Synonyms of queer

queer 1 of 2

adjective

ˈkwir 

1

as in strange

different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion

one competitor had a queer way of running that attracted a lot of attention from the spectators

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strange
• funny
• bizarre
• weird
• curious
• odd
• peculiar
• erratic
• eccentric
• remarkable
• crazy
• unusual
• abnormal
• kinky
• quirky
• unique
• wild
• funky
• offbeat
• queerish
• out-of-the-way
• kooky
• wacky
• quaint
• off-the-wall
• outré
• unconventional
• outlandish
• rum
• screwy
• weirdo
• uncommon
• cranky
• way-out
• rare
• far-out
• extraordinary
• outrageous
• off-kilter
• bizarro
• outstanding
• fantastic
• freak
• aberrant
• spaced-out
• freaky
• prominent
• flaky
• phantasmagoric
• atypical
• singular
• shocking
• freakish
• conspicuous
• striking
• noticeable
• salient
• notable
• phenomenal
• unwonted
• out-there
• idiosyncratic
• nonconformist
• puzzling
• perplexing
• addlepated
• unorthodox
• baffling
• confounding
• crotchety
• nonmainstream
• mystifying
• atrocious
• bewildering
• uncustomary

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• normal
• ordinary
• typical
• usual
• average
• standard
• garden
• conservative
• everyday
• prosaic
• routine
• commonplace
• conventional
• familiar
• unremarkable
• unexceptional
• workaday
• run-of-the-mill
• predictable
• conformist
• common
• regular
• frequent
• expected
• customary
• habitual
• knee-jerk
• wonted

2

as in unusual

noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced

a lot of queer things started happening almost from the day that we moved into the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unusual
• uncommon
• funny
• strange
• weird
• curious
• peculiar
• rare
• extraordinary
• odd
• unique
• out-of-the-way
• singular
• offbeat
• bizarre
• special
• unaccustomed
• eccentric
• abnormal
• uncustomary
• outré
• oddball
• atypical
• remarkable
• outlandish
• kooky
• aberrant
• exceptional
• noticeable
• way-out
• far-out
• particular
• notable
• noteworthy
• irregular
• newsworthy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• common
• ordinary
• usual
• plain
• normal
• familiar
• regular
• typical
• unexceptional
• predictable
• expected

3

as in sick

affected with nausea

eating all of that deep-fried food would make most people feel a little queer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sick
• squeamish
• queerish
• ill
• queasy
• nauseous
• sickish
• nauseated
• upset
• unsettled
• qualmish
• green
• sickly
• peaky
• peaked
• woozy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• well
• healthy
• settled

4

as in questionable

giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged

queer business practices that bear some looking into

Synonyms & Similar Words

• questionable
• dubious
• disputable
• problematic
• suspicious
• doubtful
• suspect
• debatable
• fishy
• ambiguous
• shaky
• equivocal
• shady
• alleged
• dodgy
• unclear
• doubtable
• dubitable
• uncertain
• unlikely
• weak
• moot
• supposed
• so-called
• improbable
• undetermined
• undecided
• open
• flimsy
• far-fetched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• certain
• sure
• unproblematic
• indisputable
• incontestable
• unquestionable
• indubitable
• undeniable
• undoubted
• decisive
• definitive
• positive
• questionless
• obvious
• clear
• hands-down
• open-and-shut

queer

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verb

1

as in to humble

Related Words

• humble
• shame
• humiliate
• distress
• demean
• discomfort
• debase
• disquiet
• unsettle
• degrade
• upset
• perturb
• put off
• agitate
• disconcert
• dismay
• bother
• unhinge
• put out
• disturb
• mortify
• discompose
• chagrin
• embarrass
• discountenance
• faze
• discomfit
• confound
• fluster
• abash
• nonplus
• confuse
• rattle

Dissimilar Words

• comfort
• relieve
• calm
• console
• soothe
• encourage
• cheer
• assure
• reassure
• buoy
• hearten
• embolden

2

as in to gum (up)

Related Words

• gum (up)
• wound
• ding
• dent
• lacerate
• blight
• torment
• botch
• torture
• desolate
• mutilate
• disable
• wash out
• bloody
• lame
• dint
• tear down
• tarnish
• wear (away)
• maim
• hamstring
• wipe out
• mangle
• clobber
• destroy
• waste
• scourge
• crush
• wreck
• ruin
• total
• undermine
• annihilate
• bash
• dash
• batter
• scour
• smash
• hurt
• erode
• decimate
• devastate
• pulverize
• cripple
• demolish
• cross (up)
• harm
• shatter
• impair
• crab
• disfigure
• damage
• weaken
• spoil
• raze
• enfeeble
• injure
• bang up
• flaw
• deteriorate
• compromise
• blemish
• deface
• mar
• vitiate
• enervate
• do in
• break
• endamage

Dissimilar Words

• repair
• patch
• reconstruct
• rebuild
• help
• cure
• remedy
• fix
• renovate
• heal
• mend
• rehabilitate
• revamp
• doctor
• rectify
• better
• perfect
• improve
• recondition
• revise
• edit
• enrich
• enhance
• remodel
• refine
• ameliorate
• meliorate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of queer

Verb

These films have always carried rich undercurrents: the corporate exploitation of blue-collar workers (the Nostromo crew, the marines in Aliens, the kids of Romulus), queered reproduction via body horror, Ripley’s evolving incarnations of motherhood, human hubris punished by its own creations. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025

Was this his way of queering e-commerce, subverting the platform from within? — Oscar Schwartz, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2024

Fish lesbians often queered feminine aesthetics, warping heteronormative and cisnormative expectations of gender to play with them in more imaginative ways. — Quispe López, Them, 1 Aug. 2024

Almodóvar’s gaze is more like a series of fun house mirrors here, passing through classic dime-store-novel narrative, the macho-man canon of midcentury Technicolor westerns and the winky camp of queering it all in circa-2023 couture. — Leah Greenblatt, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023