Definitions For Deviate

noun

  • A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

verb

  • Turn aside; turn away from
  • Cause to turn away from a previous or expected course
  • Be at variance with; be out of line with
  • To do something that is different or to be different from what is usual or expected

adjective

  • Markedly different from an accepted norm

Is Deviates a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
13

The word Deviate is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Deviate in a Sentence

  • Sailors forced to deviate from their course in order to avoid the storm
  • A sleazy bar that seemed to be an informal clubhouse for deviates
  • The mother's deviate response to her child's death aroused suspicions

Synonyms for Deviate

Antonyms for Deviates

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