abnormal
adjective
1. not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm
- abnormal powers of concentration
- abnormal amounts of rain
- abnormal circumstances
Similar word(s): aberrant, deviant, deviate, anomalous, antidromic, atypical, irregular, brachydactylic, brachydactylous, defective, freakish, kinky, perverted, subnormal, supernormal, vicarious, insane, unnatural
2. departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development
- they were heartbroken when they learned their child was abnormal
- an abnormal personality
Similar word(s): exceptional
3. much greater than the normal
- abnormal profits
- abnormal ambition
Similar word(s): immoderate
noun
1. A person or object that is not normal.