DEVIATING Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

deviating 1 of 2

adjective

as in indirect

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deviating

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verb

present participle of deviate

as in turning

to change one's course or direction sailors forced to deviate from their course in order to avoid the storm

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The complication shows the moon phases for both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, with a 135-tooth driving wheel that drastically enhances accuracy, deviating by just one day every 122 years. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2026 But maybe a line between North and South Carolina, between Tennessee and Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi then deviating south to divide Louisiana and Arkansas. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026 The artisans stay true to the original colors and designs of the park — never deviating in 70 years. — Carole Horst, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026 In 2024, the government decided against deviating from the 2021 census questions in the interests of maintaining social cohesion. — ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026 Practicing deviating from our defaults, no matter how mundane, prepares us to deviate again, even in higher stakes contexts. — Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 The highly disguised initial view of the model undergoing final testing showed the luxury marque deviating away from its traditional upright boxy off-road SUVs into a new territory. — New Atlas, 27 July 2026 Nyathi says she was inspired to write the book after seeing how African men were deviating from traditional open polygamy, to having secret second families, and the negative effects this was having on the women. — Kate Bartlett, NPR, 24 July 2026 And with no hikes priced in by markets, deviating from this strategy seems unlikely. — Sean Conlon,chloe Taylor,justina Lee,tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 22 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviating

Adjective

The meeting came as indirect talks between Washington and Tehran have yet to yield meaningful progress.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
The war in Yemen, which began in March 2015, had killed 377,000 people by the end of 2021, including those killed by direct and indirect causes, according to the United Nations.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of indirect

Verb

The Dome, with its spatial sound and vibrations, seemed to help create the conditions for turning my attention inward.

— Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
If this trajectory continues, those proportions will only grow, with red states turning maximally red and blue states maximally blue.

— Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of turning

Adjective

The Dodgers’ Teoscar Hernández took a circuitous route to the ball and still missed by only inches.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Dave Aranda - Baylor (Aaron Doster/Imagn Images) Dave Aranda's path at Baylor has been a circuitous one, to say the least.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of circuitous

Verb

Wispy greens mixed with light beige tones give this one plenty of texture without veering into pumpkin-patch territory.

— Vy Yang, Architectural Digest, 28 Sep. 2026
Starting on the first floor, veering just to the left of the elevators is a walk through ancient art history and humanity's relationship with myth and storytelling.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of veering

Adjective

Given that each Nvidia GB300 NVL72 enterprise rack contains 72 Blackwell chips and retails at roughly $3 million a pop, depending on configuration, that means Le Chonk cost roundabout $160 million in hardware—nevermind the electricity bill.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
The Route 20 and Reinking Road roundabout is about 80% complete, Pubentz said.

— Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of roundabout

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In a powerfully compelling novel that brims with the cadences of the Black South, Jones explores the women’s diverging lives while using them as a lens to observe social injustice in language that is intimate, conversational, and musical.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Yet the diverging political and regulatory attention paid to the two industries makes increasingly little sense, given the bond market’s growing primacy in the financial system, and its ability to also cause mayhem.

— Robin Wigglesworth, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of diverging

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