Synonyms for abnormal
æbˈnɔr məlab·nor·mal

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1. abnormaladjective

   Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.

   Synonyms:
   strange, odd, irregular, anomalous, exceptional, extraordinary, aberrant, unusual

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1. abnormal

   Synonyms:
   exceptional, irregular, monstrous, peculiar, rare, singular, uncommon, unprecedented, unusual

   Antonyms:
   common, natural, normal, ordinary, regular, typical, usual

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1. abnormal

   Synonyms:
   irregular, erratic, peculiar, unusual, exceptional, monstrous, aberrant, devious, divergent, eccentric, strange

   Antonyms:
   typical, normal, regular, ordinary, usual, natural, customary, illustrative

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1. abnormal, unnaturaladjective

   not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm

   "abnormal powers of concentration"; "abnormal amounts of rain"; "abnormal circumstances"; "an abnormal interest in food"

   Synonyms:
   affected, unnatural

   Antonyms:
   normal, moderate, average, natural, typical, modal(a), median(a), mean(a), regular

2. abnormaladjective

   departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development

   "they were heartbroken when they learned their child was abnormal"; "an abnormal personality"

   Synonyms:
   unnatural

   Antonyms:
   mean(a), average, typical, modal(a), normal, moderate, regular, median(a), natural

3. abnormaladjective

   much greater than the normal

   "abnormal profits"; "abnormal ambition"

   Synonyms:
   unnatural

   Antonyms:
   average, mean(a), normal, median(a), modal(a), typical, natural, regular, moderate

Matched Categories

1. • Psychology

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1. abnormaladjective

   Synonyms:
   irregular, anomalous, anomalistic, unusual, unnatural, singular, peculiar, unconformable, exceptional, heteroclite, aberrant, eccentric, erratic, strange, monstrous, preternatural

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1. abnormaladjective

   Synonyms:
   anomalous, irregular, exceptional, aberrant, erratic, unusual

   Antonyms:
   normal

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1. List of paraphrases for "abnormal":

   anomalous, unusual, unnatural, aberrant, irregular, anomaly, deviant, freaking, abnormality

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How to use abnormal in a sentence?

1. Emily Pankhurst:

   I was going through an extremely stressful time, trying to complete deadlines for essays and everything on top of me, i started complaining of fatigue, high temperature and constant headaches, which I believed were stress-related. However, down below I noticed abnormal discharge appear straight after my regular period.

2. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Ordinary investors know that Reliance share price has crazily run up from Rs.1060 to 2800 in just one year and this is very abnormal so obviously it will come down drastically. Retailers also know that when Reliance shares goes down, other companies shares plunge more deeply. Ordinary Retailers are selling their shares to avoid losses

3. Commissioner Hayden:

   They were homicide to homicide, they were... normally have three in a week, there were weeks we had 10 in a week. That's just super abnormal for St. Louis.

4. Damion Martins:

   Even at the young age, the heart is a muscle...there are 16-year-olds that can have an enlarged heart from muscle, so it looks like an athlete EKG. It has higher voltage. Pediatricians say this is abnormal, but a sports medicine specialist would say that's the typical pattern of a trained athlete, untrained physicians overcall abnormality and that leads to further testing.

5. Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail:

   At some moments he asked to meet with a representative of the European Union and at other points he asked to go to another airport but there was nothing specific, aBNORMAL.