Synonyms and Antonyms of freak
1
a person, thing, or event that is far from normal
- that snowstorm in April was a freak, since our weather is usually much balmier by then
abortion, malformation, miscreation, mutant, mutation
character, crackbrain, crackpot, crank, eccentric, kook, nut, oddball, screwball, weirdo
aberrant, deviant
individualist, maverick, nonconformist
curiosity, peculiarity, singularity
aberration, exception, irregularity, oddity, rarity
2
a person with a strong and habitual liking for something
addict, aficionado (also afficionado), buff, bug, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fancier, fiend, fool, habitué (also habitue), head, hound, junkie (also junky), lover, maniac, maven (also mavin), nut, sucker
groupie
admirer, amateur, collector, connoisseur, dilettante
authority, expert
adherent, convert, cultist, disciple, follower, hanger-on, votary
advocate, apostle, backer, champion, evangelist, exponent, friend, patron, promoter, proponent, supporter
partisan (also partizan), zealot
booster, rooter, well-wisher
faddist
3
a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action
- suddenly had the bizarre freak to take a road trip across the country
bee, caprice, crank, fancy, humor, kink, maggot, megrim, notion, vagary, vagrancy, whim, whimsy (also whimsey)
capriciousness, fancifulness, fantasy (also phantasy), freakishness, impetuosity, whimsicality
conceit
concept, conception, image, impression, mind's eye, picture, thought
brainstorm, inspiration
4
slang
a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally
- he knew that he'd never get his life in order if he continued to hang out with the crystal meth freaks
addict, dopehead, doper, druggie (also druggy), fiend, head, hophead [slang], hype [slang], junkie (also junky), stoner, user
