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offbeat - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: offbeat
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: strange, very different
Synonyms: bizarre, bohemian*, eccentric, far-out, fresh, idiosyncratic, novel, oddball, uncommon, unconventional, unique, unorthodox, unusual, way-out, weird, freaky, outré
Antonyms: expected, normal, usual
Main Entry: bizarre
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: strange, wild
Synonyms: camp*, comical, curious, eccentric, extraordinary, fantastic, far-out*, freakish, grotesque, ludicrous, odd, oddball, off the wall, offbeat, outlandish, peculiar, queer, ridiculous, singular, unusual, way-out, weird, bugged out, grody, kooky, outré
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
Main Entry: dissimilar
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not alike; not capable of comparison
Synonyms: antithetical, contradictory, contrary, different, disparate, distant, divergent, diverse, heterogeneous, individual, offbeat, opposite, unequal, unique, unlike, unrelated, various, weird*, antonymous, far cry, like night and day, march to a different drummer, mismatched, mismated, not similar, poles apart, unsimilar
Antonyms: alike, compatible, equal, matched, related, same, similar
Main Entry: distinctive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: different, unique
Synonyms: characteristic, cool, diagnostic, discrete, distinguishing, excellent, extraordinary, gnarly*, idiosyncratic, individual, offbeat, original, outstanding, peculiar, perfect, proper, separate, single, singular, special, superior, typical, uncommon, unreal, weird, wicked, diacritic, far cry, like night and day, poles apart
Antonyms: common, normal, resembling, same, similar, standard
Main Entry: fanciful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: imaginary, romantic
Synonyms: absurd, aerial, bizarre, capricious, chimerical, curious, dreamlike, extravagant, fabulous, fantastic, fictitious, flaky*, floating, ideal, illusory, imaginative, imagined, incredible, kinky*, legendary, mythical, offbeat, on cloud nine*, pie in the sky*, pipe dream*, poetic, preposterous, shadowy, unreal, visionary, whimsical, wild, blue sky, castles in the air, fairy-tale, fancied, fantastical, fictional, fictive, notional, suppositious
Antonyms: grave, ordinary, real, serious, sincere, unimaginative, unfanciful, unromantic
Main Entry: far-out
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unconventional and offbeat
Synonyms: Bohemian, avant-garde, boss*, contemporary, cool*, cool, deep*, deep, excellent, fabulous, fantastic, groovy*, groovy, hip*, hippie, mod, modern, modernistic, neat, nifty, offbeat, out of this world, radical, sensational, strange, super, swell, trendy, unconventional, unorthodox, way-out, weird, wild, wonderful, out in left field, rad, rad, ultamodern, very unconventional
Main Entry: imaginative
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: creative, inventive
Synonyms: artistic, avant-garde, clever, dreamy, enterprising, extravagant, fanciful, fantastic, fertile, high-flown*, ingenious, inspired, offbeat, original, poetic, productive, quixotic, romantic, utopian, visionary, vivid, way out, whimsical, blue-sky, brain wave, breaking ground, fictive, originative, pie-in-the-sky, poetical
Antonyms: dull, unimaginative, uncreative, uninventive, unresourceful
Main Entry: incompatible
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: antagonistic, contradictory
Synonyms: adverse, antipathetic, antipodal, antithetical, clashing, conflicting, contrary, counter, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, disparate, factious, inadmissible, inappropriate, incoherent, incongruous, inconsistent, inconstant, irreconcilable, jarring, night and day*, offbeat*, opposed, opposite, uncongenial, unsuitable, unsuited, warring, inconformable, inconsonant, marching to a different drummer, mismatched, poles apart, unadapted, whale of difference
Antonyms: compatible, consonant, harmonious, loving, suited, well-matched
Main Entry: misfit
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nonconformist
Synonyms: beatnik*, bohemian*, dissenter, dissident, dropout, eccentric, fish out of water*, freak*, individualist, lone wolf, loser, oddball, offbeat, outsider, weirdo*, different breed, odd man out
Main Entry: nonconformist
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unwilling to behave, believe as most do
Synonyms: beatnik*, bohemian*, dissident, freak*, heretical, heterodox, hippie*, iconoclastic, maverick, oddball, offbeat, original, rebel, sectarian, unorthodox, weird*, schismatic, swinger
Antonyms: conforming, conformist, orthodox, obeying
Main Entry: nonconformist
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who goes against normal behavior, beliefs
Synonyms: beatnik*, bohemian*, demonstrator, dissenter, dissident, dropout, eccentric, fish out of water*, freak*, heretic, iconoclast, individualist, liberal, malcontent, maverick, oddball, offbeat, original, protester, radical, rebel, weirdo*, different breed, dissentient, misbeliever, night person, sectary, separatist, swinger
Antonyms: conformist, orthodox
Main Entry: novel
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: new, original
Synonyms: atypical, avant-garde, contemporary, different, fresh, funky*, innovative, modernistic, newfangled, now*, odd, offbeat, peculiar, rare, recent, singular, strange, uncommon, unfamiliar, unique, unusual, at cutting edge, breaking new ground, far cry, just out, neoteric, new-fashioned
Antonyms: common, customary, familiar, old, ordinary, used, usual, worn, overused
Main Entry: screwy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: eccentric
Synonyms: abnormal, batty, bizarre, crazy, daft, dotty, far out, flaky, funky*, irregular, mad, nutty, odd, oddball, off the wall, off-center, offbeat, outlandish, peculiar, queer, quirky, strange, uncommon, unconventional, weird, kooky, out in left field
Main Entry: spacey/spacy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: eccentric
Synonyms: beat*, bizarre, crazy, dizzy, erratic, far out, flaky, flighty, freakish, nutty, odd, oddball, off the wall, off-center, offbeat, peculiar, quirky, spaced out*, strange, way out, weird, kooky, out in left field, out to lunch
Main Entry: unconventional
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very different; odd
Synonyms: atypical, avant-garde, beat, bizarre, crazy, eccentric, far-out*, freakish, free and easy, idiosyncratic, individual, informal, irregular, kinky*, nonconformist, oddball*, off the wall, offbeat, original, out of the ordinary, unceremonious, uncommon, unique, unorthodox, unusual, way-out, weirdo*, anarchistic, freaky, individualistic, kooky, off the beaten track, out in left field, uncustomary
Antonyms: conventional, formal, normal, standard, usual
Main Entry: unlike
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: different
Synonyms: clashing, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, discordant, disparate, dissimilar, dissonant, distant, distinct, divergent, diverse, heterogeneous, hostile, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, offbeat, opposed, opposite, separate, unequal, unrelated, variant, various, weird, apples and oranges, contrasted, disharmonious, far cry from, mismatched, not alike, poles apart, unalike
Antonyms: alike, like, related, same, similar
Main Entry: off the beaten path
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not on the usual path
Synonyms: offbeat, out of the ordinary, unusual, not well-known, off the beaten track, unfrequented, unvisited
Main Entry: out of the ordinary
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not usual
Synonyms: bizarre, exceptional, incredible, notable, odd, offbeat, out of this world, special, strange, uncommon, unique, unusual, wonderful, off the beaten track, one of a kind, unheard of
Main Entry: far out
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unusual
Synonyms: Bohemian, avant-garde, contemporary, cool, deep, groovy, hippie, mod, modern, modernistic, off the wall, offbeat, out of this world, radical, ultramodern, unconventional, unorthodox, way out, weird, wild, nonconformist. quirky, rad
Antonyms: conventional
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