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exotic

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of exotic

excitingly or mysteriously unusual

  • the gradual disappearance of exotic lands in a culturally homogenized world
Synonyms of exotic

bizarro, fantastic (also fantastical), glamorous (also glamourous), marvelous (or marvellous), outlandish, romantic, strange
Words Related to exotic

colorful, picture-book, picturesque, quaint

alien, foreign

dark, distant, faraway, remote

alluring, captivating, enchanting, fascinating, magical
Antonyms of exotic

familiar, nonexotic, nonglamorous, plain-Jane, unexotic, unglamorous, unromantic

exotic

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of exotic

something strange or unusual that is an object of interest

  • the botanical garden boasts an array of horticultural exotics from around the world
Synonyms of exotic

curio, curiosity, objet d'art (also objet), oddity, oddment, rarity
Words Related to exotic

found object, objet trouvé

curiosa, ephemera, virtu (or vertu)

marvel, prodigy, rara avis, rare bird, wonder

abnormality, anomaly, freak, monster, monstrosity

malformation, mutant, mutation

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