Unusual

/ʌnˈjuːʒuəl/

Synonyms for "unusual" (198 found)

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Closest matches (40)

aberrant abnormalalmost unheard-ofatypical bizarre breakaway conspicuous curious deviant different distinct eccentric erratic especial exceptional exotic extraordinary

Adjective(16 words)

aberrant abnormalatypical conductatypical developmentatypical organismcurious earthlingsdeviant actionsdeviant behaviordeviant readingdeviant resultdistinctive behaviordistinctive personexceptional exotic extraordinaryextraordinary event

Noun(5 words)

aliencalendar irregularitycuckoodata anomalydeviant

Verb(2 words)

deviated deviating

Strong matches (59)

extreme extremely fanciful freak freakish fresh funny important infrequent irregular notable noteworthy novel odd oddball offbeat ordinary original

Adjective(32 words)

extreme valueextreme weather eventsfreakier freakyhistoric treatyinfrequent irregularirregular dayirregular movementnoncharacteristic nonconformingnoncustomary actionnonstandardnonstandard speciesnovel approachnovel conceptodd countsodd habitodd habitsodd integer

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odd integersodd numbersodd patternodd propertyodd resultodd street numberodd three-digit numberodd totalsodderodder weatheroddestone off tasks

Noun(9 words)

freakmore oddmore unconventionalmost oddmutantodd numberodd one outodd weatheroff calendar

Related words (99)

out of the ordinaryout of this worldout-of-the-wayoutlandish outre pale particular peculiar phenomenal picturesque prodigious quaint queer rare rarely raving recherche remarkable remote scarce

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seldom met withseldom seensight signal singular slow sparse special strange strikingsui generissuperior supernatural thin unaccountable unaccustomed uncommon uncommonly unconventional uncustomaryundreamed ofundreamed-of unearthly unexpected unfamiliar unfrequentunheard ofunheard-of unimaginable unique unnatural unordinary unorthodox unparalleled unprecedented unthinkableunthought ofunthought-of untypical unusually unwonted

Noun(4 words)

outlierrare casesrares rummy

Adjective(33 words)

preternatural queerer queerest quirky rarerare caserare fossilrare phenomenonrarer remarkableremarkable personsocial deviantspecial strangestrange devicestrangest subnormal unco uncommonuncommon instance

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uncommon measuresuncommon organismunfamiliar conductunfamiliar speciesunique artworkunique identifierunnatural unrepresentative wackier weird weirder weirdestwild creature sighting

Verb(1 words)

queered

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

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descriptive termdescriptor quality

More specific

7 entries

unusual achievementunusual appearanceunusual behaviorunusual delayunusual patternunusual talentunusual weather

Collocations

6 entries

unusual appearanceunusual circumstanceunusual delayunusual eventunusual patternunusual weather

Inflections

2 entries

more unusualmost unusual

Derivations

2 entries

unusually unusualness

Antonyms

1 entries

usual

similar

30 entries

antic crazy curious different eerie eery exotic extraordinary fantastic fantastical freaky funny gothic grotesque odd oddish

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Sample sentences

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Don't you smell something unusual?

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It is unusual to see rock stars wearing a tie!

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The study by Meyer and his colleagues was unusual.

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That's an unusual thing, undoubtedly.

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