anomaly C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /əˈnɑːməli/ UK /əˈnɒməli/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun something that deviates from the normal or expected The reading was an anomaly the scientists could not explain. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · something that deviates... aberrationirregularityabnormalitydeviationoddityexceptionanomalousness ↔ Opposites normregularityconformitystandard Word family Derived forms anomalousanomalistic Related forms anomalous Etymology AI details From Latin anomalia, from Ancient Greek anomalia ('unevenness'), from anomalos ('uneven, irregular'), from an- ('not') + homalos ('even'), from homos ('same'). anomalia Ancient Greek homalos Ancient Greek homos Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # anomaly **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /əˈnɑːməli/ **IPA (UK):** /əˈnɒməli/ ## Meanings 1. something that deviates from the normal or expected ## Examples - The reading was an anomaly the scientists could not explain. ## Synonyms - aberration - irregularity - abnormality - deviation - oddity - exception - anomalousness ## Antonyms - norm - regularity - conformity - standard ## Derived Forms - anomalous - anomalistic ## Related Forms - anomalous ## Roots and Affixes - Root: anomalia - Root: homalos - Root: homos ## Etymology From Latin anomalia, from Ancient Greek anomalia ('unevenness'), from anomalos ('uneven, irregular'), from an- ('not') + homalos ('even'), from homos ('same'). ## AI Etymology Anomaly is from Latin anomalia, from Ancient Greek anomalia ('unevenness'), from anomalos ('uneven, irregular'), from an- ('not') + homalos ('even'), from homos ('same'). Important recorded forms include anomalia (Ancient Greek), homalos (Ancient Greek), and homos (Ancient Greek). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers something that deviates from the normal or expected. The wider family includes derived forms such as anomalous and anomalistic and related words such as anomalous. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown