Unconventional

Synonyms for "unconventional" (205 found)

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Closest matches (41)

Adjective(12 words)
academic misfitalternativeatypicalatypical organismavant-garde designbohemian stylebold fabric patterncreativedaffydaftestdeviant behaviordisaffected
Verb(3 words)
Noun(1 words)
economic outsider

Strong matches (62)

Adjective(21 words)
exotic creatureexperimentalexperimental outcomeexperimental taskfreakiestfunkygoofyiconoclasticimproperindividualisticinnovativeinventiveinventive approachirregularirregular teachingkinkierkinkiestkookierkookiestlateral thinking
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lateral thinking puzzle
Noun(13 words)
fringegonzoguerillaguerrillaheretichippyinsurgent groupkookielaterallibertinemore experimentalmore nonstandardmore unconventional

Related words (102)

Adverb(1 words)
more wild energy
Noun(13 words)
most experimentalmost oddmutantnon classicalnonconformistnonconformist thinkernorlutinradical organizingrevolutionary labelsocial deviatorstrayingswedish vildwack
Adjective(39 words)
nonclassical logicnonconformingnonconforming conductnonconservative scenariononconventional energy optionsnoncustomary actionnonindustry practicesnonmodel activitynonstandardnonstandard procedurenonstandard speciesnontraditionalnontraditional learnernovel approachnovel conceptnovel ideaoriginaloriginal motiforiginal versionoutré
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quirkierquirkiestradical reform idearandom ideasrandom stylerevisionist historiographyscrewiestsocial deviantuncommon measuresunique contributionunlawfulunorthodoxuntraditionaluntypicalunusual occurrenceunusual personweirderwild ideawonky
Verb(1 words)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

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More specific

8 entries
alternative approachcreative solutionexperimental methodnovel approachoffbeat methodunconventional approachunconventional ideaunconventional method

Collocations

5 entries
unconventional approachunconventional methodunconventional projectunconventional thinkingunconventional wisdom

Inflections

2 entries
more unconventionalmost unconventional

Derivations

2 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

similar

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Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We need an attorney with experience in unconventional means.

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He adopted an unconventional lifestyle.

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This artist's lifestyle is unconventional.

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Basque may well be the most unusual language of Europe: it has an unconventional structure and is not akin to any other language, and just because of that it lends itself as a worthwhile field of research for linguists.

Source: tatoeba (3756913)

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