deviations

NOUN

change, departure

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aberration alteration anomaly breach detour discrepancy disparity divergence diversion fluctuation inconsistency irregularity modification variance variation

STRONG

crotch deflection difference digression fork shift transgression turning

WEAK

hereticism

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agreement conformity consistency harmony normality regularity sameness similarity

WEAK

straightforwardness uniformity

Example Sentences

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The scientists suggested several theories for why these two humpbacks embarked on such "exceptional" deviations from the normal routes.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

By monitoring you 24/7, these wearables can spot what Whoop Chief Executive Will Ahmed calls the “slight deviations that matter.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

It also analyzes deviations from a subject’s routine.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Z-scores measure a price relative to its history – the more technical way of saying that is how many standard deviations away a data point is from its average.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Epicycles were a way of having deviations from perfectly circular motion while pretending that there were no deviations from perfectly circular motion.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin