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| Main Entry: | unfamiliar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different, strange |
| Synonyms: | alien, anomalous, bizarre, curious, exotic, extraordinary, fantastic, foreign, new, novel, obscure, original, out-of-the-way*, outlandish, peculiar, recondite, remarkable, remote, unaccustomed, uncommon, unexpected, unexplored, unknown, unusual, little known, uninvestigated |
| Antonyms: | familiar, known, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unfamiliar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inexperienced; not knowing about |
| Synonyms: | ignorant, incognizant, oblivious, unaccustomed, unacquainted, unaware, uninformed, uninitiated, unknowing, unknown, unskilled, unversed, unwitting, inconversant, not associated, not versed in, out of contact, unconversant, uninstructed, unpracticed |
| Antonyms: | experienced, familiar, knowing, versed |
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| Main Entry: | exotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not native or usual; mysterious |
| Synonyms: | alien, alluring, bizarre, colorful, curious, different, external, extraneous, extraordinary, extrinsic, far out, fascinating, foreign, glamorous, imported, introduced, kinky*, outlandish, outside, peculiar, romantic, strange, striking, unfamiliar, unusual, way out, weird*, avant garde, enticing, peregrine |
| Notes: | erotic means giving sexual pleasure or sexually arousing, while exotic means being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world or strikingly strange or unusual |
| Antonyms: | familiar, normal, ordinary, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extraordinary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strange and wonderful |
| Synonyms: | amazing, bizarre, boss*, curious, exceptional, fantastic, flash*, gnarly*, heavy*, inconceivable, incredible, marvelous, odd, out of the ordinary, outstanding, particular, peculiar, phenomenal, rare, remarkable, singular, special, strange, stupendous, surprising, terrific, uncommon, unfamiliar, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unprecedented, unthinkable, unusual, weird, wicked*, fab, off beaten path, unwonted |
| Antonyms: | common, commonplace, customary, familiar, normal, ordinary, usual, unextraordinary, unsurprising |
* = 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: | oblivious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unaware, ignorant |
| Synonyms: | absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, blind*, careless, deaf*, distracted, dreamy, forgetful, gone, heedless, inattentive, incognizant, insensible, neglectful, negligent, preoccupied, regardless, unacquainted, unconcerned, unconscious, unfamiliar, uninformed, unknowing, unmindful, unobservant, unwitting, zonked*, amnesic, blundering, disregardful, forgetting, inconversant, not all there, out to lunch, overlooking, spacey, strung out, undiscerning, uninstructed, unnoticing, unrecognizing |
| Antonyms: | aware, concerned, conscious, mindful, sensitive, understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unaware |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ignorant |
| Synonyms: | blind, careless, daydreaming, deaf, forgetful, heedless, inattentive, incognizant, insensible, negligent, oblivious, out cold*, unacquainted, unconcerned, unconscious, unenlightened, unfamiliar, uninformed, unknowing, unmindful, unsuspecting, unwitting, caught napping, deaf to, doped, in a daze, inconversant, mooning, nescient, not all there, not cognizant, out of it, out to lunch, spacey, uninstructed |
| Antonyms: | aware, cognizant, informed, knowing, suspicious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unheard-of |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unique, obscure |
| Synonyms: | exceptional, inconceivable, nameless, new, novel, outlandish, preposterous, rare, shocking, singular, unbelievable, unfamiliar, unknown, unlikely, unprecedented, unsung, unusual, little-known, undiscovered, unrenowned |
| Antonyms: | familiar, normal, usual |
| Main Entry: | unidentified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret |
| Synonyms: | anonymous, mysterious, nameless, unfamiliar, unknown, unnamed, not known, pseudonymous, unclassified, unmarked, unrecognized, unrevealed |
| Antonyms: | known, public, identified |
| Main Entry: | unknown |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obscure, mysterious |
| Synonyms: | alien, anonymous, concealed, dark, desolate, distant, exotic, far, faraway, foreign, hidden, humble, incognito, nameless, new, remote, secret, strange, uncharted, undistinguished, unexplored, unfamiliar, unheard-of, unidentified, unnamed, unsung, untold, X*, far-off, incog, little known, so-and-so, such-and-such, unapprehended, unascertained, uncelebrated, undiscovered, unexplained, unnoted, unperceived, unrecognized, unrenowned, unrevealed |
| Antonyms: | familiar, known, identified |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unusual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different |
| Synonyms: | abnormal, amazing, astonishing, atypical, awe-inspiring, awesome, bizarre, conspicuous, curious, distinguished, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary, far-out*, inconceivable, incredible, memorable, noteworthy, odd, out of the ordinary*, outstanding, phenomenal, prodigious, prominent, queer, rare, refreshing, remarkable, significant, singular, special, strange, surprising, uncommon, unconventional, unexpected, unfamiliar, unique, unparalleled, weird*, something else, unwonted |
| Antonyms: | common, familiar, normal, regular, standard, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unwitting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without fully realizing |
| Synonyms: | accidental, aimless, chance, comatose, forgetful, haphazard, ignorant, inadvertent, incognizant, innocent, involuntary, numb, oblivious, senseless, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious, unfamiliar, uninformed, unintentional, unknowing, unmindful, unplanned, unsuspecting, unthinking, inconversant, undesigned, uninstructed, unintended, unmeant |
| Antonyms: | conscious, intentional, realizing, witting |
| Main Entry: | foreign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | from another country, experience |
| Synonyms: | alien, alienated, antipodal, barbarian, barbaric, borrowed, different, distant, exotic, expatriate, external, extraneous, extrinsic, far, far-fetched, faraway, immigrant, imported, inaccessible, offshore, outlandish, outside, overseas, remote, strange, unaccustomed, unexplored, unfamiliar, unknown, adopted, derived, estranged, exiled, extralocal, far-off, from abroad, nonnative, nonresident, not domestic, not native, transoceanic |
| Antonyms: | local, national, native |
| Main Entry: | new |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | recent, fresh |
| Synonyms: | advanced, au courant, contemporary, current, different, dissimilar, distinct, fashionable, inexperienced, late, latest, modern, modernistic, modish*, newfangled*, novel, now*, original, recent, spick-and-span*, state-of-the-art, strange, topical, ultramodern, unaccustomed, unfamiliar, unique, unknown, unlike, unseasoned, unskilled, unspoiled, untouched, untrained, untried, unused, unusual, up-to-date, virgin, youthful, brand-new, cutting-edge, dewy, just out, neoteric, uncontaminated, untrodden |
| Antonyms: | deteriorated, old, old-fashioned, outdated, worn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uncommon |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very different |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, arcane, bizarre, curious, eccentric, egregious, exceptional, exotic, extraordinary, extreme, fantastic, few, freakish, infrequent, irregular, nondescript, noteworthy, novel, odd, original, out of the ordinary, out of the way*, peculiar, prodigious, queer, rare, remarkable, scarce, seldom, singular, sporadic, startling, strange, surprising, unaccustomed, unconventional, unfamiliar, unique, unorthodox, unusual, weird, outré, uncustomary, unheard of |
| Antonyms: | common, familiar, normal, regular, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | innocent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harmless, naive |
| Synonyms: | artless, childlike, credulous, frank, fresh, guileless, gullible, ignorant, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocuous, inoffensive, open, raw, safe, simple, soft, square, unacquainted, unfamiliar, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, unworldly, youthful, hurtless, innoxious, inobnoxious, offenseless, unartificial, uncool, unhurtful, uninjurious, unmalicious, unobjectionable, unoffensive, unsuspicious, well-intentioned, wellmeant, wide-eyed |
| Antonyms: | cunning, experienced, impure, knowledgeable |
| Main Entry: | strange |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exotic, foreign |
| Synonyms: | alien, apart, awkward, detached, external, faraway, irrelevant, isolated, lost, new, novel, outside, remote, romantic, unexplored, unfamiliar, unknown, unrelated, untried, out of place, romanesque |
| Antonyms: | common, native |
| Main Entry: | unaccustomed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | new, strange |
| Synonyms: | alien, altered, bizarre, different, eccentric, exceptional, exotic, foreign, imported, novel, out of the ordinary, outlandish, quaint, remarkable, singular, special, surprising, uncommon, unconventional, unexpected, unfamiliar, unknown, unorthodox, unprecedented, unusual, variant, uncustomary, unwonted |
| Antonyms: | customary, normal, usual |
| Main Entry: | unused |
| Part of Speech: | adjective3 |
| Definition: | unaccustomed |
| Synonyms: | unfamiliar |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | magic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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