abnormal[adjective]Synonyms: unusual, atypical, exceptional, extraordinary, irregular, odd, peculiar, strange, uncommon
Antonyms: normal
Contrasted words: common, familiar, natural, ordinary, regular, typical, customary, usual, wonted
Related Words: divergent,
offtype,
irregular,
unnatural,
uncustomary,
unusual,
unwonted,
heteromorphic,
paratypic [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ab‧norm‧al AC /æbˈnɔːm
əl $ -ˈnɔːr-/
adjective [
Word Family: noun:
NORMALITY/NORMALCY ≠
abnormality,
normal,
normalization;
verb:
normalize;
adverb:
normally ≠
abnormally;
adjective:
normal ≠
abnormal]
[
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: ab- 'away from, not' (from Latin ab- 'away, off') + normal]
very different from usual in a way that seems strange, worrying, wrong, or dangerous
Antonym : normal:
abnormal behaviour an abnormal level of cholesterol My parents thought it was abnormal for a boy to be interested in ballet.—abnormally adverb:
an abnormally high pulse rate [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲