Synonyms of the word peculiar


PECULIARCHARACTERISTIC - CURIOUS - FUNNY - ODD - PARTICULAR - QUEER - RUM - RUMMY - SINGULAR - SPECIAL - SPECIFIC - STRANGE - UNUSUAL

peculiar

  • adj. Out of the ordinary; odd; curious; unusual.
  • adj. Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular.
  • adj. (dated) One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not shared or possessed by others.
  • adj. (dated) Particular; individual; special; appropriate.
  • n. That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.
  • n. (Britain, canon law) an ecclesiastical district, parish, chapel or church outside the jurisdiction of…

characteristic

  • adj. Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.
  • n. a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.
  • n. (mathematics) the integer part of a logarithm.
  • n. (nautical) the distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be…
  • n. (algebra, field theory) The minimum number of times that the unit of a field must be added unto itself…

curious

  • adj. Inquisitive; tending to ask questions, investigate, or explore.
  • adj. Prompted by curiosity.
  • adj. Unusual; odd; out of the ordinary; bizarre.
  • adj. (archaic) Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.
  • adj. (archaic) Fastidious, particular; demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.

funny

  • adj. Amusing; humorous; comical.
  • adj. Strange or unusual, often implying unpleasant.
  • n. (humorous) A joke.
  • n. (humorous) A comic strip.
  • n. (Britain) A narrow boat for sculling.

odd

  • adj. (not comparable) Single; sole; singular; not having a mate.
  • adj. (obsolete) Singular in excellence; unique; sole; matchless; peerless; famous.
  • adj. Singular in looks or character; peculiar; eccentric.
  • adj. Strange, unusual.
  • adj. (not comparable) Occasional; infrequent.
  • adj. (not comparable) Left over, remaining when the rest have been grouped.
  • adj. (not comparable) Casual, irregular, not planned.
  • adj. (not comparable, in combination with a number) About, approximately.
  • adj. (not comparable) Not divisible by two; not even.
  • n. (mathematics, diminutive) An odd number.

particular

  • adj. (obsolete) Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.
  • adj. Specific; discrete; concrete.
  • adj. Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
  • adj. (obsolete) Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.
  • adj. Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
  • adj. (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious.
  • adj. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
  • adj. (law) Containing a part only; limited.
  • adj. (law) Holding a particular estate.
  • adj. (logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a…
  • n. A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.
  • n. (obsolete) A person's own individual case.
  • n. (now philosophy, chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class…

queer

  • adj. (now slightly dated) Weird, odd or different; whimsical.
  • adj. (slightly dated) Slightly unwell (mainly in to feel queer).
  • adj. (colloquial) Homosexual.
  • adj. (colloquial) Not heterosexual: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, etc.
  • adj. (broadly) Pertaining to sexual behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual…
  • n. (colloquial) A person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual qualities.
  • n. (colloquial) A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.
  • n. (colloquial, vulgar, derogatory) General term of abuse, casting aspersions on target's sexuality; compare…
  • n. (definite, with "the", informal, archaic) Counterfeit money.
  • v. (transitive) To render an endeavor or agreement ineffective or null.
  • v. (Britain, dialect, dated) To puzzle.
  • v. (slang, dated) To ridicule; to banter; to rally.
  • v. (slang, dated) To spoil the effect or success of, as by ridicule; to throw a wet blanket on; to spoil.
  • v. (social sciences) To reevaluate or reinterpret (a work) with an eye to sexual orientation and/or to gender,…
  • adv. Queerly.

rum

  • n. (uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
  • n. (countable) A serving of rum.
  • n. (countable) A kind or brand of rum.
  • n. (obsolete, slang) A queer or odd person or thing.
  • n. (obsolete, slang) A country parson.
  • adj. (obsolete) Fine, excellent, valuable.
  • adj. (Britain, colloquial, dated) Strange, peculiar.
  • n. (rare) The card game rummy.

rummy

  • n. (uncountable) A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.
  • n. (countable) A rum-drinking alcoholic.
  • adj. (dated) Peculiar; odd.
  • adj. Resembling or tasting of rum.

singular

  • adj. Being only one of a larger population.
  • adj. Being the only one of the kind; unique.
  • adj. Distinguished by superiority; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional.
  • adj. Out of the ordinary; curious.
  • adj. (grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.
  • adj. (linear algebra, of matrix) Having no inverse.
  • adj. (linear algebra, of transformation) Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables…
  • adj. (set theory, of a cardinal number) Not equal to its own cofinality.
  • adj. (law) Each; individual.
  • adj. (obsolete) Engaged in by only one on a side; single.
  • n. (grammar) A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.

special

  • adj. Distinguished by a unique or unusual quality.
  • adj. Of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored.
  • adj. (euphemistic) Retarded; mentally handicapped.
  • adj. Constituting or relating to a species.
  • adj. Chief in excellence.
  • adj. (military) Of or related to special forces.
  • n. A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered.
  • n. (broadcasting) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.
  • n. (Britain, colloquial) A special constable.
  • n. Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation…
  • n. (video games) Special move.
  • v. (nursing) To supervise a patient one-on-one.

specific

  • adj. explicit or definite.
  • adj. (sciences) Pertaining to a species.
  • adj. (taxonomy) pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species.
  • adj. special, distinctive or unique.
  • adj. intended for, or applying to a particular thing.
  • adj. being a remedy for a particular disease.
  • adj. (immunology) limited to a particular antibody or antigen.
  • adj. (physics) of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy).
  • adj. (physics) similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust…
  • adj. (physics) a measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit…
  • n. A distinguishing attribute or quality.
  • n. A specific remedy.
  • n. Specification.
  • n. (in the plural) The details; particulars.

strange

  • adj. Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.
  • adj. Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
  • adj. (physics) Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
  • adj. (obsolete) Belonging to another country; foreign.
  • adj. (obsolete) Reserved; distant in deportment.
  • adj. (obsolete) Backward; slow.
  • adj. (obsolete) Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To alienate; to estrange.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be estranged or alienated.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To wonder; to be astonished.
  • n. (slang, uncountable) vagina.

unusual

  • adj. Unlike what is expected; differing in some way from the norm.
  • adj. Not usual.
  • n. Something that is unusual; an anomaly.

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