Need another word that means the same as “anomaly”? Find 15 synonyms and 30 related words for “anomaly” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Anomaly” are: anomalousness, oddity, peculiarity, abnormality, irregularity, inconsistency, incongruity, deviation, aberration, quirk, freak, exception, departure, divergence, variation
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “anomaly” as a noun can have the following definitions:
aberration | The failure of rays to converge at one focus because of a defect in a lens or mirror. I see these activities as some kind of mental aberration. |
abnormality | An abnormal feature, characteristic, or occurrence. Miscarriage can be caused by fetal abnormality. |
anomalousness | A person who is unusual. |
departure | A variation that deviates from the standard or norm. She made a hasty departure. |
deviation | The amount by which a single measurement differs from a fixed value such as the mean. The deviation from the mean. |
divergence | A difference in opinions, interests, etc. A fundamental divergence of attitude. |
exception | Grounds for adverse criticism. An exception tests the rule. |
freak | A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed. A freak storm. |
incongruity | The state of being incongruous; incompatibility. The incongruity of his fleshy face and skinny body disturbed her. |
inconsistency | The quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts. The inconsistency between his expressed attitudes and his actual behaviour. |
irregularity | Behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality. The irregularity of his breathing. |
oddity | Something unusual — perhaps worthy of collecting. She was regarded as a bit of an oddity. |
peculiarity | An odd or unusual characteristic. The peculiarity of their upbringing. |
quirk | A sudden twist, turn, or curve. They accepted her attitude as one of her little quirks. |
variation | A repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished. The figures showed marked variation from year to year. |
abnormal | Not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm. Abnormal ambition. |
abnormality | An abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies. Miscarriage can be caused by fetal abnormality. |
anomalous | Deviating from the general or common order or type. Sentences which are grammatically anomalous. |
antic | A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement. Hamlet s assumed antic disposition. |
atypical | Not representative of a type, group, or class. A sample of people who are rather atypical of the target audience. |
bizarre | Very strange or unusual. A bizarre situation. |
deviance | The fact or state of diverging from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behaviour. Social deviance. |
deviation | The deflection of a ship’s compass needle caused by iron in the ship. The deviation from the mean. |
eccentric | A person of a specified kind usually with many eccentricities. A servo driving an eccentric cam. |
exception | A person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule. All her children were brilliant the only exception was her last child. |
extraordinary | An item in a company’s accounts not arising from its normal activities. An extraordinary capacity for work. |
grotesque | Incongruous or inappropriate to a shocking degree. A figure wearing a grotesque mask. |
irregularity | Behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality. The irregularity of his breathing. |
maverick | An unorthodox or independent-minded person. Maverick politicians. |
odd | Spare; unoccupied. Some odd dollars left. |
oddity | Something unusual — perhaps worthy of collecting. Realizing the oddity of the remark he retracted it. |
offbeat | Any of the normally unaccented beats in a bar. The answer sums up his offbeat skewed vision of the world. |
outlandish | Foreign or alien. Outlandish brightly coloured clothes. |
peculiar | Unique or specific to a person or thing or category. Any attempt to explicate the theme is bound to run into peculiar difficulties. |
quaint | Attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic. Quaint streets of New Orleans that most foreign of American cities. |
specialization | (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function. A period of increasing specialization in the field of medicine. |
strange | Unusual or surprising; difficult to understand or explain. He s a very strange man. |
uncanny | Strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way. An uncanny feeling that she was being watched. |
uncommon | Marked by an uncommon quality especially superlative or extreme of its kind J R Lowell. An uncommon name. |
unearthly | Unreasonably early or inconvenient. He could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din. |
unnatural | Not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature. Death by unnatural causes. |
unprecedented | Never done or known before. The government took the unprecedented step of releasing confidential correspondence. |
unusual | Not usual or common or ordinary. An unusual meteorite. |
weird | Strikingly odd or unusual. The three weird sisters. |
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