anomalous

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adjective

Deviating from the normal; marked by incongruity or contradiction; aberrant or abnormal.

“highly anomalous”

Similar
abnormalunnatural
OriginLate Latin anōmalos ← Ancient Greek ἀνώμᾰλος →
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Meanings

adjectiveanomalous (comparative more anomalous, superlative most anomalous)

comparative more anomalous · superlative most anomalous

  1. Deviating from the normal; marked by incongruity or contradiction; aberrant or abnormal.

    highly anomalous

    3 more examples

    statistically anomalous

    The scientist noted an anomalous result in the data.

    His behavior was anomalous given the circumstances.

  2. Of uncertain or unknown categorization; strange.
  3. Having anomalies.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivedeviating from the general or common order or type

Similar
abnormalunnatural
Also see
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀνώμᾰλος
  2. Late Latinanōmalos
  3. Englishanomalous

From Late Latin anōmalos, from Ancient Greek ἀνώμᾰλος (anṓmălos).

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος
  • ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos)deviating from the normal
Brazilian Portuguese anômalo
  • anômalodeviating from the normal
Bulgarian неправилен, аномален
  • неправилен (nepravilen)deviating from the normal
  • аномален (anomalen)deviating from the normal
Catalan anòmal
  • anòmaldeviating from the normal
Chinese Mandarin 異常 /异常
  • 異常 /异常 (yìcháng)deviating from the normal
Czech anomální
  • anomálnídeviating from the normal
Dutch abnormaal
  • abnormaaldeviating from the normal
Esperanto anomalia
  • anomaliadeviating from the normal
European Portuguese anómalo
  • anómalodeviating from the normal
Finnish poikkeava, epätavallinen
  • poikkeavadeviating from the normal
  • epätavallinendeviating from the normal
French anormal, anomal
  • anormaldeviating from the normal
  • anomaldeviating from the normal
German unregelmäßig, irregulär
  • unregelmäßigdeviating from the normal
  • irregulärdeviating from the normal
  • anomaldeviating from the normal
Greek ανώμαλος
  • ανώμαλος (anómalos)deviating from the normal
Hungarian abnormális, visszás
  • abnormálisdeviating from the normal
  • visszásdeviating from the normal
Irish aimhrialta
  • aimhrialtadeviating from the normal
Italian anomalo
  • anomalodeviating from the normal
Latin irrēgulāris, anōmalos
  • irrēgulārisdeviating from the normal
  • anōmalosdeviating from the normal
Persian ناهنجار
  • ناهنجار (nâhanjâr)deviating from the normal
Polish anomalny
  • anomalnydeviating from the normal
Romanian anomal
  • anomaldeviating from the normal
Russian анома́льный
  • анома́льный (anomálʹnyj)deviating from the normal
Spanish anómalo
  • anómalodeviating from the normal
Tagalog maanomalya
  • maanomalyadeviating from the normal
Turkish anormal, düzgüsüz
  • anormaldeviating from the normal
  • düzgüsüzdeviating from the normal
Ukrainian анома́льний
  • анома́льний (anomálʹnyj)deviating from the normal
Cite this entry
APA

anomalous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anomalous

MLA

“anomalous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anomalous. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anomalous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anomalous.

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