deviate(n = noun.person) degenerate, deviant, pervert - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior;
is a kind of miscreant, reprobate
has particulars: fetishist, masochist, nympho, nymphomaniac, child molester, paederast, pederast, paedophile, pedophile, sadist, sadomasochist, lech, lecher, letch, satyr, bugger, sod, sodomist, sodomite
Derived form verb deviate₂

1.  deviate(v = verb.motion) divert - turn aside; turn away from;
is one way to turn
Derived form noun deviation₅
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s

2.  deviate(v = verb.stative) depart, diverge, vary - be at variance with; be out of line with;
is one way to differ
Antonym: conform
Derived forms noun deviant₁, adjective deviant₁, noun deviate₁, adjective deviate₁, noun deviation₄, noun deviation₃, noun deviation₂, noun deviation₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP

3.  deviate(v = verb.motion) - cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding"
is one way to divert
Derived form noun deviation₅
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

   deviate(s = adj.all) aberrant, deviant - markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas"
Derived forms noun deviance₂, noun deviance₁, verb deviate₂

deviate, v. & n.
--v.intr. (often foll. by from) turn aside or diverge (from a course of action, rule, truth, etc.); digress.
--n. a deviant, esp. a sexual pervert.

Derivative:
deviator n. deviatory adj.

Etymology:
LL deviare deviat- (as DE-, via way)

VB  vary, deviate, diverge, alternate, swerve.

VB  change, alter, vary, wax and wane, modulate, diversify, qualify, tamper with, turn, shift, veer, tack, chop, shuffle, swerve, warp, deviate, turn aside, evert, intervert, pass to, take a turn, turn the corner, resume, work a change, modify, vamp, superinduce, transform, transfigure, transmute, transmogrify, transume, metamorphose, ring the changes, innovate, introduce new blood, shuffle the cards, give a turn to, give a color to, influence, turn the scale, shift the scene, turn over a new leaf, recast, reverse, disturb, convert into.

VB  be curved curve, sweep, sway, swag, sag, deviate, curl, turn, reenter, render curved, flex, bend, curve, incurvate, inflect, deflect, scatter, refract (light), crook, turn, round, arch, arcuate, arch over, concamerate, bow, curl, recurve, frizzle, rotundity, convexity.

VB  alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend, bend, curve, swerve, heel, bear off, gybe, wear, intervert, deflect, divert, divert from its course, put on a new scent, shift, shunt, draw aside, crook, warp, stray, straggle, sidle, diverge, tralineate, digress, wander, wind, twist, meander, veer, tack, divagate, sidetrack, turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from, wheel, steer clear of, ramble, rove, drift, go astray, go adrift, yaw, dodge, step aside, ease off, make way for, shy, fly off at a tangent, glance off, wheel about, face about, turn to the right about, face to the right about, waddle, go out of one's way, lose one's way.

VB  diverge, divaricate, radiate, ramify, branch off, glance off, file off, fly off, fly off at a tangent, spread, scatter, disperse, deviate, part.