oddities

NOUN

abnormality

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anomaly characteristic curiosity idiosyncrasy incongruity irregularity peculiarity phenomenon quirk rarity

STRONG

bizarreness eccentricity extraordinariness freak freakishness kink oddness outlandishness queerness singularity strangeness unconventionality unnaturalness

WEAK

conversation piece

Antonyms

STRONGEST

normality regularity usualness

STRONG

commonality normalcy

WEAK

convention habit norm standard

NOUN

person who is very different

Synonyms

WEAK

case character duck eccentric fish out of water maverick misfit odd bird original rara avis screwball weirdo

Antonyms

WEAK

conservative normal

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oddities

“Sports oddities? I thought, well, that’s not going to work… Let’s go with ‘All Stars.’”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

With that comes more international fans in the US keen to explore American culture, landscape and all the country's oddities.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

To find out more about space oddities, I called Robert Pearlman, who obsessively tracks them as the editor of Collectspace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

Sports underestimate their human elements, the tics and oddities that make them unique.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

It was strange to think of this woman as an assassin, but seeing her now, all of her oddities and faults made sense.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas