Words That Mean Strange and Unusual
Departure from the expected, ranging from charming to alarming.
6 words
- Aberrantnoun
one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group
- Eccentricnoun
a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- Idiosyncraticadjective
peculiar to the individual
- Incongruousadjective
lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
- Mavericknoun
an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it
- Singularadjective
grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit
Study these against
A word’s meaning sharpens against its opposite. These sets are the ones worth holding beside strange and unusual.