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anomaly

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of anomaly

1 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 of anomaly

aberration, abnormality, exception, oddity, oddment, rarity
Words Related to anomaly

curiosity, peculiarity, singularity

accident, bizarrerie, phenomenon, quirk, vagary

distortion, kink, mutation, variation

difference, disparity, inconsistence, inconsistency

error, mistake

contradiction, paradox
Near Antonyms of anomaly

norm, ordinary, usual

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

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

abnormality, freak, monster, monstrosity
Words Related to anomaly

abortion, malformation, miscreation, mutant, mutation

character, crackbrain, crackpot, crank, eccentric, kook, nut, oddball, screwball, weirdo

aberrant, deviant

individualist, maverick, nonconformist

curiosity, peculiarity, singularity

aberration, exception, irregularity, oddity, rarity
Near Antonyms of anomaly

sample, specimen

commonplace, usual
Antonyms of anomaly

average, norm, normal, par, standard

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