Queer

/kwɪə/

Synonyms for "queer" (378 found)

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Closest matches (76)

Adjective(6 words)

odd peculiar atypical challenge compromise curious

abnormal absurd ac-dc affected amphierotic anomalous apocryphal artificial assumed atypical auntie autoeroticbad checkbad moneyball upbase coinbastard battybereft of reasonbi-guy

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bisexed bisexual bizarre bogusbogus moneybollixbollix upbotch brainsick brummagem buggerbugger upbull dykebungle butch catamite chicken colorable colored cook counterfeitcounterfeit moneycounterfeited crab crackbrained cracked cramp crank crankish cranky crazed crazy crimp cripple crotchety curious daftde energizede-energize debilitate deluded dementeddeprived of reasonderanged destroy

Noun(1 words)

antic

Verb(4 words)

baffle bilk cancel cross

Strong matches (113)

deviant deviative different disable disenable disoriented distorted distraught divergent dizzy dotty doubtful draindressed updroll dubious dummy dyke eccentric effeminate

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Adjective(5 words)

dubious funny gay homophile jeopardize

Verb(4 words)

endanger expose foil frustrate

Noun(5 words)

fag faggot fagot fairy lgbt

Adjective(1 words)

ill

Related words (189)

Adjective(25 words)

lgbtq+ communitylgbtq+ individuallgbtq+ movementnon heterosexual personnonheterosexual nonnormative nonstraightqueer collectivequeer communityqueer personreframe reinterpret ruin rum rummysexual minoritysexual minority groupsingular spoil strange

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subvert suspicious undermine unsettling unusual

light-headed loco loonylouse upludicrous lunatic mad maddened maggoty maimmake believemake-believeman mademan-made manic mannish mar mazed mentalmentally deficient

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meshuggahmess upmockmoon struckmoon-struckmuck upmuddle muff mysterious nancenon composnon compos mentisnot all therenot rightnuts nutty obsessed odd oddballof unsound mindoffoff the walloffbeat out outlandish outre pansypassing strangepathic peculiar perverted phony pinchbeckplay hell withplay hob withpoorly potty pretended pseudo psycho punk putput onput-on puzzling quaint qualmish qualmy quasi queasy queenqueer the worksquestionable quirky quizzical reasonless remarkable ridiculousrubber checkruin sabotage sapphic sapphistscrew upscrewball screwy self-styled senseless shady sham shoddy sick simulated singular sink snafusnarl upso calledso-called soi-disant spike spoil spurious squeamish stark-madstark-staring madstrange supposititious suspect suspicious swish synthetic tetched tin tinsel titivated touched transvestite tribade tribadistic twisted unauthentic unbalanced uncanny uncommon unconventional uncouth unearthly uneasy unexampled unfit ungenuine unhinged unnatural unorthodox unparalleled unreal unsane unsettled unsound unusual unwell vertiginous wacky wandering warped weaken weird whimsical wing witlesswondrous strangewreck

Noun(6 words)

nance pansy poof poove pouf queen

Verb(5 words)

peril scotch scupper spoil thwart

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

29 entries

affect alterbear onbear uponcharacteristiccultural categoryforbid foreclose forestallgay manhuman beinghuman groupidentity categoryidentity descriptorimpact

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More specific

24 entries

anomalousanomalous resultbisexualbisexual peoplebisexual personbizarre eccentric gaygay mengay personjeopardize lesbianlesbian womennonbinary peopleodd findingpansexual

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Collocations

14 entries

canon data interpretation narrative outcome plansqueer communityqueer culturequeer identityqueer politicsqueer rightsqueer spacequeer studiesqueer theory

Inflections

5 entries

queered queerer queerest queering queers

Derivations

4 entries

queerish queerism queerly queerness

similar

3 entries

homosexual strange unusual

Translations

38 translations across 28 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

كْوِير adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Bulgarian

1 entries

извратен adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Catalan

1 entries

marica adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

酷儿 adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)
酷兒 /酷儿 adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Danish

1 entries

queer adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Esperanto

2 entries

GLATa adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)
kvira adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Finnish

2 entries

pervo adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)
sateenkaari- adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

French

1 entries

queer adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Georgian

1 entries

ქვიარი adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

German

1 entries

queer adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Hebrew

2 entries

קְוִּויר adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)
קווירית adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Hungarian

1 entries

queer adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Icelandic

1 entries

hinsegin adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Indonesian

1 entries

belok adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Irish

1 entries

aiteach adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Japanese

1 entries

クィア adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Latvian

1 entries

kvīrs adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Macedonian

1 entries

настран adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Northern Sami

1 entries

bonju adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Norwegian

1 entries

skeiv adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Polish

1 entries

queerowy adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Portuguese

1 entries

queer adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Réunion Creole French

1 entries

kwir adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Spanish

4 entries

cuir adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)
non heterosexual adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)
queer adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)
torcido adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Swedish

1 entries

queer adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Tamil

3 entries

குயர் adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)
பால்புது adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)
பால்புதுமை adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Turkish

2 entries

kuir adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)
queer adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Ukrainian

1 entries

кві́рний adj (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Sample sentences

51 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

What a queer story!

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He is really a queer fellow!

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He had a queer expression on his face.

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Queer rumors about them were in the air.

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