exotic

[ig-zot-ik] / ɪgˈzɒt ɪk /

ADJECTIVE

not native or usual; mysterious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alien alluring bizarre colorful curious different fascinating glamorous peculiar romantic strange unfamiliar unusual weird

WEAK

avant-garde enticing external extraneous extraordinary extrinsic far-out foreign imported introduced kinky outlandish outside peregrine striking way-out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

boring common dull familiar native normal ordinary regular standard uninteresting usual

Example Sentences

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Completeness and causality are preserved, without invoking exotic new physics.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Sir David was close to home again for this series, which lifted the lid on the teeming activity that can make UK gardens just as fascinating as wilder and more exotic places.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

There’s also Don Johnson, the impossibly handsome star of “Miami Vice,” the ’80s cop show that presented the neighborhood to the world as something exciting and exotic.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The MV Hondius was a dream trip for me, one of my last exotic trips before parenthood.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

I don’t know where the name started, but Mexico always sounded exotic to me.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz

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