Synonyms and Antonyms of anomalous
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being out of the ordinary
- that was an anomalous year for the housing industry, so the number of starts is anything but typical
aberrant, aberrated, abnormal, atypical, especial, exceeding, exceptional, extraordinaire, extraordinary, freak, odd, peculiar, phenomenal, preternatural, rare, singular, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, unusual, unwonted
conspicuous, notable, noticeable, outstanding, prominent, remarkable, salient, striking
bizarre, deviant, eccentric, freakish, monstrous, oddball, outlandish, quaint, strange, weird
incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, unimaginable, unthinkable
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departing from some accepted standard of what is normal
- an anomalous burst of anger from this usually easygoing person
unrepresentative
extraordinary, preternatural
rare, uncommon, uncustomary, unusual, unwonted
bizarre, curious, far-out, funny, kinky, odd, outlandish, out-of-the-way, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, screwy, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, wild
eccentric, freakish, idiosyncratic, nonconformist, unconventional, unorthodox
extraordinary, preternatural
rare, uncommon, uncustomary, unusual, unwonted
odd, peculiar, strange
common, commonplace, everyday, familiar, ordinary, routine, run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mine (or run-of-mine), unexceptional, unremarkable, workaday
customary, usual, wonted
archetypal (also archetypical), average, characteristic, representative
