Synonyms of anomalies

anomalies

noun

plural of anomaly

1

as in exceptions

something that is different from what is ordinary or expected

her C grade is an anomaly, as she's never made anything except A's and B's before

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exceptions
• abnormalities
• rarities
• aberrations
• differences
• variations
• phenomena
• oddities
• singularities
• distortions
• inconsistencies
• peculiarities
• disparities
• accidents
• quirks
• vagaries
• mutations
• errors
• oddments
• curiosities
• mistakes
• paradoxes
• inconsistences
• contradictions
• kinks
• bizarreries

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• norms
• ordinaries
• usuals

2

as in abnormalities

a person, thing, or event that is far from normal

snow in July is an anomaly in most of the northern hemisphere

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abnormalities
• mutations
• exceptions
• irregularities
• monsters
• freaks
• monstrosities
• malformations
• rarities
• mutants
• nuts
• aberrations
• eccentrics
• oddballs
• crackpots
• deviants
• singularities
• peculiarities
• weirdos
• kooks
• miscreations
• mavericks
• aberrants
• cranks
• curiosities
• oddities
• screwballs
• characters
• individualists
• nonconformists
• crackbrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• standards
• norms
• averages
• normals
• samples
• specimens
• pars
• commonplaces
• usuals

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of anomalies

When the fetus was diagnosed with a heart defect and other serious anomalies, the parents asked Kelley to terminate the pregnancy. — Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026

Reconcile your accounts and review reports Even if your books are current, anomalies and errors can creep in. — Carson Brunson, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

Anyone who regularly follows dark matter news knows that past tantalizing anomalies evaporated as more data came in. — ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026

The model, trained on this patchwork, starts flagging thousands of legitimate customers as billing anomalies while missing real discrepancies buried in the messy records. — Olufunsho Peters, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Statistical anomalies One month does not a trend make, and there is some reason to doubt the data. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

Over a span of nearly 20 years and thousands of different writers, the writing has not been contained to a single, cohesive canon, but everything is at least centered around this organization investigating supernatural anomalies from everyday items. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026

Energy experts previously dismissed these natural geological anomalies as hazardous and rare. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026

Buckle up for Seven of Nine exploring a remote cluster of uncanny exoplanets, strange alien artifacts, long lost civilizations, and trippy paranormal anomalies. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026