Synonyms of the word

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.

affect

• v. (transitive) To influence or alter.
• v. (transitive) To move to emotion.
• v. (transitive) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
• v. (transitive, archaic) To dispose or incline.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To assign; to appoint.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
• v. (transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display…
• n. (obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state.
• n. (obsolete) A desire, an appetite.
• n. (psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion,…

baffle

• v. (obsolete) To publicly disgrace, especially of a recreant knight.
• v. (obsolete) To hoodwink or deceive (someone).
• v. To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex.
• v. (now rare) To foil; to thwart.
• v. (intransitive) To struggle in vain.
• n. A device used to dampen the effects of such things as sound, light, or fluid. Specifically, a baffle is…
• n. An architectural feature designed to confuse enemies or make them vulnerable.
• n. (US, dialect, coal mining) A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.

bilk

• n. (cribbage) The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
• n. (obsolete) A deception, a hoax.
• v. (transitive) To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.
• v. (transitive) To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).

cross

• n. A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least…
• n. (heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese…
• n. A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute…
• n. (usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
• n. (Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
• n. (Christianity) A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a…
• n. (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
• n. The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other.
• n. (biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
• n. (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
• n. (boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
• n. (soccer) A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
• n. A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place…
• n. A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross).
• n. (obsolete) A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross…
• n. (obsolete, Ireland) Church lands.
• n. A line drawn across or through another line.
• n. (surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
• n. A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
• n. (Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
• adj. Transverse; lying across the main direction.
• adj. (archaic) Opposite, opposed to.
• adj. (now rare) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
• adj. Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
• adj. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
• prep. (archaic) across.
• prep. cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
• v. To make or form a cross.
• v. To move relatively.
• v. (social) To oppose.
• v. (biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
• v. To stamp or mark a cheque in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited…

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.

endanger

• v. (transitive) To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To incur the hazard of; to risk; to run the risk of.

expose

• v. (transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to.
• v. (transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.
• v. (transitive) To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.
• v. To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to…
• v. (computing, transitive) To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.

fag

• n. (US, technical) In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric.
• n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, colloquial, dated in US and Canada) A cigarette.
• n. (Britain, obsolete, colloquial) The worst part or end of a thing.
• n. (Britain, colloquial) A chore; an arduous and tiresome task.
• n. (Britain, education, archaic, colloquial) In many British boarding schools, a younger student acting as…
• v. (transitive, colloquial, used mainly in passive form) To make exhausted, tired out.
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To droop; to tire.
• v. (Britain, education, archaic, colloquial) For a younger student to act as a servant for senior students…
• v. (Britain, archaic) To work hard, especially on menial chores.
• n. (vulgar, offensive) A homosexual man.
• n. (US, vulgar, offensive) An annoying person.

faggot

• n. (offensive, vulgar, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A homosexual man, especially an effeminate one.
• n. (offensive, vulgar) An annoying or inconsiderate person.
• n. (rare, dated in US) A burning or smouldering piece of firewood.
• n. (chiefly Britain, collective) A bundle of sticks tied together. (Some sources specify that a faggot is…
• n. (obsolete) Burdensome baggage.
• n. (Britain, Ireland, colloquial, pejorative, obsolete) A shrewish woman.
• n. (chiefly Britain) A meatball made from pork, see.
• n. (Britain, historical) A faggot voter.
• v. Alternative form of fagot.

fagot

• n. Alternative form of faggot (bundle of sticks).
• n. Alternative form of faggot (shrivelled old woman).
• n. Alternative form of faggot (a gay person, particularly a man).
• n. A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering…
• n. (music, obsolete) A fagotto, or bassoon.
• n. (Britain, obsolete) A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company.
• v. (transitive) To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle.

fairy

• n. (uncountable, obsolete) The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion.
• n. A mythical being with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in…
• n. (Northern England, US, derogatory, colloquial) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
• n. Two species of hummingbird in the genus Heliothryx.

foil

• n. A very thin sheet of metal.
• n. (uncountable) Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
• n. A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
• n. (figuratively) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the…
• n. (figuratively) Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
• n. (fencing) A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip.
• n. A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation…
• n. (heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf.
• n. Shortened form of hydrofoil.
• n. Shortened form of aerofoil/airfoil.
• v. To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
• v. To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
• v. To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
• v. (obsolete) To tread underfoot; to trample.
• n. Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
• n. One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
• n. (hunting) The track of an animal.
• v. (mathematics) To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
• v. (obsolete) To defile; to soil.

forbid

• v. (transitive) To disallow; to proscribe.
• v. (transitive) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.
• v. (transitive) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To accurse; to blast.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To defy; to challenge.

foreclose

• v. (transitive) To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments;…
• v. (transitive) To cut off (a mortgager) by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged…
• v. (transitive) To prevent from doing something.
• v. (transitive) To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.

forestall

• v. (transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to…
• v. (transitive) To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
• v. (archaic) To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly…
• v. To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
• v. To deprive (with of).
• v. (Britain, law) To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the…
• n. (obsolete or historical) An ambush; plot; an interception; waylaying; rescue.
• n. Something situated or placed in front.

frustrate

• v. (transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
• v. (transitive) To hinder or thwart.
• v. (transitive) To cause stress or panic.
• adj. vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory.

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.

gay

• adj. (dated) Happy, joyful, and lively.
• adj. (dated) Festive, bright, or colourful.
• adj. (obsolete) Sexually promiscuous (of either gender).
• adj. Homosexual.
• adj. A pejorative.
• adj. (of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back.
• n. (chiefly in plural or attributive) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual; see also lesbian.
• n. (obsolete) An ornament.
• v. (transitive, dated, uncommon) To make happy or cheerful.
• v. (transitive, uncommon) To cause (an issue, especially AIDS) to be associated with homosexual people.
• n. The letter —, which stands for the sound /ɡ/, in Pitman shorthand.

homophile

• adj. (dated) Homosexual, gay or lesbian, having a sexual or romantic preference for persons of one's own gender;…
• adj. (chiefly historical) Of or pertaining to the “homophile movement”, a gay activist movement.
• n. (dated) A homosexual, a gay man or lesbian, one who has a sexual or romantic preference for persons of…

homosexual

• adj. (of a person or animal) Sexually attracted primarily to other members of the same sex. Being either a…
• adj. (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two people of the same gender or same sex; gay.
• adj. Intended for or used by homosexuals, as a nightclub, a bar, etc.
• n. A person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.

impact

• n. The striking of one body against another; collision.
• n. The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
• n. (chiefly medicine) A forced impinging.
• n. A significant or strong influence; an effect.
• v. (transitive) To compress; to compact; to press or pack together.
• v. (transitive, proscribed) To influence; to affect; to have an impact on.
• v. (transitive) To collide or strike.

nance

• n. (slang) A male homosexual.
• v. (uncommon, slang) To move in a prissy or stereotypically gay way.

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.

pansy

• n. A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.
• n. A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
• n. (derogatory, colloquial, dated) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
• n. (derogatory, colloquial) A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.
• adj. Wimpy; spineless; feeble.
• adj. Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.

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…

peril

• n. A situation of serious and immediate danger.
• n. Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
• n. (insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.
• v. (transitive) To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk.

poof

• interj. Onomatopoeia indicating a cloud of smoke or wind; caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.
• n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory, colloquial) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
• n. The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind.
• v. To vanish or disappear.
• v. To break wind; to fart.

poove

• n. (slang) A male homosexual.

pouf

• n. (historical) A headdress for women popular in 18th century France.
• n. A high hair style for women consisting of a roll or pad of hair, worn up.
• n. (dressmaking) Part of an item of clothing consisting of gathered fabric in a bunch.
• n. A low cushioned seat with no back; a padded footstool.
• n. A short skirt gathered into a rounded puffy shape; a puffball.
• n. A ball of fabric (such as nylon monofilament netting) used for washing (as an alternative to a flannel,…
• n. (dated) A small saddle cushion worn atop the buttocks (as a fashion trend – similar to a bustle).
• n. Alternative form of puff.
• n. Alternative form of poof.
• v. (transitive) To make poufy or bouffant.
• interj. Onomatopoeia indicating a cloud of smoke or wind; caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.

preclude

• v. (transitive) Remove the possibility of; rule out; prevent or exclude; to make impossible.

prevent

• v. (transitive) To stop; to keep from.
• v. (intransitive, now rare) To take preventative measures.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To come before; to precede.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To outdo, surpass.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.

queen

• n. A female monarch. Example: Queen Victoria.
• n. The wife or widow of a king.
• n. (chess) The most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
• n. (card games) A playing card with the letter "Q" and the image of a queen on it, the twelfth card in a…
• n. A powerful or forceful female person.
• n. (LGBT, slang, often derogatory) An effeminate male homosexual. (Compare drag queen and street queen. See…
• n. A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.
• n. An adult female cat valued for breeding. See also tom.
• n. A queen olive.
• n. A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp.).
• v. To make a queen.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act the part of a queen; to queen it.
• v. (chess) To promote a pawn, usually to a queen.
• v. (BDSM, slang, transitive, of a female) To sit on the face of (a partner) to receive oral sex.

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.

scotch

• n. A surface cut or abrasion.
• n. A line drawn on the ground, as one used in playing hopscotch.
• n. A block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping.
• v. (transitive) To cut or score; to wound superficially.
• v. (transitive) To prevent (something) from being successful.
• v. (transitive) To debunk or discredit an idea or rumor.
• v. (transitive) To block a wheel or other round object.
• v. (transitive) To dress (stone) with a pick or pointed instrument.
• v. (transitive, textile manufacturing) To beat yarn in order to break up slugs and align the threads.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To clothe or cover up.
• adj. Of Scottish origin.
• n. Whisky of Scottish origin.
• n. Scotch tape.
• v. (transitive, Australian rhyming slang) to rape.

scupper

• n. (nautical) A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.
• n. (architecture) A similar opening in a wall or parapet that allows water to drain from a roof.
• v. (Britain) Thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another; compare scuttle.

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.

spoil

• v. (transitive, archaic) To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To carry off (goods) by force; to steal.
• v. (transitive) To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use.
• v. (transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess.
• v. (intransitive) Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay.
• v. (transitive) To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it.
• v. (transitive) To reveal the ending of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.
• n. (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
• n. (uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or…

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.

thwart

• v. (transitive) To prevent; to halt; to cause to fail; to foil; to frustrate.
• v. (obsolete) To move across or counter to; to cross.
• n. (nautical) A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (breadth) of a marine vessel…
• n. (nautical) A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
• adj. Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
• adj. (figuratively) Perverse; crossgrained.
• adv. Obliquely; transversely; athwart.

touch

• v. Primarily physical senses.
• v. Primarily non-physical senses.
• v. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
• v. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
• v. (obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.
• v. To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
• v. To perform, as a tune; to play.
• v. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
• n. An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
• n. The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
• n. The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
• n. A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
• n. A little bit; a small amount.
• n. The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
• n. A relationship of close communication or understanding.
• n. The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
• n. (obsolete) Act or power of exciting emotion.
• n. (obsolete) An emotion or affection.
• n. (obsolete) Personal reference or application.
• n. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
• n. (obsolete) A brief essay.
• n. (obsolete) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
• n. (obsolete) Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
• n. (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument…
• n. (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion…
• n. The children's game of tag.
• n. (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
• n. (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something.
• n. (Britain, plumbing, dated) tallow.

unusual

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