The idiosyncratic watch smith watched me from behind the window.
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Idiosyncratic
//ˌɪd.i.əʊ.sɪŋˈkɹæt.ɪk//
Synonyms for "idiosyncratic" (115 found)
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Adjective(4 words)
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6 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
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9 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 21 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- իդիոսինկրատիկ adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
Catalan
1 entries- idiosincràtic adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 特異的 /特异的 adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- 獨特的 /独特的 adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
Czech
4 entries- charakteristický adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- osobitý adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- specifický adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- výstřední adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
Dutch
4 entries- eigenaardig adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- eigenzinnig adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- idiosyncratisch adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- karakteristiek adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
Estonian
2 entries- idiosünkraatiline adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- isikuomane adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
Finnish
2 entries- omalaatuinen adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- omaperäinen adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
French
4 entries- idiosyncrasique adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- idiosyncratique adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- particulier adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- singulier adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
German
4 entries- eigenartig adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- eigentümlich adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- idiosynkratisch adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- spezifisch adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
Hungarian
1 entries- sajátos adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
Italian
2 entries- idiosincrasico adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- idiosincratico adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
Kazakh
1 entries- ерекше adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- idiosynkratisk adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
Polish
1 entries- specyficzny adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
Portuguese
2 entries- idiossincrásico adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- idiossincrático adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
Romanian
2 entries- idiosincratic adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- idiosincrazic adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
Russian
4 entries- отличительный adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- персона́льный adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- своеобразный adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- уникальный adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sònraichte adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- idiosinkratičan adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- karakterističan adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- specifičan adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
Spanish
2 entries- idiosincrásico adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- idiosincrático adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
Swedish
3 entries- egenartad adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- idiosynkratisk adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
- säregen adj (peculiar to a specific individual)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
He had an idiosyncratic response to the medication.
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Tom is very idiosyncratic.
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He is known as an author for his idiosyncratic style of writing.
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