Another word for peculiar
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Adjective
Deviating from the customary
- A card game, played in many variations, in which the object is to obtain sets of three or more cards of the same rank or suit.
- An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented molasses or sugar cane.
- Intoxicating beverages.
- A pitched ball that curves in the direction opposite to that of a normal curve ball.
- An eccentric, impulsively whimsical, or irrational person.
- Impulsively whimsical; eccentric:
- Characteristic of a kook; strange or crazy.
- Strikingly odd or unusual, especially in an unsettling way; strange:
- Suggestive of the supernatural:
- Of or relating to fate or the Fates.
- Not usual, common, or ordinary.
- Not in accordance with what usually occurs in nature:
- Not included in nature; artificial:
- Deviating from a behavioral or social norm:
- Not previously known; unfamiliar:
- Not of one's own or a particular locality, environment, or kind; not native:
- Out of the ordinary or difficult to account for; unusual or peculiar:
- Being only one; individual; lone:
- Being the only one of a kind; unique:
- Being beyond what is ordinary, especially in being exceptionally good; remarkable:
- Deviating from what is expected or normal; strange:
- Odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric:
- Of a questionable nature or character; suspicious:
- Charmingly odd, especially in an old-fashioned way:
- Unfamiliar or unusual in character; strange:
- Cleverly made or done.
- Conspicuously unconventional; bizarre.
- Located far from civilized areas; remote:
- Of foreign origin; not native.
- Deviating from what is ordinary, usual, or expected; strange or peculiar:
- Being in excess of the indicated or approximate number, extent, or degree. Often used in combination:
- Constituting a remainder:
- Markedly unusual or abnormal; strange:
- Relating to or being a freak:
- Capricious or whimsical.
- Having no fixed or regular course; wandering:
- Lacking consistency, regularity, or uniformity:
- Deviating from the customary course in conduct or opinion; eccentric:
- Departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern.
- Deviating from a circular form or path, as in an elliptical orbit.
- Not having the same center:
- Eager to learn more:
- Unduly inquisitive; prying:
- Arousing interest because of novelty or strangeness:
- Having a bad disposition; peevish.
- Having eccentric ways; odd.
- Full of bends and turns; crooked:
- Very strange or unusual, especially in a striking or shocking way.
See also:Causing puzzlement; perplexing
- Strikingly odd or unusual, especially in an unsettling way; strange:
- Suggestive of the supernatural:
- Of or relating to fate or the Fates.
- Not previously known; unfamiliar:
- Not of one's own or a particular locality, environment, or kind; not native:
- Out of the ordinary or difficult to account for; unusual or peculiar:
- Deviating from what is expected or normal; strange:
- Odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric:
- Of a questionable nature or character; suspicious:
- Deviating from what is ordinary, usual, or expected; strange or peculiar:
- Being in excess of the indicated or approximate number, extent, or degree. Often used in combination:
- Constituting a remainder:
- Causing laughter or amusement:
- Making or given to making amusing jokes or witticisms:
- Appropriate as the subject of a joke; deserving of a joke. Used in negative sentences to express disapproval or to emphasize the seriousness of something:
- Eager to learn more:
- Unduly inquisitive; prying:
- Arousing interest because of novelty or strangeness:
See also:Serving to identify or set apart an individual or group
- The yield of wine or grapes from a vineyard or district during one season.
- Wine, usually of high quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.
- The year or place in which a wine is bottled.
- Exhibiting the qualities, traits, or characteristics that identify a kind, class, group, or category:
- Of or relating to a representative specimen; characteristic or distinctive.
- Conforming to a type:
- Of or relating to an individual, especially a single human:
- By or for one person:
- Existing as a distinct entity; separate:
- Serving to identify; distinguishing or characteristic:
- Distinguished or attractive:
- Phonemically relevant and capable of conveying a difference in meaning, as nasalization in the initial sound of mat versus bat.
- Being a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; distinctive:
- A feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait.
- The integral part of a logarithm as distinguished from the mantissa:
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Another word for peculiar
Modifier
Unusual
- Conspicuously unconventional; bizarre.
- Located far from civilized areas; remote:
- Of foreign origin; not native.
- Being only one; individual; lone:
- Being the only one of a kind; unique:
- Being beyond what is ordinary, especially in being exceptionally good; remarkable:
- Admirable or very good; excellent or splendid:
- Capable of eliciting wonder; astonishing:
- Not previously known; unfamiliar:
- Not of one's own or a particular locality, environment, or kind; not native:
- Out of the ordinary or difficult to account for; unusual or peculiar:
Characteristic of only one
- Departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern.
- Deviating from a circular form or path, as in an elliptical orbit.
- Not having the same center:
- Not common; rare.
- Wonderful; remarkable.
- Not previously known; unfamiliar:
- Not of one's own or a particular locality, environment, or kind; not native:
- Out of the ordinary or difficult to account for; unusual or peculiar:
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