Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb aberrate

2 senses of aberrate

Sense 1
aberrate -- (diverge from the expected; "The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman")
       => deviate, vary, diverge, depart -- (be at variance with; be out of line with)

Sense 2
aberrate -- (diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration; "The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens")
       => deviate, vary, diverge, depart -- (be at variance with; be out of line with)