry, pivot, ricochet, sheer, shy, sidetrack, slew, slip, swerve, twist, veer, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl, wind |
| Main Entry: | delirious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally imbalanced |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, bewildered, confused, crazed, crazy, demented, deranged, deviant, deviate, disarranged, disordered, distracted, disturbed, flipped, flipped out, hallucinatory, incoherent, insane, irrational, lightheaded, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, manic, off one's head, out of one's head, out of one's skull, rambling, raving, unhinged, unreasonable, unsettled, wandering |
| Antonyms: | balanced, collected, normal, sane |
| Main Entry: | depart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diverge from normal, expected |
| Synonyms: | abandon, cast, desert, deviate, differ, digress, disagree, discard, dissent, excurse, forsake, ramble, reject, repudiate, stray, swerve, turn aside, vary, veer, wander |
| Antonyms: | continue, keep to, linger, stay, wait |
| Main Entry: | disagree |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be different |
| Synonyms: | be discordant, be dissimilar, clash, conflict, contradict, counter, depart, deviate, differ, discord, disharmonize, dissent, diverge, run counter to, vary, war |
| Antonyms: | agree, coincide, harmonize |
| Main Entry: | distort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deform; falsify |
| Synonyms: | alter, angle, belie, bend, bias, buckle, change, collapse, color, con, contort, crush, curve, deceive, decline, deteriorate, deviate, disfigure, doctor*, fake, fudge, garble, gnarl, knot, lie, make out like, mangle, melt, misconstrue, misinterpret, misrepresent, misshape, pervert, phony up, put one on, sag, scam*, slant, slump, snow*, torture, trump up, twist, warp, whitewash, wind, wrench, writhe |
| Antonyms: | beautify, shape nicely, straight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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