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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is bizarre, unusual |
| Synonyms: | beatnik, character, freak, hippie, kook, loner, maverick, nonconformist, nut*, odd person, oddball, oddity, original, queer duck, rare bird, three-dollar bill, weirdo |
| Antonyms: | normal, standard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enthusiast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person active in interest |
| Synonyms: | addict, admirer, aficionado, believer, buff, bug*, bum*, devotee, eccentric, fan, fanatic, follower, freak, habitué, lover, maniac, monomaniac, nut*, optimist, participant, partisan, rooter, supporter, votary, worshiper, zealot |
| Antonyms: | critic, detractor, pessimist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | free spirit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonconformist |
| Synonyms: | Bohemian, New Ager, beatnik, bohemian, dissenter, eccentric, flower child, free thinker, gonzo, hippie, maverick, nonconformist, original, radical |
| Main Entry: | misfit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonconformist |
| Synonyms: | beatnik, bohemian*, different breed, dissenter, dissident, dropout, eccentric, fish out of water, freak*, individualist, lone wolf, loser, odd man out, oddball, offbeat, outsider, weirdo* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nonconformist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who goes against normal behavior, beliefs |
| Synonyms: | beatnik, bohemian*, demonstrator, different breed, dissenter, dissentient, dissident, dropout, eccentric, fish out of water, freak*, heretic, iconoclast, individualist, liberal, malcontent, maverick, misbeliever, night person, oddball, offbeat, original, protester, radical, rebel, sectary, separatist, swinger, weirdo* |
| Antonyms: | conformist, orthodox |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crazy, overenthusiastic person |
| Synonyms: | bedlamite, bigot, crackpot, crank, dement, eccentric, fanatic, fiend, freak, harebrain, loony, lunatic, maniac, non compos mentis, screwball, zealot |
| Antonyms: | sane person |
| Main Entry: | oddity/oddball |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very different |
| Synonyms: | case*, character, duck*, eccentric, fish out of water, maverick, misfit, odd bird, original*, rara avis, screwball, weirdo* |
| Antonyms: | conservative, normal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | original |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is eccentric |
| Synonyms: | anomaly, card*, case*, character, eccentric, nonconformist, oddball, oddity, queer, weirdo* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | screwball |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crazy person |
| Synonyms: | blockhead, bonehead, bozo, character, crackpot, dingbat, dumbbell, eccentric, fanatic, goof, kook, lunkhead, numbskull, nut, saphead |
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