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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Efforts to recycle rare earths or develop batteries that need fewer exotic components are still in their infancy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

The McCartneys decided that they’d like to travel to exotic locales to record, asking their record company for a list of their studios in countries that weren’t the UK.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2026

Bordighera is on the Italian Riviera, bracketed by the sea, with a beach and an exotic garden referenced by painter Claude Monet.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

They cluster under gravity and explain the motion of galaxies – which appear to orbit at unexpectedly high speeds – without needing any exotic new particles.

From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2026

Then she pauses, kinda tilts her head to one side, and says, “You are so pretty—really exotic looking!”

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

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