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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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, nutty, odd, oddball, off the wall, off-center, offbeat, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, quizzical, singular, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unnatural, way out, weird, whimsical, wild, kooky, out in left field |
| Antonyms: | boring, common, dull, normal, ordinary, plain, regular, standard, unexciting, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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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