ABERRANTS Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

aberrants

noun

plural of aberrant

as in deviants

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Noun

Cool people aren't merely deviants.

— Caleb Warren, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025

Definition of deviants

Noun

Comedy has always been filled with outsiders and oddballs trying to make a living getting laughs.

— Emma Specter, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2026
Fittingly, Gentling the Horse’s overriding theme is a fascination with the oddballs who scrape by on the fringes of capitalist society.

— Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of oddballs

Noun

The singer-songwriter’s seventh album is their wackiest and funniest to date, with a madcap gleam coursing through its synth-pop portraits of lovable weirdos and suburban dread.

— Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
This is DeFalco’s debut feature after making several skits about weirdos with warped goals.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of weirdos

Noun

Step inside, though, and you’re transported to a bucolic Britain of rolling hills and village greens, bumbling eccentrics and cute, clever farm animals.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
The professionalization worked, but at the expense of the site’s internal culture, Cooke argues, as generous eccentrics were displaced by neurotic lovers of rules.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of eccentrics

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Depending on the role, his baritone voice could command a legion of Starfleet officers, superhero mutants or a royal court.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
The secondary thread tracks an alternate reality where Team X—mutants recruited by the villainous Nathaniel Essex—clash with Trask’s anti-mutant Reavers and Sentinels.

— Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of mutants

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The antioxidant is also fat-soluble, so enjoying this root veggie with a source of fat—such as olive oil, avocado, nuts, seeds, or dairy products—will boost absorption.

— Christina Manian, HEALTH, 12 Nov. 2026
Beans, lentils, chickpeas, tofu, leafy green vegetables and nuts are also rich in iron.

— Will Barker, TheWeek, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of nuts

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

Definition of kooks

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