What is another word for unusual?
967 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ʌnjˈuːʒuːə͡l], [ ʌnjˈuːʒuːəl], [ ʌ_n_j_ˈuː_ʒ_uː_əl]
When you're searching for a way to describe something different or out of the ordinary, there are a variety of synonyms for "unusual" that you could employ. For example, "peculiar" suggests something unique or odd, while "eccentric" connotes something that deviates sharply from the norm. "Atypical" implies something that is not typical or common, while "idiosyncratic" may describe something that is specific to an individual or group. "Quirky" could imply something that is playful or whimsical, whereas "aberrant" suggests something that is deviant or abnormal. Other synonyms might include "offbeat," "nonconformist," or "nontraditional," each of which conveys a different aspect of something that is unusual or unexpected.
Synonyms for Unusual:
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adj.
• choice • colorful • crotchety- Crossgrained ,
- bearish ,
- cross-grained ,
- curmudgeonly ,
- vinegary ,
- waspy ,
- fractious ,
- irritable ,
- obstinate .
- Wonderous ,
- excellent ,
- exceptional ,
- fabulous ,
- fantastic ,
- miraculous ,
- noteworthy ,
- outstanding ,
- remarkable ,
- sensational ,
- superior ,
- un-ordinary ,
- uncustomary ,
- wonderful .
- cutting-edge ,
- dewier ,
- dewiest ,
- dewy ,
- ultra-modern ,
- uncontaminated ,
- untrodden ,
- avant-garde ,
- newest ,
- unspoiled ,
- untried .
- not general ,
- not public ,
- singled out ,
- singled-out ,
- unalloyed ,
- uncompounded ,
- unmixed ,
- unshared ,
- without equal ,
- one ,
- unblended .
- flaky ,
- more nonstandard ,
- more off base ,
- more off-base ,
- more offbase ,
- most nonstandard ,
- most off base ,
- most off-base ,
- most offbase ,
- non standard ,
- oddest ,
- off base ,
- off color ,
- offbase ,
- offcolor ,
- out line ,
- psycho ,
- un usual ,
- un-usual .
- Heteroclite ,
- Heteromorphic ,
- grodier ,
- grodiest ,
- gross ,
- hetero clite ,
- hetero-clite ,
- more deviate ,
- more heteroclite ,
- more heteromorphic ,
- more spastic ,
- most deviate ,
- most heteroclite ,
- most heteromorphic ,
- most spastic ,
- screwy ,
- un expected ,
- un-expected .
- extrinsic ,
- in appropriate ,
- in compatible ,
- in congruous ,
- in-appropriate ,
- in-compatible ,
- in-congruous ,
- more estranged ,
- most estranged ,
- most opposed ,
- re mote ,
- re-mote .
- in consistent ,
- in-consistent ,
- more unrepresentative ,
- most unrepresentative ,
- un representative ,
- un-representative .
- awe-inspiring ,
- conspicuous ,
- distinguished ,
- eminent ,
- far-out ,
- inconceivable ,
- incredible ,
- memorable ,
- prominent ,
- several ,
- significant ,
- something else ,
- unexpected ,
- unfamiliar ,
- unparalleled ,
- unwonted ,
- weird .
- iffy ,
- in calculable ,
- in constant ,
- in-calculable ,
- in-constant ,
- meandering ,
- mercurial ,
- more directionless ,
- more fluctuant ,
- more shifting ,
- more undirected ,
- more vagarious ,
- most directionless ,
- most fluctuant ,
- most shifting ,
- most undirected ,
- most vagarious ,
- shifting ,
- un directed ,
- un reliable ,
- un stable ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un-directed ,
- un-reliable ,
- un-stable ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest .
- extra-ordinary ,
- fabber ,
- fabbest ,
- flasher ,
- flashest ,
- in conceivable ,
- in credible ,
- in-conceivable ,
- in-credible ,
- sur prising ,
- sur-prising ,
- un wonted ,
- un-wonted .
- De Luxe ,
- de-luxe ,
- embellished ,
- florid ,
- frillier ,
- frilliest ,
- more beautifying ,
- more custom ,
- more decorated ,
- more elaborate ,
- more embellished ,
- more froufrou ,
- more garnished ,
- more gingerbread ,
- most beautifying ,
- most custom ,
- most decorated ,
- most embellished ,
- most froufrou ,
- most garnished ,
- most gingerbread ,
- ostentatious ,
- re splendent ,
- re-splendent .
- be ginning ,
- be-ginning ,
- brand new ,
- brandnew ,
- hot off the press ,
- hot press ,
- hot the press ,
- more beginning ,
- more comer ,
- more neoteric ,
- more newborn ,
- most beginning ,
- most comer ,
- most neoteric ,
- most newborn ,
- nower ,
- nowest ,
- re cent ,
- re-cent ,
- recent ,
- this season ,
- this seasons ,
- un processed ,
- un seasoned ,
- un touched ,
- un-processed ,
- un-seasoned ,
- un-touched ,
- unprocessed ,
- up to date ,
- what happening ,
- whats happening .
- de finite ,
- de-finite ,
- in dividual ,
- in divisible ,
- in-dividual ,
- in-divisible ,
- more diacritic ,
- more personalized ,
- more unitary ,
- most diacritic ,
- most personalized ,
- most unitary ,
- personalized ,
- re served ,
- re-served .
- more apart ,
- more sequestered ,
- most apart ,
- most sequestered ,
- out lying ,
- out-lying ,
- re tired ,
- re-tired ,
- retired ,
- un accompanied ,
- un frequented ,
- un related ,
- un-accompanied ,
- un-frequented ,
- un-related ,
- with drawn ,
- with-drawn .
- de generated ,
- de-generated ,
- more degenerated ,
- more warped ,
- most degenerated ,
- most warped ,
- out rest ,
- out-rest .
- facetious ,
- farcical ,
- har har ,
- harhar ,
- jokier ,
- jokiest ,
- laughable ,
- more derisory ,
- more gelastic ,
- more har har ,
- more har-har ,
- more harhar ,
- most comic ,
- most derisory ,
- most gelastic ,
- most har har ,
- most har-har ,
- most harhar ,
- most jocose ,
- most joshing ,
- riotest ,
- screamest .
- Tranced ,
- be witched ,
- be-witched ,
- more conjuring ,
- more demoniac ,
- more ensorcelled ,
- more entranced ,
- more magic ,
- more necromantic ,
- more parapsychological ,
- more runic ,
- more sorcerous ,
- more spellbinding ,
- more spiritualistic ,
- more telekinetic ,
- more tranced ,
- more witching ,
- more witchlike ,
- more wizardly ,
- most conjuring ,
- most demoniac ,
- most ensorcelled ,
- most entranced ,
- most necromantic ,
- most parapsychological ,
- most runic ,
- most sorcerous ,
- most spellbinding ,
- most spiritualistic ,
- most telekinetic ,
- most tranced ,
- most witching ,
- most witchlike ,
- most wizardly ,
- para psychological ,
- para-psychological ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-canny .
- awe inspiring ,
- aweinspiring ,
- be wildering ,
- be-wildering ,
- difficult believe ,
- in comprehensible ,
- more bewildering ,
- more confounding ,
- most bewildering ,
- most confounding ,
- staggering ,
- un believable ,
- un likelier ,
- un likeliest ,
- un likely ,
- un-believable ,
- un-likelier ,
- un-likeliest ,
- un-likely .
- Miscreated ,
- dis graceful ,
- dis-graceful ,
- in famous ,
- in human ,
- in tolerable ,
- in-human ,
- in-tolerable ,
- mis created ,
- mis-created ,
- more horrifying ,
- more miscreated ,
- more teratoid ,
- most horrifying ,
- most miscreated ,
- most teratoid .
- crazy ,
- crosspatch ,
- deranged ,
- deviant ,
- divergent ,
- eccentric ,
- fey ,
- freakish ,
- idiosyncratic ,
- improper ,
- incompatible ,
- incongruous ,
- inconsistent ,
- misfit ,
- mismatch ,
- nonconforming ,
- oddball ,
- oddity ,
- off ,
- quirky .
- bigleague ,
- highprofile ,
- majorleague ,
- more bodacious ,
- more celebrious ,
- more distingue ,
- more high profile ,
- more high-profile ,
- more highprofile ,
- more nameable ,
- more rubric ,
- most bodacious ,
- most celebrious ,
- most distingue ,
- most high profile ,
- most high-profile ,
- most highprofile ,
- most nameable ,
- most rubric ,
- nameable ,
- red letter ,
- redletter ,
- well known ,
- wellknown .
- Ender ,
- endest ,
- mind blowing ,
- mindblowing ,
- more murder ,
- more stand out ,
- more stand-out ,
- more underlined ,
- most murder ,
- most stand out ,
- most stand-out ,
- most underlined ,
- splashest ,
- under lined ,
- under-lined .
- avantgarde ,
- far cry ,
- innovative ,
- more innovative ,
- more new fashioned ,
- more new-fashioned ,
- more newfashioned ,
- most new fashioned ,
- most new-fashioned ,
- most newfashioned ,
- most novel ,
- new fashioned .
- in sane ,
- in saner ,
- in sanest ,
- in-sane ,
- in-saner ,
- more bedlamite ,
- most bedlamite ,
- out mind ,
- out of one mind ,
- out of ones mind ,
- out one mind ,
- out one's mind ,
- out ones mind .
- one a kind ,
- one kind ,
- one of kind ,
- out of ordinary ,
- out of world ,
- out ordinary ,
- out the ordinary ,
- out this world ,
- out world .
- more out of this world ,
- more out-of-this-world ,
- most out of this world ,
- most out-of-this-world ,
- un-real .
- dis believing ,
- dis-believing ,
- in credulous ,
- in quiring ,
- in-credulous ,
- in-quiring ,
- more aporetic ,
- more bantering ,
- more questioning ,
- more show me ,
- more show-me ,
- more showme ,
- most aporetic ,
- most bantering ,
- most questioning ,
- most show me ,
- most show-me ,
- most showme ,
- show me ,
- showme ,
- un believing ,
- un-believing .
- more attenuate ,
- more attenuated ,
- more recherche ,
- most attenuate ,
- most attenuated ,
- most recherche ,
- rarest ,
- sub tile ,
- sub tiler ,
- sub-tile ,
- sub-tiler ,
- subtiler ,
- subtilest .
- eye catching ,
- eyecatching ,
- more arrestive ,
- more dynamite ,
- more electrifying ,
- most arrestive ,
- most dynamite ,
- most electrifying .
- fairier ,
- fairiest ,
- in visible ,
- in-visible ,
- meta physical ,
- meta-physical ,
- more phantom ,
- more supermundane ,
- more superordinary ,
- more supranatural ,
- more unknowable ,
- more unrevealed ,
- most phantom ,
- most supermundane ,
- most superordinary ,
- most supranatural ,
- most unknowable ,
- most unrevealed ,
- para normal ,
- para-normal ,
- super human ,
- super mundane ,
- super natural ,
- super ordinary ,
- super-human ,
- super-mundane ,
- super-natural ,
- super-ordinary ,
- superhuman ,
- supra natural ,
- supra-natural ,
- un comprehensible ,
- un earthlier ,
- un earthliest ,
- un earthly ,
- un fathomable ,
- un knowable ,
- un revealed ,
- un-comprehensible ,
- un-earthlier ,
- un-earthliest ,
- un-earthly ,
- un-intelligible ,
- un-knowable ,
- un-revealed .
- extra mundane ,
- extra sensory ,
- extra-mundane ,
- extra-sensory ,
- more extrasensory ,
- most extrasensory ,
- super physical ,
- super-physical .
- out of way ,
- out the way ,
- out way ,
- un common ,
- un commoner ,
- un commonest ,
- un-common ,
- un-commoner ,
- un-commonest .
- free easy ,
- in formal ,
- in-formal ,
- more anarchistic ,
- more weirdo ,
- most anarchistic ,
- most weirdo ,
- non conformist ,
- out left field ,
- un conventional ,
- un-ceremonious ,
- un-conventional .
- more uninvestigated ,
- most uninvestigated ,
- un explored ,
- un familiar ,
- un investigated ,
- un-explored ,
- un-familiar ,
- un-investigated .
- in sincere ,
- in sincerer ,
- in sincerest ,
- in-sincere ,
- in-sincerer ,
- in-sincerest ,
- madeup ,
- makebelieve ,
- more concocted ,
- more imitation ,
- more put on ,
- more put-on ,
- more staged ,
- more unconforming ,
- most concocted ,
- most fabricated ,
- most imitation ,
- most put on ,
- most puton ,
- most staged ,
- most unconforming ,
- puton ,
- un conforming ,
- un natural ,
- un-conforming ,
- un-natural .
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- unordinary .
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- screwball .
- eery .
Other synonyms:
- Atypic ,
- The ,
- alien ,
- awesome ,
- original ,
- picturesque ,
- preeminent ,
- revolutionary ,
- suspicious ,
- towering .
- class .
- magnificent .
- STANDOUT ,
- better ,
- out of sight .
Other relevant words:
• Gothic
• absorbing
• astonishing
• bizarre
• conspicuous
• crazy
- nuts .
- fresh ,
- new ,
- refreshing .
- Anomalistic ,
- Arrestive ,
- Celebrious ,
- Doubtable ,
- Fluctuant ,
- Froufrou ,
- Gelastic ,
- Neoteric ,
- Newfashioned ,
- SHOW-ME ,
- Subtile ,
- Supermundane ,
- Superphysical ,
- Teratoid ,
- Thaumaturgic ,
- Theurgic ,
- Theurgical ,
- Unfrequent ,
- Vagarious ,
- aberrant ,
- abnormal ,
- anarchistic ,
- anomalous ,
- aporetic ,
- at a premium ,
- at cutting edge ,
- bedlamite ,
- bizarre ,
- bodacious ,
- breaking new ground ,
- bugged out ,
- campier ,
- campiest ,
- campy ,
- choice ,
- cockamamie ,
- crotchety ,
- curious ,
- demoniac ,
- derisory ,
- diacritic ,
- different ,
- difficult to believe ,
- directionless ,
- distingue ,
- ensorcelled ,
- erratic ,
- especial ,
- exotic ,
- extra ordinary ,
- extraordinary ,
- extrasensory ,
- fab ,
- fancy ,
- freaker ,
- freaky ,
- frilly ,
- funny ,
- gingerbread ,
- grody ,
- har-har ,
- high-profile ,
- hot off press ,
- in left field ,
- individual ,
- infrequent ,
- isolated ,
- jokey ,
- just out ,
- laughing ,
- little known ,
- marvelous ,
- necromantic ,
- new-fashioned ,
- non-conformist ,
- non-standard ,
- nonstandard ,
- not habitual ,
- not kosher ,
- not well-known ,
- notable ,
- novel ,
- off beaten path ,
- off beaten track ,
- off the beaten path ,
- off the beaten track ,
- off-base ,
- off-the-wall ,
- one of a kind ,
- open to doubt ,
- open to question ,
- out in left field ,
- out of line ,
- out of mind ,
- out of question ,
- out of the ordinary ,
- out-of-this-world ,
- outlandish ,
- parapsychological ,
- peculiar ,
- phenomenal ,
- pottier ,
- pottiest ,
- potty ,
- preposterous ,
- prodigious ,
- quaint ,
- queer ,
- quizzical ,
- rare ,
- recherche ,
- rings untrue ,
- rioter ,
- rum ,
- rummy ,
- runic ,
- scarce ,
- screamer ,
- seldom met with ,
- single ,
- sorcerous ,
- spastic ,
- spiritualistic ,
- splasher ,
- stand-out ,
- strange ,
- striking ,
- sudden ,
- sui generis ,
- supernatural ,
- superordinary ,
- supranatural ,
- taking the cake ,
- talismanic ,
- telekinetic ,
- the end ,
- the latest ,
- this season's ,
- unaccustomed ,
- uncommon ,
- unconforming ,
- unconventional ,
- undirected ,
- uninvestigated ,
- unitary ,
- unknowable ,
- unprecedented ,
- unrepresentative ,
- unrevealed ,
- untraditional ,
- untypical ,
- unvisited ,
- way-out ,
- what's happening ,
- whimsical ,
- witching ,
- witchlike ,
- wizardly ,
- won't wash .
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How to use "Unusual" in context?
jobs
There are many unusual jobs in the world that defy categorization. They can be considered odd jobs, freelance work, or contract work. Some of the more unusual jobs include pet circus owner, mortician, and taxidermist.
Many of these jobs require some skill or knowledge that is not typically seen in everyday work. For instance, some pet circus owners are skilled in animal handling and training, which is necessary to care for and manage a large collection of various animals. Morticians are required to be skilled in preserving human remains and know how to create realistic mortuary displays.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
exceptional, extraordinary.
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Adjective
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Forward Entailment
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Adjective
usual.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
alien, astonishing, astounding, awkward, common, customary, deviant, exotic, extraneous, irregular, normal, ordinary, original, outstanding, paradoxical, perverse, puzzling, rarely, regular, remarkable, scarce, startling, unanticipated, unexpected, unheard, unlikely, wonderful, strange-looking, non-traditional.
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Other Related
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Adjective
aberrant, abnormal, amazing, anomalous, atypical, commonplace, distinctive, frequent, habitual, infrequent, singular, sparse, strange, surprising, suspicious, tremendous, uncanny, uncharacteristic, unconventional, unfamiliar, unnatural, unprecedented, untypical, non-standard.
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Proper noun, singular
strange.
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