What is another word for un-usual?
1043 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˈʌnjˈuːʒuːə͡l], [ ˈʌnjˈuːʒuːəl], [ ˈʌ_n_j_ˈuː_ʒ_uː_əl]
Unusual is a word commonly used to describe something that is different or uncommon. However, sometimes, we may want to use different synonyms instead of unusual to describe something that is not typical or ordinary. Some synonyms for unusual include extraordinary, peculiar, odd, rare, exceptional, unique, unprecedented, abnormal, unfamiliar, and remarkable. These words can be used to add variety to our vocabulary and make our writing more interesting. As well as this, by using alternate words, we may be able to better communicate the idea of a situation or object being not entirely typical, whether it be in a creative or journalistic context.
Synonyms for Un-usual:
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adj.
• aberrant- deviant ,
- different ,
- flaky ,
- mental ,
- nonstandard ,
- off-base ,
- off-color ,
- out of line ,
- peculiar ,
- psycho ,
- unusual .
- Anomalistic ,
- Deviating ,
- Heteroclite ,
- Heteromorphic ,
- aberrant ,
- anomalous ,
- deviate ,
- divergent ,
- eccentric ,
- fantastic ,
- funny ,
- grody ,
- gross ,
- heterodox ,
- irregular ,
- preternatural ,
- screwy ,
- spastic ,
- unnatural ,
- unorthodox .
- conflicting ,
- contrary ,
- estranged ,
- exotic ,
- extraneous ,
- extrinsic ,
- inappropriate ,
- incompatible ,
- incongruous ,
- opposed ,
- remote ,
- separate .
- bugged out ,
- camp ,
- comical ,
- freakish ,
- grotesque ,
- kooky ,
- ludicrous ,
- oddball ,
- off the wall ,
- offbeat ,
- outlandish ,
- outre ,
- ridiculous ,
- way-out .
- 10 ,
- 24-karat ,
- a-1 ,
- elect ,
- elite ,
- excellent ,
- exclusive ,
- exquisite ,
- fine ,
- first-class ,
- hand-picked ,
- nice ,
- popular ,
- precious ,
- preferential ,
- preferred ,
- prime ,
- prize ,
- select ,
- solid gold ,
- top-drawer ,
- valuable ,
- winner .
- brave ,
- characterful ,
- distinctive ,
- gay ,
- glamorous ,
- graphic ,
- jazzy ,
- lively ,
- picturesque ,
- rich ,
- stimulating ,
- vivid .
- awkward ,
- bad-tempered ,
- bearish ,
- cantankerous ,
- crabby ,
- cranky ,
- cross ,
- cross-grained ,
- crusty ,
- curmudgeonly ,
- difficult ,
- disagreeable ,
- fractious ,
- grouchy ,
- grumpy ,
- irritable ,
- obstinate ,
- obstreperous ,
- ornery ,
- peevish ,
- surly ,
- testy ,
- vinegary ,
- waspish ,
- waspy .
- another ,
- another story ,
- discrete ,
- diverse ,
- especial ,
- express ,
- individual ,
- original ,
- other ,
- particular ,
- several ,
- specialized ,
- specific ,
- startling ,
- various .
- Fluctuant ,
- Vagarious ,
- arbitrary ,
- capricious ,
- changeable ,
- desultory ,
- devious ,
- dicey ,
- directionless ,
- dubious ,
- fitful ,
- idiosyncratic ,
- iffy ,
- incalculable ,
- inconstant ,
- meandering ,
- mercurial ,
- nomadic ,
- planetary ,
- rambling ,
- roving ,
- shifting ,
- spasmodic ,
- stray ,
- uncertain ,
- undirected ,
- unreliable ,
- unstable ,
- variable ,
- volatile ,
- wayward ,
- whimsical .
- chief ,
- dominant ,
- marked ,
- notable ,
- paramount ,
- personal ,
- predominant ,
- preeminent ,
- preponderant ,
- principal ,
- private ,
- set ,
- signal ,
- supreme ,
- surpassing .
- distinct ,
- infrequent ,
- scarce ,
- uncustomary ,
- unheard-of ,
- unimaginable ,
- unordinary ,
- unprecedented ,
- unthinkable .
- Introduced ,
- alien ,
- alluring ,
- avant garde ,
- colorful ,
- enticing ,
- external ,
- far out ,
- fascinating ,
- imported ,
- kinky ,
- outside ,
- peregrine ,
- romantic ,
- striking ,
- way out .
- boss ,
- fab ,
- flash ,
- gnarly ,
- heavy ,
- off beaten path ,
- stupendous ,
- terrific ,
- wicked .
- absolute ,
- desperate ,
- dire ,
- downright ,
- drastic ,
- egregious ,
- exaggerated ,
- excessive ,
- extravagant ,
- fabulous ,
- fanatical ,
- flagrant ,
- harsh ,
- immoderate ,
- improper ,
- imprudent ,
- inordinate ,
- intemperate ,
- irrational ,
- nonsensical ,
- out of proportion ,
- out-and-out ,
- outrageous ,
- overkill ,
- preposterous ,
- rabid ,
- radical ,
- rigid ,
- severe ,
- sheer ,
- stern ,
- strict ,
- thorough ,
- unbending ,
- uncompromising ,
- unreasonable ,
- unseemly ,
- utter ,
- zealous .
- Beautifying ,
- Froufrou ,
- adorned ,
- baroque ,
- chichi ,
- complicated ,
- cushy ,
- custom ,
- decorated ,
- decorative ,
- deluxe ,
- elaborate ,
- elegant ,
- embellished ,
- fanciful ,
- florid ,
- frilly ,
- garnished ,
- gaudy ,
- gingerbread ,
- intricate ,
- lavish ,
- ornate ,
- ostentatious ,
- resplendent ,
- rococo ,
- showy ,
- spiffy ,
- sumptuous .
- Neoteric ,
- beginning ,
- brand-new ,
- comer ,
- contemporary ,
- crisp ,
- crude ,
- current ,
- gleaming ,
- glistening ,
- green ,
- hot ,
- hot off the press ,
- immature ,
- just out ,
- late ,
- latest ,
- mint ,
- modern ,
- modernistic ,
- natural ,
- newborn ,
- newfangled ,
- now ,
- raw ,
- recent ,
- sparkling ,
- state-of-the-art ,
- the latest ,
- this season's ,
- unprocessed ,
- unseasoned ,
- untouched ,
- up-to-date ,
- virginal ,
- what's happening ,
- young ,
- youthful .
- costly ,
- dear ,
- exorbitant ,
- expensive ,
- grand ,
- great ,
- high-priced ,
- intensified ,
- luxurious ,
- sharp ,
- steep ,
- stiff ,
- strong .
- alone ,
- characteristic ,
- definite ,
- diacritic ,
- diagnostic ,
- indivisible ,
- lone ,
- only ,
- own ,
- personalized ,
- proper ,
- reserved ,
- respective ,
- secluded ,
- single ,
- sole ,
- solitary ,
- unitary .
- few ,
- few and far between ,
- isolated ,
- limited ,
- meager ,
- occasional ,
- scant ,
- scanty ,
- scattered ,
- seldom ,
- semioccasional ,
- sparse ,
- sporadic .
- absorbing ,
- affecting ,
- amusing ,
- arresting ,
- attractive ,
- beautiful ,
- captivating ,
- charismatic ,
- compelling ,
- delightful ,
- enchanting ,
- engaging ,
- engrossing ,
- enthralling ,
- entrancing ,
- gracious ,
- gripping ,
- impressive ,
- intriguing ,
- inviting ,
- lovely ,
- magnetic ,
- pleasing ,
- pleasurable ,
- prepossessing ,
- provocative ,
- readable ,
- riveting ,
- stirring ,
- thought-provoking ,
- winning .
- Screened ,
- abandoned ,
- apart ,
- backwoods ,
- confined ,
- deserted ,
- detached ,
- forsaken ,
- hidden ,
- incommunicado ,
- lonely ,
- lonesome ,
- off beaten track ,
- out-of-the-way ,
- outlying ,
- random ,
- retired ,
- segregated ,
- sequestered ,
- stranded ,
- unaccompanied ,
- unfrequented ,
- unrelated ,
- withdrawn .
- cockeyed ,
- freak ,
- nutty ,
- off-center .
- Gelastic ,
- absurd ,
- asinine ,
- campy ,
- comic ,
- derisive ,
- derisory ,
- diverting ,
- droll ,
- entertaining ,
- facetious ,
- farcical ,
- har-har ,
- hilarious ,
- humorous ,
- inane ,
- jocose ,
- jocular ,
- jokey ,
- joshing ,
- mirthful ,
- mocking ,
- riot ,
- risible ,
- scream ,
- witty .
- Fiendish ,
- Thaumaturgic ,
- Tranced ,
- bewitched ,
- clairvoyant ,
- conjuring ,
- demoniac ,
- diabolic ,
- eerie ,
- enchanted ,
- ensorcelled ,
- entranced ,
- ghostly ,
- haunted ,
- imaginary ,
- miraculous ,
- mystic ,
- mythical ,
- necromantic ,
- occult ,
- otherworldly ,
- parapsychological ,
- runic ,
- sorcerous ,
- spectral ,
- spellbinding ,
- spellbound ,
- spiritualistic ,
- spooky ,
- telekinetic ,
- uncanny ,
- witching ,
- witchlike ,
- wizardly .
- astounding ,
- awful ,
- bewildering ,
- breathtaking ,
- confounding ,
- difficult to believe ,
- implausible ,
- improbable ,
- incomprehensible ,
- spectacular ,
- staggering ,
- stunning ,
- supernatural ,
- unbelievable ,
- unlikely ,
- wondrous .
- Miscreated ,
- Teratoid ,
- atrocious ,
- cruel ,
- devilish ,
- diabolical ,
- disgraceful ,
- dreadful ,
- evil ,
- flagitious ,
- foul ,
- frightful ,
- gruesome ,
- heinous ,
- hellish ,
- hideous ,
- horrendous ,
- horrible ,
- horrifying ,
- infamous ,
- inhuman ,
- intolerable ,
- loathsome ,
- macabre ,
- morbid ,
- obscene ,
- odious ,
- ominous ,
- rank ,
- satanic ,
- scandalous ,
- terrible ,
- vicious ,
- villainous .
- ailing ,
- brooding ,
- dark ,
- deadly ,
- depressed ,
- despondent ,
- diseased ,
- ghastly ,
- ghoulish ,
- grim ,
- grisly ,
- horrid ,
- infected ,
- irascible ,
- malignant ,
- melancholy ,
- monstrous ,
- moody ,
- pessimistic ,
- saturnine ,
- somber ,
- sullen ,
- unhealthy ,
- unsound ,
- unwholesome .
- advanced ,
- au courant ,
- cutting-edge ,
- dewy ,
- dissimilar ,
- fashionable ,
- inexperienced ,
- modish ,
- spick-and-span ,
- topical ,
- ultramodern ,
- unaccustomed ,
- uncontaminated ,
- unknown ,
- unlike ,
- unskilled ,
- unspoiled ,
- untrained ,
- untried ,
- untrodden ,
- unused ,
- virgin .
- Celebrious ,
- Famed ,
- Red-letter ,
- big-league ,
- bodacious ,
- celebrated ,
- eventful ,
- evident ,
- high-profile ,
- illustrious ,
- major-league ,
- manifest ,
- momentous ,
- nameable ,
- noticeable ,
- notorious ,
- observable ,
- pronounced ,
- renowned ,
- rubric ,
- serious ,
- well-known .
- cool ,
- meaningful ,
- mind-blowing ,
- murder ,
- patent ,
- splash ,
- stand-out ,
- super ,
- the end ,
- underlined ,
- utmost .
- at cutting edge ,
- avant-garde ,
- breaking new ground ,
- far cry ,
- fresh ,
- funky ,
- innovative ,
- new-fashioned .
- Daffy ,
- batty ,
- bedlamite ,
- cracked ,
- crazy ,
- daft ,
- demented ,
- enthusiastic ,
- foolish ,
- gung ho ,
- harebrained ,
- insane ,
- keen ,
- loony ,
- lunatic ,
- mad ,
- out of one's mind ,
- touched ,
- wacky ,
- warm .
- buggy ,
- cockamamie ,
- nuts ,
- potty .
- Conceiving ,
- Demiurgic ,
- causal ,
- causative ,
- creative ,
- devising ,
- envisioning ,
- fertile ,
- formative ,
- generative ,
- imaginative ,
- ingenious ,
- innovational ,
- innovatory ,
- inspiring ,
- inventive ,
- originative ,
- productive ,
- quick ,
- ready ,
- resourceful ,
- seminal ,
- sensitive .
- barbaric ,
- barbarous ,
- boorish ,
- clumsy ,
- erratic ,
- gauche ,
- graceless ,
- rude ,
- tasteless ,
- ultra ,
- uncouth ,
- wild .
- one .
- extreme ,
- impossible ,
- laughable ,
- out of the question ,
- senseless ,
- shocking ,
- silly ,
- stupid ,
- taking the cake ,
- thick ,
- too much .
- SHOW-ME ,
- aporetic ,
- arch ,
- bantering ,
- disbelieving ,
- incredulous ,
- inquiring ,
- inquisitive ,
- probing ,
- questioning ,
- sardonic ,
- searching ,
- skeptical ,
- supercilious ,
- teasing ,
- unbelieving .
- Subtile ,
- attenuate ,
- attenuated ,
- deficient ,
- flimsy ,
- light ,
- rarefied ,
- short ,
- subtle ,
- tenuous ,
- thin ,
- unheard of .
- loner ,
- not general ,
- not public ,
- peerless ,
- restricted ,
- separated ,
- simple ,
- singled-out ,
- unalloyed ,
- unblended ,
- uncompounded ,
- undivided ,
- unmixed ,
- unrivaled ,
- unshared ,
- without equal .
- Earmarked ,
- appropriate ,
- best ,
- certain ,
- choice ,
- defined ,
- designated ,
- determinate ,
- festive ,
- first ,
- gala ,
- main ,
- major ,
- primary ,
- smashing .
- Arrestive ,
- charming ,
- cogent ,
- commanding ,
- dazzling ,
- dynamite ,
- electrifying ,
- eye-catching ,
- forceful ,
- forcible ,
- handsome ,
- lofty ,
- powerful ,
- salient ,
- telling .
- Speeded ,
- Subito ,
- abrupt ,
- accelerated ,
- acute ,
- expeditious ,
- fast ,
- fleet ,
- hasty ,
- headlong ,
- hurried ,
- immediate ,
- impetuous ,
- impromptu ,
- impulsive ,
- out of the blue ,
- precipitant ,
- precipitate ,
- precipitous ,
- quickened ,
- rapid ,
- rash ,
- rushing ,
- swift ,
- unforeseen .
- Supermundane ,
- celestial ,
- concealed ,
- fairy ,
- heavenly ,
- impenetrable ,
- invisible ,
- legendary ,
- metaphysical ,
- mythological ,
- numinous ,
- obscure ,
- paranormal ,
- phantom ,
- psychic ,
- secret ,
- superhuman ,
- superior ,
- superordinary ,
- supranatural ,
- transcendental ,
- uncomprehensible ,
- unearthly ,
- unfathomable ,
- unintelligible ,
- unknowable ,
- unrevealed .
- Doubtable ,
- borderline ,
- debatable ,
- disputable ,
- equivocal ,
- farfetched ,
- not kosher ,
- open ,
- open to doubt ,
- open to question ,
- overt ,
- phony ,
- problematic ,
- reaching ,
- rings untrue ,
- shaky ,
- suspect ,
- unsure ,
- won't wash .
- anarchistic ,
- beat ,
- free and easy ,
- individualistic ,
- informal ,
- nonconformist ,
- out in left field ,
- unceremonious ,
- weirdo .
- alternative ,
- clandestine ,
- covert ,
- experimental ,
- hush-hush ,
- on the qt ,
- on the sly ,
- resistant ,
- resistive ,
- revolutionary ,
- surreptitious ,
- unbowed ,
- under wraps ,
- undercover .
- Concocted ,
- affected ,
- assumed ,
- contrived ,
- ersatz ,
- fabricated ,
- factitious ,
- false ,
- feigned ,
- forced ,
- imitation ,
- insincere ,
- labored ,
- made-up ,
- make-believe ,
- perverse ,
- perverted ,
- pseudo ,
- put-on ,
- staged ,
- stilted ,
- strained ,
- studied ,
- synthetic ,
- theatrical ,
- unconforming .
- 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 ,
- something else ,
- special ,
- strange ,
- surprising ,
- uncommon ,
- unconventional ,
- unexpected ,
- unfamiliar ,
- unique ,
- unparalleled ,
- unwonted ,
- weird .
How to use "Un-usual" in context?
creative writing prompts
1. Write a story in which a character is suddenly thrust into a surreal world where their every choice leads to unforeseen consequences.
2. Write a story in which a character's ordinary life collides with the extraordinary on a nightly basis.
3. Write a story in which a character is transported to a different time or place and must figure out how to get home again.
4. Write a story in which a character finds themselves inexplicably trapped in a haunted house.
5. Write a story in which a character discovers they have the power to control the minds of others.
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