aberrants

plural of aberrant

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for aberrants
Noun
  • Cool people aren't merely deviants.
    Caleb Warren, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Black Rock Coalition bands like funk-metal group 24-7 Spyz and shoegaze oddballs the Veldt—particularly when the Veldt’s murkiness resolves into a major-key chorus.
    Hannah Jocelyn, Pitchfork, 22 June 2026
  • His trilogy is, likewise, a straphangers’ gallery of metropolitan oddballs, from Zippo, a pyromaniac turned blaxploitation filmmaker, to Uncle Rich, a master criminal who stages a daring raid on the Waldorf-Astoria from a disused train tunnel with the help of a homeless army.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Himes’ novels, like Riley’s films, also run on a bench of eccentric weirdos.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
  • In a community overflowing with crusty weirdos, Kate O’Flynn’s Patricia emerges as the undeniable standout.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Dippold has populated the show with lovable eccentrics played by great character actors—Dale Dickey, Jeff Hiller, Tim Baltz.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
  • Inbred eccentrics and bumbling detectives have populated the seaside villages of Bruno Dumont’s absurdist comedies.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • Hugh Jackman has fought mutants, slayed vampires and gone toe-to-toe dancing with Zac Efron.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • The post-apocalyptic horror film stars Will Smith as a virologist and the last living human in a New York ravaged by a plague that turns humans into vampiric mutants.
    Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • Artists have always used music to question authority and expose the cracks (and the crackpots) in the American story.
    Time, Time, 6 May 2026
  • The crackpots are the mainstream.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Her lab has found even modest additions to the diet — a handful of nuts or an avocado — can enrich certain beneficial bacteria over the course of a few weeks.
    Will Stone, NPR, 22 June 2026
  • Including foods like avocado, olive oil, nuts, or seeds can make your meal more satisfying and may also stimulate digestion.
    Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • O’Hara worked consistently across her 50-year career in both film and television, best known for playing beloved kooks and amiable wackos, though her range was boundless.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
  • What so many of these talking heads have in common—legitimate experts, well-meaning journalists, and kooks alike—is how costly their recommendations are.
    CBS News, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
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“Aberrants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aberrants. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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