Unusual

//ʌnˈjuːʒuəl//

Synonyms for "unusual" (152 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Strong matches (45)

Related words (76)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Antonyms

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Synonyms

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derived

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derived from

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related to

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similar

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Showing 16 of 38 words.

Translations

61 translations across 37 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ἀήθης adj (not usual)
  • ἄτοπος adj (not usual)

Armenian

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  • արտասովոր adj (not usual)

Belarusian

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  • нязвы́клы adj (not usual)
  • нязвы́чны adj (not usual)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • необикновен adj (not usual)

Catalan

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  • inusual adj (not usual)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 稀有 adj (not usual)

Czech

1 entries
  • neobvyklý adj (not usual)

Danish

1 entries
  • usædvanlig adj (not usual)

Dutch

2 entries
  • ongebruikelijk adj (not usual)
  • ongewoon adj (not usual)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • nekutima adj (not usual)
  • neordinara adj (not usual)

Estonian

1 entries
  • veider adj (not usual)

Finnish

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  • epätavallinen adj (not usual)
  • erikoinen adj (not usual)

French

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  • inhabituel adj (not usual)
  • insolite adj (not usual)

Georgian

1 entries
  • უჩვეულო adj (not usual)

German

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  • ungebräuchlich adj (not usual)
  • ungewöhnlich adj (not usual)
  • unüblich adj (not usual)

Greek

1 entries
  • ασυνήθιστος adj (not usual)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • szokatlan adj (not usual)

Italian

3 entries
  • insolito adj (not usual)
  • inusuale adj (not usual)
  • particolare adj (not usual)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 珍しい adj (not usual)

Latin

3 entries
  • insolens adj (not usual)
  • insuētus adj (not usual)
  • ēnormis adj (not usual)

Latvian

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  • neparasts adj (not usual)
  • savāds adj (not usual)
  • svešāds adj (not usual)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • neįprastas adj (not usual)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • нео́бичен adj (not usual)

Manx

2 entries
  • neuchadjin adj (not usual)
  • neuoayllagh adj (not usual)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • uvanlig adj (not usual)

Old English

1 entries
  • unġewunelīċ adj (not usual)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • besonda adj (not usual)

Polish

3 entries
  • niecodzienny adj (not usual)
  • niezwyczajny adj (not usual)
  • niezwykły adj (not usual)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • inesperado adj (not usual)
  • inusual adj (not usual)

Romanian

3 entries
  • ciudat adj (not usual)
  • insolit adj (not usual)
  • neobișnuit adj (not usual)

Russian

2 entries
  • необы́чный adj (not usual)
  • необыкнове́нный adj (not usual)

Seraiki

1 entries
  • اَݨہوْوَݨاں adj (not usual)

Spanish

2 entries
  • inusitado adj (not usual)
  • inusual adj (not usual)

Swedish

1 entries
  • ovanlig adj (not usual)

Turkish

2 entries
  • alışılmadık adj (not usual)
  • olağandışı adj (not usual)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • незви́чний adj (not usual)
  • незвича́йний adj (not usual)

Urdu

1 entries
  • غیر معمولی adj (not usual)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Don't you smell something unusual?

Source: tatoeba (25026)

It is unusual to see rock stars wearing a tie!

Source: tatoeba (29355)

The study by Meyer and his colleagues was unusual.

Source: tatoeba (32878)

That's an unusual thing, undoubtedly.

Source: tatoeba (42270)

Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.

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