Exotic

//ɪɡˈzɒtɪk//

Synonyms for "exotic" (171 found)

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Closest matches (35)

Adjective(1 words)
alien

Strong matches (51)

Adjective(1 words)
ethnic

Related words (85)

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Translations

98 translations across 41 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἔξεδρος adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)

Arabic

2 entries
  • دخيل adj (non-native to the ecosystem)
  • مجلوب adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • екзотичен adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)

Catalan

2 entries
  • exòtic adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • exòtic adj (non-native to the ecosystem)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 外來的 /外来的 adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • 外來的 /外来的 adj (non-native to the ecosystem)
  • 引進的 /引进的 adj (non-native to the ecosystem)
  • 有異國情調 /有异国情调 adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)

Czech

4 entries
  • cizokrajný adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • exotický adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • nepůvodní adj (non-native to the ecosystem)
  • exot noun (organism exotic to an environment)

Danish

1 entries
  • eksotisk adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)

Dutch

4 entries
  • exotisch adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • exotisch adj (non-native to the ecosystem)
  • uitheems adj (non-native to the ecosystem)
  • exoot noun (organism exotic to an environment)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • ekzota adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • ekzotika adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • neindiĝena adj (non-native to the ecosystem)

Finnish

4 entries
  • eksoottinen adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • eksoottinen adj (non-native to the ecosystem)
  • vieras adj (non-native to the ecosystem)
  • eksoottinen laji noun (organism exotic to an environment)

French

3 entries
  • exotique adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • exotique adj (non-native to the ecosystem)
  • exotique noun (organism exotic to an environment)

Galician

1 entries
  • exótico adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)

German

3 entries
  • exotisch adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • exotisch adj (non-native to the ecosystem)
  • Exot noun (organism exotic to an environment)

Greek

4 entries
  • εξωτικός adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • εξωτικός adj (non-native to the ecosystem)
  • ξένος adj (non-native to the ecosystem)
  • εξωτικός noun (organism exotic to an environment)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • egzotikus adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • egzotikus adj (non-native to the ecosystem)

Ido

2 entries
  • exotika adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • exotika adj (non-native to the ecosystem)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • eksotis adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • eksotis adj (non-native to the ecosystem)

Irish

3 entries
  • andúchasach adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • andúchasach adj (non-native to the ecosystem)
  • coimhthíoch adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)

Italian

1 entries
  • esotico adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)

Japanese

2 entries
  • エキゾチック adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • 外来 adj (non-native to the ecosystem)

Korean

4 entries
  • 외국산의 adj (non-native to the ecosystem)
  • 외래의 adj (non-native to the ecosystem)
  • 이국적인 adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • 이국풍의 adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)

Latin

1 entries
  • peregrinus adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)

Latvian

1 entries
  • eksotisks adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • egzotiškas adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)

Manx

1 entries
  • andooghyssagh adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)

Māori

3 entries
  • rāwaho adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • rāwaho adj (non-native to the ecosystem)
  • tauhou adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • eksotisk adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • eksotisk adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)

Occitan

1 entries
  • exotic adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)

Persian

2 entries
  • اگزوتیک adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • غریب adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)

Polish

2 entries
  • egzotyczny adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • egzotyczny adj (non-native to the ecosystem)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • exótico adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • exótico adj (non-native to the ecosystem)
  • (organismo) exótico noun (organism exotic to an environment)

Romanian

1 entries
  • exotic adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)

Russian

4 entries
  • экзоти́ческий adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • экзоти́ческий adj (non-native to the ecosystem)
  • экзоти́чный adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • экзо́т noun (organism exotic to an environment)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • allmharach adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • coimheach adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • eilthireach adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • eilthireach adj (non-native to the ecosystem)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • egzòtičan adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • egzòtičan adj (non-native to the ecosystem)
  • егзо̀тичан adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • егзо̀тичан adj (non-native to the ecosystem)

Spanish

2 entries
  • exótico adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • exótico adj (non-native to the ecosystem)

Swedish

2 entries
  • exotisk adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • exotisk adj (non-native to the ecosystem)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • eksotiko adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • eksotiko adj (non-native to the ecosystem)
  • kakaiba adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • eksotiko noun (organism exotic to an environment)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • екзоти́чний adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • екзоти́чний adj (non-native to the ecosystem)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • kì lạ adj (foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign)
  • ngoại lai adj (non-native to the ecosystem)
  • sinh vật ngoại lai noun (organism exotic to an environment)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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Her exotic perfume has a subtle scent.

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In woodworking, we classify wood as hardwood, softwood or exotic wood.

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A bass drum, a snare drum, and cymbals were once all a composer needed to make a work sound exotic.

Source: tatoeba (814455)

His uncle worked as a pipe fitter for 36 years, exposing him to lead, exotic gases, and other interesting chemicals.

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