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- pronunciation:
ber
nt
[or]
ae
br
nt
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
straying from what is normal or usual; atypical; anomalous.
Such high scores for this test are certainly aberrant.- antonyms:
- normal, typical
- similar words:
- abnormal, anomalous, erratic, irregular, unnatural
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| definition 2: |
turning aside from what is natural, right, or true; perverse.
Some of his co-workers said he was displaying aberrant behavior.- antonyms:
- true
- similar words:
- deviate, perverse, perverted
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| related words: |
odd, peculiar, perverted, strange |
adverb + (adj.)aberrant
morally, sexually, socially, therefore
(adj.)aberrant
+ noun
act,
activity,
animal,
behavior,
being,
brain,
cause,
cell,
character,
conference,
connection,
discovery,
fame,
fantasy,
fascination,
form,
function,
gender,
gene,
genetics,
growth,
individual,
loss,
manifestation,
object,
others,
pattern,
practice,
procedure,
production,
protein,
response,
screen,
sexuality,
symmetry,
tendency,
thinking,
thought,
trait,
tumor,
user,
working
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| derivation: |
aberrantly (adv.) |
The word aberrant
contains the following parts:
ab-, abs-
Latin
prefix
that means from, away from
  More about this word part:
Most words containing the prefix ab-
, abs-
are Latin loanwords, so the bases are Latin roots. ab-
becomes abs-
before bases beginning with "t," such as "tract."
Example words:
abbreviate, abbreviation, abdicate, abduct, aberrant, aberration, abhor, abject, abjure, ablate, ablation, abnormal, abolish, aborigine, abrade, abrasion, abrasive, abrupt, abscond, absence, absent, absolute, absolve, absorb, abstain, abstract, abnegate, abuse, abusive
err
Latin
root
that means error, wander
Example words:
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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