All deviating synonyms
de·vi·ate
D d adj deviating
- straying — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- aberrant — Aberrant means unusual and not socially acceptable.
- circuitous — A circuitous route is long and complicated rather than simple and direct.
- devious — If you describe someone as devious you do not like them because you think they are dishonest and like to keep things secret, often in a complicated way.
- parenthetical — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- serpentine — of, characteristic of, or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement.
- tangent — in immediate physical contact; touching.
- tangential — pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent.
- tortuous — full of twists, turns, or bends; twisting, winding, or crooked: a tortuous path.
- heteroclite — irregular or abnormal; anomalous.
- obliquitous — the state of being oblique.
adjective deviating
- divergent — diverging; differing; deviating.
- aberrative — Descriptive of an object or measurement that has deviated or been knocked, momentarily and sharply, from the more dominant, normal or expected course or trajectory to which it either has or is expected to return in the longer term.