idiosyncratic

Main Entry:
idiosyncratic [id-ee-oh-sin-krat-ik, -sing-]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: peculiar
Synonyms: distinctive, personal, quirky
Main Entry: distinctive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: different, unique
Synonyms: characteristic, cool, diacritic, diagnostic, discrete, distinguishing, excellent, extraordinary, far cry, gnarly, idiosyncratic, individual, like night and day, offbeat, original, outstanding, peculiar, perfect, poles apart, proper, separate, single, singular, special, superior, typical, uncommon, unreal, weird, wicked
Notes: distinct means something stands out - while distinctive implies that an attribute or quality make something recognizable or distinguishable
Antonyms: common, normal, resembling, same, similar, standard
Main Entry: eccentric
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: bizarre, unusual
Synonyms: aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, beat*, bent*, bizarre, capricious, characteristic, cockeyed, crazy, curious, droll, erratic, far out, flaky, freak, freakish, funky*, funny, idiosyncratic, irregular, kooky, nutty, odd, oddball, off the wall, off-center, offbeat, out in left field, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, quizzical, singular, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unnatural, way out, weird, whimsical, wild
Antonyms: boring, common, dull, normal, ordinary, plain, regular, standard, unexciting, usual
Main Entry: erratic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unpredictable; wandering
Synonyms: aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, arbitrary, bizarre, capricious, changeable, desultory, devious, dicey, directionless, dubious, eccentric, fitful, flaky*, fluctuant, idiosyncratic, iffy, incalculable, inconsistent, inconstant, irregular, meandering, mercurial, nomadic, oddball, peculiar, planetary, rambling, roving, shifting, spasmodic, strange, stray, uncertain, undirected, unnatural, unreliable, unstable, unusual, vagarious, variable, volatile, wayward, weird, whimsical
Antonyms: certain, consistent, definite, dependable, predictable, regular, reliable, steady, sure, unchanging
Main Entry: individual
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: distinctive, exclusive
Synonyms: alone, characteristic, definite, diacritic, diagnostic, different, discrete, distinct, especial, express, idiosyncratic, indivisible, lone, odd, only, original, own, particular, peculiar, personal, personalized, proper, reserved, respective, secluded, select, separate, several, single, singular, sole, solitary, special, specific, uncommon, unique, unitary, unusual
Antonyms: common, general, ordinary
Main Entry: odd/oddball
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unusual, abnormal
Synonyms: atypical, avant-garde, bizarre, character, crazy, curious, deviant, different, eccentric, erratic, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, flaky*, freak*, freakish, freaky, funny, idiosyncratic, irregular, kinky*, kooky, off-the-wall, offbeat, out of the ordinary, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, rare, remarkable, singular, spacey, strange, uncanny, uncommon, unconventional, unique, way out, weird, weirdo*, whimsical
Antonyms: common, conventional, habitual, normal, ordinary, regular, standard, usual
Main Entry: offbeat
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: strange, very different
Synonyms: bizarre, bohemian*, eccentric, far-out, freaky, fresh, idiosyncratic, novel, oddball, outré, uncommon, unconventional, unique, unorthodox, unusual, way-out, weird
Antonyms: expected, normal, usual
Main Entry: peculiar
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: characteristic, distinguishing
Synonyms: appropriate, diacritic, diagnostic, distinct, distinctive, endemic, exclusive, idiosyncratic, individual, intrinsic, local, particular, personal, private, proper, restricted, special, specific, typical, unique
Antonyms: abnormal, uncharacteristic
Main Entry: peculiar
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: bizarre, odd
Synonyms: abnormal, bent*, creepy*, curious, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, flaky*, freakish, freaky, funny, idiosyncratic, kinky*, kooky, oddball, off-the-wall, offbeat, outlandish, quaint, queer, singular, strange, uncommon, unconventional, uncustomary, unusual, wacky*, way-out, weird, wonderful
Antonyms: normal, ordinary, regular, standard, usual
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