Synonyms of the word strange


STRANGEADVENTIVE - ALIEN - ANTIC - CRAZY - CURIOUS - EERIE - EERY - ESTABLISHED - EXOTIC - FANTASTIC - FANTASTICAL - FOREIGN - FOREIGN-BORN - FREAKY - FUNNY - GOTHIC - GROTESQUE - IMPORTED - NATURALIZED - NONNATIVE - ODD - ODDISH - OTHER - PECULIAR - QUAINT - QUEER - RUM - RUMMY - SINGULAR - TRAMONTANE - UNFAMILIAR - UNKNOWN - UNNATURALISED - UNNATURALIZED - UNUSUAL - WEIRD

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.

adventive

  • adj. accidental.
  • adj. adventitious.
  • adj. (biology) Of a plant that is not native, but was introduced by humans to a place and has since become…
  • n. A non-native plant that has become naturalized.

alien

  • n. A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory…
  • n. A foreigner residing in a country.
  • n. Any life form of extraterrestrial origin.
  • n. One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.
  • adj. Pertaining to an alien.
  • adj. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
  • adj. Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.
  • v. (transitive) To estrange; to alienate.
  • v. (law) To transfer the ownership of something.

antic

  • adj. (architecture, art) Grotesque, incongruous.
  • adj. Grotesque, bizarre; absurd.
  • adj. Obsolete form of antique.
  • n. (architecture, art, obsolete) A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.
  • n. A caricature.
  • n. (often in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.
  • n. A grotesque performer or clown, buffoon.
  • v. (intransitive) To perform antics, caper.
  • v. (obsolete) To make a fool of, to cause to look ridiculous.
  • v. (transitive, rare) To perform (an action) as an antic; to mimic ridiculously.
  • n. (animation) A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before…

crazy

  • adj. Insane; lunatic; demented.
  • adj. Out of control.
  • adj. Overly excited or enthusiastic.
  • adj. In love; experiencing romantic feelings.
  • adj. (informal) Unexpected; surprising.
  • adj. Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
  • adv. (slang) Very, extremely.
  • n. An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.
  • n. (slang, uncountable) Eccentric behaviour; lunacy.

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.

eerie

  • adj. strange, weird, fear-inspiring.
  • adj. (Scotland) frightened, timid.

eery

  • adj. Alternative spelling of eerie.

established

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of establish.
  • adj. Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
  • adj. Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
  • adj. (Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.

exotic

  • adj. Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
  • adj. Non-native to the ecosystem.
  • adj. (finance) Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded…
  • n. (biology) An organism that is exotic to an environment.
  • n. An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
  • n. (physics) Any exotic particle.

fantastic

  • adj. Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful.
  • adj. Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.
  • adj. Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; grotesque.
  • adj. Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).

fantastical

  • adj. Of or pertaining to fantasy.
  • adj. fanciful or whimsical.
  • adj. fantastic.

foreign

  • adj. Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
  • adj. Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than…
  • adj. Relating to a different nation.
  • adj. Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
  • adj. (with to, formerly with from) Alien; strange.
  • adj. (obsolete) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
  • adj. (US, state law) From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or…
  • adj. Belonging to a different organization, company etc.
  • adj. (obsolete) Outside, outdoors, outdoor.
  • n. A foreign person, particularly.
  • n. (obsolete) A foreign ship.
  • n. (obsolete) Clipping of chamber foreign: an outhouse.
  • n. A foreign area, particularly.
  • n. Short for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service.

foreign-born

  • adj. Being born outside of one's country of residence.

freaky

  • adj. Resembling a freak.
  • adj. (slang) Odd; bizarre; unusual.
  • adj. (slang) Scary; frightening.
  • adj. (slang) Sexually deviant.

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.

gothic

  • adj. Alternative letter-case form of Gothic.

grotesque

  • adj. distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous.
  • adj. disgusting or otherwise viscerally reviling.
  • adj. (typography) sans serif.
  • n. A style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms.
  • n. Anything grotesque.
  • n. (typography) A sans serif typeface.

imported

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of import.

naturalized

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of naturalize.

nonnative

  • adj. Not native.
  • n. Someone who is not a native.

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.

oddish

  • adj. Somewhat odd.

other

  • adj. See other (determiner) below.
  • adj. second.
  • adj. Alien.
  • adj. Different.
  • adj. (obsolete) Left, as opposed to right.
  • n. An other one, more often rendered as another.
  • n. The other one; the second of two.
  • adv. Apart from; in the phrase "other than".
  • adv. (obsolete) otherwise.
  • v. (transitive) To make into an other.
  • v. (transitive) To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.
  • v. (transitive) (ethnicity or race) To label as "other".
  • conj. (obsolete) Or.

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…

quaint

  • adj. (obsolete) Of a person: cunning, crafty.
  • adj. (obsolete) Cleverly made; artfully contrived.
  • adj. (now dialectal) Strange or odd; unusual.
  • adj. (obsolete) Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim.
  • adj. Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm.
  • n. (archaic) The vulva.

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.

tramontane

  • adj. From the far side of the mountains (especially from North of the Alps).
  • adj. foreign.
  • adj. a classical name for the north wind.
  • n. One living beyond the mountains; a foreigner; a stranger.

unfamiliar

  • adj. Strange, not familiar.
  • n. An unfamiliar person; a stranger.

unknown

  • adj. (sometimes postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known.
  • n. (algebra) A variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.
  • n. Any fact or place about which nothing is known (as in the phrase "into the unknown").
  • n. A person of no identity; a nonentity.

unnaturalised

  • adj. Alternative spelling of unnaturalized.

unnaturalized

  • adj. Not naturalized.

unusual

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

weird

  • adj. Connected with fate or destiny; able to influence fate.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to witches or witchcraft; supernatural; unearthly; suggestive of witches, witchcraft,…
  • adj. Having supernatural or preternatural power.
  • adj. Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
  • adj. Deviating from the normal; bizarre.
  • adj. (archaic) Of or pertaining to the Fates.
  • n. (archaic) Fate; destiny; luck.
  • n. A prediction.
  • n. (obsolete, Scotland) A spell or charm.
  • n. That which comes to pass; a fact.
  • n. (archaic, in the plural) The Fates (personified).
  • v. (transitive) To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery.
  • v. (transitive) To warn solemnly; adjure.

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