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| Main Entry: | oddity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abnormality |
| Synonyms: | anomaly, characteristic, curiosity, eccentricity, freak, idiosyncrasy, incongruity, irregularity, kink, peculiarity, phenomenon, quirk, rarity, strangeness, bizarreness, conversation piece, extraordinariness, freakishness, oddness, outlandishness, queerness, singularity, unconventionality, unnaturalness |
| Antonyms: | convention, habit, norm, normality, regularity, standard, usualness |
| Main Entry: | oddity/oddball |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very different |
| Synonyms: | case*, character, duck*, eccentric, fish out of water*, maverick, misfit, original*, screwball*, weirdo*, odd bird, rara avis |
| Antonyms: | conservative, normal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abnormality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | being different from standard or norm |
| Synonyms: | aberration, anomaly, deformity, deviation, eccentricity, exception, flaw, irregularity, oddity, peculiarity, strangeness, aberrancy, anomalism, atypicalness, bizarreness, deviance, deviancy, extraordinariness, preternaturalness, singularity, uncommonness, unnaturalness, unusualness, weirdness |
| Antonyms: | normality, sameness, standard, normalness |
| Main Entry: | anomaly |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deviation from normal, usual |
| Synonyms: | aberration, abnormality, departure, deviation, eccentricity, exception, incongruity, inconsistency, irregularity, oddity, peculiarity, rarity, unconformity, unorthodoxy |
| Antonyms: | conformity, normality, regularity, standard, usual, usualness |
| Main Entry: | eccentric |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is bizarre, unusual |
| Synonyms: | beatnik, character, freak, hippie, kook, loner, maverick, nonconformist, nut*, oddball, oddity, original, rare bird*, weirdo, odd person, queer duck, three-dollar bill |
| Antonyms: | normal, standard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eccentricity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bizarreness, unusualness |
| Synonyms: | aberration, abnormality, anomaly, caprice, foible, idiosyncrasy, irregularity, kink, nonconformity, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, strangeness, capriciousness, freakishness, hereticism, idiocrasy, oddness, outlandishness, queerness, singularity, unconventionality, unorthodoxness, waywardness, weirdness, whimsicality, whimsicalness |
| Antonyms: | dullness, normality, standard, uniformity, usual, commonality, regularness, usualness |
| Main Entry: | foible |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal imperfection |
| Synonyms: | characteristic, defect, eccentricity, failing, fault, frailty, idiosyncrasy, infirmity, kink, mannerism, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, shortcoming, vice, weakness, singularity, weak point |
| Notes: | a failing is a flaw or weak point or a failure to reach a minimum required performance; a foible a minor weakness or failing of character |
| Antonyms: | strength |
| Main Entry: | individuality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personality |
| Synonyms: | air, character, complexion, difference, disposition, dissimilarity, distinction, eccentricity, habit, humor, identity, idiosyncrasy, independence, makeup, manner, nature, oddity, oneness, originality, peculiarity, rarity, temper, temperament, unity, way, discreteness, distinctiveness, individualism, ipseity, particularity, seity, selfdom, selfhood, selfness, separateness, singleness, singularity, singularness, uniqueness, unlikeness |
| Main Entry: | paradox |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contradiction, puzzle |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, absurdity, ambiguity, anomaly, catch, enigma, error, inconsistency, mistake, mystery, nonsense, oddity, opposite, reverse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trait |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic |
| Synonyms: | affection, attribute, birthmark, cast, character, custom, feature, habit, idiosyncrasy, manner, mannerism, mark, oddity, peculiarity, point, property, quality, quirk, savor, thing*, trick, virtue, denominator, lineament, nature of the beast |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strangeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unfamiliarity |
| Synonyms: | abnormality, eccentricity, newness, novelty, oddity, bizarreness, esotericism, esoterism, exoticism, fantasticality, foreignness, indescribability, unconventionality, weirdness |
| Antonyms: | familiarity, normality, conventionality, normalcy, usualness |
| Main Entry: | aberration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of abnormality |
| Synonyms: | delusion, eccentricity, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, strangeness, weirdness |
| Antonyms: | conformity, normality, regularity, soundness |
| Main Entry: | freak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something, someone very abnormal |
| Synonyms: | aberration, abortion, anomaly, chimera, curiosity, geek*, grotesque, malformation, monster, monstrosity, mutant, mutation, oddity, queer, rarity, sport, weirdo*, miscreation, misshape |
| Antonyms: | normality, ordinary, regular |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | novelty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | newness, originality |
| Synonyms: | change, crazy*, creation, dernier cri*, freshness, innovation, last word*, mutation, oddball, oddity, original, origination, permutation, sport*, strangeness, surprise, vicissitude, weird*, modernity, newfangled contraption, recentness, unfamiliarity, uniqueness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rarity |
| Part of Speech: | noun1 |
| Definition: | infrequency |
| Synonyms: | exception, irregularity, oddity, scarcity, rareness, uncommonness |
| Main Entry: | curiosity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odd item |
| Synonyms: | anomaly, bibelot, bygone, conversation piece, curio, exoticism, freak, knickknack, marvel, monstrosity, nonesuch, objet d'art, oddity, peculiar object, prodigy, rarity, singular object, trinket, unusual object, wonder |
| Antonyms: | normality |
| Main Entry: | exception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | special case; irregularity |
| Synonyms: | allowance, anomaly, departure, deviation, difference, dispensation, eccentricity, exemption, freak, inconsistency, nonconformity, oddity, peculiarity, privilege, quirk, anomalism, perquisitor, privileged person |
| Antonyms: | normality, regularity, usualness |
| Main Entry: | novelty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trinket, gadget |
| Synonyms: | bagatelle*, bauble, bibelot, conversation piece, curio, curiosity, gewgaw, gimcrack*, gimmick, item, knick-knack, memento, objet d'art*, oddity, souvenir, trifle, whatnot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | original |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is eccentric |
| Synonyms: | anomaly, card*, case*, character, eccentric, nonconformist, oddball, oddity, queer, weirdo* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wonder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that is amazing |
| Synonyms: | act of God*, curiosity, freak, marvel, miracle, nonpareil, oddity, phenomenon, portent, prodigy, rarity, sensation, sight, spectacle, wonderment, cynosure, rara avis, stunner |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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