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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | aberrant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not normal; varying from the usual |
| Synonyms: | abnormal, atypical, bizarre, deviant, different, flaky*, mental*, nonstandard, odd, off-base, off-color, out of line, peculiar, psycho, strange, unusual, weird |
| Antonyms: | normal, same, true |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abnormal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different from standard or norm |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, anomalistic, anomalous, atypical, bizarre, curious, deviant, deviate, deviating, divergent, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, funny, grody, gross, heteroclite, heterodox, heteromorphic, irregular, odd, off-base, off-color, out of line, peculiar, preternatural, queer, screwy, spastic, strange, uncommon, unexpected, unnatural, unorthodox, unusual, weird |
| Notes: | abnormal means 'not normal, different from normal' while subnormal means 'below normal' |
| Antonyms: | customary, normal, standard, straight, usual |
| Main Entry: | anomalous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deviating from normal, usual |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, atypical, bizarre, divergent, eccentric, exceptional, foreign, heteroclite, incongruous, inconsistent, irregular, odd, peculiar, preternatural, prodigious, rare, strange, unnatural, unorthodox, unrepresentative, untypical, unusual |
| Antonyms: | conforming, normal, regular, standard, usual |
| Main Entry: | atypical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonconforming |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, deviant, different, divergent, exceptional, heteroclite, irregular, odd, peculiar, preternatural, strange, unnatural, unrepresentative |
| Antonyms: | conforming, normal, ordinary, standard, typical, usual |
| Main Entry: | bizarre |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strange, wild |
| Synonyms: | bugged out, camp*, comical, curious, eccentric, extraordinary, fantastic, far-out, freakish, grody, grotesque, kooky, ludicrous, odd, oddball, off the wall, offbeat, outlandish, outré, peculiar, queer, ridiculous, singular, unusual, way-out, weird |
| Notes: | a bazaar is a shop or market while bizarre means odd or unusual macabre means shockingly repellent or inspiring horror; bizarre means odd or unusual |
| Antonyms: | normal, reasonable, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | characteristic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | typical; distinguishing |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, diagnostic, differentiating, discriminating, discriminative, distinctive, distinguishing, emblematic, especial, essential, exclusive, fixed, idiosyncratic, inborn, inbred, indicative, individual, individualistic, individualizing, ingrained, inherent, innate, local, marked, native, normal, original, particular, peculiar, personal, private, proper, regular, representative, singular, special, specific, symbolic, symptomatic, unique |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, uncharacteristic, untypical |
| Main Entry: | crazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrealistic, fantastic |
| Synonyms: | absurd, balmy, beyond all reason, bizarre, cockeyed, derisory, eccentric, fatuous, foolhardy, foolish, goofy*, half-baked, harebrained, idiotic, ill-conceived, impracticable, imprudent, inane, inappropriate, insane, irresponsible, loony, ludicrous, nonsensical, odd, out of all reason, outrageous, peculiar, preposterous, puerile, quixotic, ridiculous, senseless, short-sighted, silly, strange, unworkable, weird, wild |
| Antonyms: | believeable, realistic, reasonable, sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | curious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very odd |
| Synonyms: | bizarre, exotic, extraordinary, marvelous, mysterious, novel, oddball, peculiar, puzzling, quaint, queer, rare, remarkable, singular, strange, unconventional, unexpected, unique, unorthodox, unusual, weird, wonderful |
| Antonyms: | average, normal, ordinary, usual |
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