Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aberrant

/əˈbɛɹ.ənt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.69 in modern English

Syllables: ab-er-rant
IPA: /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Differing from the norm.

adj

Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.

adj

Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.

noun

A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.

noun

A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.

Example Sentences

"The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated."
"Also I think other birders realise you are struggling a bit when you start talking about aberrants[.]"

Etymology

From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + errō (“to wander”). See aberr.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: aberrāns

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/
British English: /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Biology.

Inflected Forms

more aberrant (comparative) most aberrant (superlative) aberrants (plural)

Derived Forms

aberrance aberrancy aberrantly aberration aberrational nonaberrant unaberrant

Phrases

aberrant conduction aberrant salience

Synonyms

abnormal exceptional unusual aberrant alien anomalous as queer as Dick's hatband bizarre booky curious deviant discrepant

Homonyms

aberrants

Antonyms

normal regular true average medial basic bog-standard common commonplace common-and-garden common-or-garden congruent

Rhymes With

parent apparent transparent errant declarant berent guerrant

Questions

How do you pronounce aberrant?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/.
What does aberrant mean?: Differing from the norm.
Where does aberrant come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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