| Main Entry: | peculiarity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic; oddity |
Synonyms: |
abnormality, affectation, attribute, bizarreness, character, distinctiveness, eccentricity, feature, foible, freakishness, gimmick, idiosyncrasy, kink, mannerism, mark, odd trait, particularity, property, quality, queerness, quirk, savor, schtick, singularity, slant*, specialty, trait, twist*, unusualness |
Antonyms: |
normality, 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: | abnormality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | being different from standard or norm |
Synonyms: |
aberrancy, aberration, anomalism, anomaly, atypicalness, bizarreness, deformity, deviance, deviancy, deviation, eccentricity, exception, extraordinariness, flaw, irregularity, oddity, peculiarity, preternaturalness, singularity, strangeness, uncommonness, unnaturalness, unusualness, weirdness |
Antonyms: |
normality, normalness, sameness, standard |
| 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: | attribute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feature |
Synonyms: |
aspect, character, characteristic, facet, idiosyncrasy, indication, mark, note, particularity, peculiarity, point, property, quality, quirk, sign, speciality, symbol, trait, virtue |
| Main Entry: | caprice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden change of behavior |
Synonyms: |
bee, caper*, changeableness, contrariety, crotchet, fad, fancy, fickleness, fitfulness, fool notion, freak, gag, humor, impulse, inconsistency, inconstancy, jerk, kink, mood, notion, peculiarity, perversity, put on*, quirk, rib, temper, thought, vagary, vein, whim, whimsy |
Antonyms: |
constancy, constant, dependability, steadfastness |
| Main Entry: | characteristic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | typical feature, trait |
Synonyms: |
affection, aspect, attribute, badge, bag, bearing, bent, caliber, cast, complexion, component, differentia, disposition, distinction, earmark, endowment, essence, essential, faculty, flavor, frame, idiosyncrasy, inclination, individuality, lineament, mannerism, mark, mood, nature, originality, particularity, peculiarity, personality, point, property, quality, singularity, specialty, streak, stripe, style, symptom, temperament, tendency, thing, thumbprint, tinge, tone, trademark, turn, virtue |
Antonyms: |
abnormality |
| Main Entry: | detail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feature, specific aspect |
Synonyms: |
ABCs, accessory, article, brass tacks, chapter and verse, circumstantiality, component, count, cue, design, dope*, element, fact, factor, fine point, fraction, item, meat and potatoes, minor point, minutia, nicety, nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts, part, particular, peculiarity, plan, point, portion, respect, schedule, singularity, specialty, specification, structure, technicality, thing, trait, trivia, triviality |
Antonyms: |
whole |
| Main Entry: | difference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dissimilarity, distinctness |
Synonyms: |
aberration, alteration, anomaly, antithesis, asymmetry, change, characteristic, contrariety, contrariness, contrast, departure, deviation, digression, discongruity, discrepancy, disparity, dissemblance, distinction, divergence, diversity, exception, heterogeneity, idiosyncrasy, inequality, irregularity, nonconformity, opposition, particularity, peculiarity, separateness, separation, singularity, unconformity, unlikeness, unorthodoxness, variance, variation, variety |
| Notes: | deference is a courteous expression of regard or respect, while difference is the quality of being unlike or dissimilar deferential means showing courteous expression of regard or respect; difference is the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; differential means relating to or showing a difference or the quality of the difference between similar things |
Antonyms: |
accord, agreement, alikeness, concurrence, conformity, likeness, sameness, similarity, uniformity |
| Main Entry: | distinction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | differentiation; feature |
Synonyms: |
acumen, acuteness, alterity, analysis, characteristic, clearness, contrast, diagnosis, difference, differential, discernment, discrepancy, discreteness, discretion, discrimination, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, divergence, divergency, division, earmark, estimation, individuality, judgment, mark, marking, nicety, otherness, particularity, peculiarity, penetration, perception, qualification, quality, refinement, sensitivity, separation, sharpness, tact, unlikeness |