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Synonyms of odd in English:

odd


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adjective

1‘the neighbours thought him very odd’

SYNONYMS
strange, peculiar, weird, queer, funny, bizarre, eccentric, unusual, abnormal, idiosyncratic, unconventional, outlandish, offbeat, freakish, quirky, quaint, zany, off-centre
informal wacky, freaky, kooky, screwy, kinky, oddball, cranky
North American informal off the wall, wacko, bizarro
Australian, New Zealand informal, dated dilly
ANTONYMS

normal, conventional

2‘quite a few odd things had happened in the last two days’

SYNONYMS
strange, unusual, peculiar, funny, curious, bizarre, weird, uncanny, queer, unexpected, unfamiliar, abnormal, atypical, anomalous, untypical, different, out of the ordinary, out of the way, foreign, exceptional, rare, extraordinary, remarkable, puzzling, mystifying, mysterious, perplexing, baffling, unaccountable, incongruous, uncommon, irregular, singular, deviant, aberrant, freak, freakish
suspicious, dubious, questionable
eerie, unnatural
Scottish unco
outré
informal fishy, creepy, spooky
British informal rum
North American informal backasswards
ANTONYMS

ordinary, usual

3‘odd numbers’

SYNONYMS
uneven, not divisible by two

4‘we have the odd drink together’

SYNONYMS
occasional, casual, irregular, isolated, incidental, random, sporadic, seasonal, periodic, part-time
miscellaneous, various, varied, sundry
ANTONYMS

regular

5‘when you've got an odd five minutes, could I have a word’

SYNONYMS
spare, unoccupied, free, not committed, available
between engagements, between appointments

6‘he's wearing odd shoes’

SYNONYMS
mismatched, unmatched, unpaired
single, lone, solitary, extra, surplus, leftover, remaining, unused
Scottish orra

Phrases

    odd man out


    SYNONYMS
    outsider, exception, oddity, nonconformist, maverick, individualist, misfit, eccentric, outlier, fish out of water, square peg in a round hole, round peg in a square hole
    informal freak