bizarro

adjective

bi·​zar·​ro bə-ˈzär-ō 

: characterized by a bizarre, fantastic, or unconventional approach

bizarro noun

Synonyms

• bizarre
• cranky
• crazy
• curious
• eccentric
• erratic
• far-out
• funky
• funny
• kinky
• kooky
• kookie
• odd
• off-kilter
• off-the-wall
• offbeat
• out-of-the-way
• outlandish
• outré
• peculiar
• quaint
• queer
• queerish
• quirky
• remarkable
• rum [chiefly British]
• screwy
• spaced-out
• strange
• wacky
• whacky
• way-out
• weird
• weirdo
• wild

Examples of bizarro in a Sentence

the cat was acting pretty bizarro this morning, and I'm worried about him

a bizarro comedy that earned a cult following

Recent Examples on the Web

It’s been over two years since the cliffhanger ending of the bizarro sci-fi office thriller’s first season. —Wes Davis, The Verge, 13 July 2024

But the real test would be pulling off a finale that could weave together the bizarro storylines between a vault dweller, a knight and a ghoul. —Meredith Woerner, Variety, 21 June 2024

The subway isn’t some sort of bizarro world where the regular ways of fighting crime and addressing behavioral health problems don’t work, and safety instead requires soldiers. —Brandon Del Pozo, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2024

Creator and writer Emma Moran builds out a rich world where the fact that most of the population possesses a singular, idiosyncratic ability — teleportation, fixing bad haircuts with the touch of a hand — is only one fantastical element in this bizarro version of contemporary East London. —Jen Chaney, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024

Word History

Etymology

extension of bizarre entry 1, probably after Bizarro, grotesque duplicate of Superman in the Superman comic-book series who inhabits a "bizarro world"

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above