FREAKS Synonyms: 145 Similar and Opposite Words

freaks

noun

plural of freak

as in anomalies

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

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as in lovers

a person with a strong and habitual liking for something I'm a hockey freak

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as in whims

a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action suddenly had the bizarre freak to take a road trip across the country

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as in addicts

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

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Recent Examples of freaks The 17th year of Mosswood Meltdown at Oakland’s Mosswood Park brought with it a parade of free-thinking freaks on stage and in the crowd that descended on a punker’s picnic paradise for its annual outing of 20 bands over three days last weekend. — Deputy Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026 The crowd is packed not only with devoted fans and freaks, but fellow musicians who also emerged from the punk rock underground decades earlier. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 20 July 2026 With his rugged handsomeness and wry sense of humor, Neill built an almost-50-year career playing heroes and villains, freaks and geniuses. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 13 July 2026 When Aaron Paul’s Jeff attempts to make a suspicious deposit, the bank teller (a game Nina Dobrev) demands to be in on the deal, in the sort of neo-noir twist that could suggest a rich film world populated with bizarre freaks of all stripes. — Elena Lazic, Variety, 26 June 2026 Over the past decade, Osees have reinvented themselves as prog-metal warriors, hardcore agitators, and synth-punk freaks, investing each new permutation with the same degree of blitzkrieg aggression. — Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 18 June 2026 If the future freaks you out, Android's VP and GM of the Android Platform, Seang Chau, assured me that the operating system isn't going anywhere. — Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 16 June 2026 The offense has dudes who are physical freaks who can launch constant attacks. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026 They were considered to have strange physical afflictions or weak mental attitudes, and some people with endocrine diseases were even dismissed as ‘freaks’ and heckled in circuses or locked away in institutions. — Literary Hub, 20 May 2026

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TFMs, however, are built to properly process numeric and textual data within rows and columns, identify crucial patterns, and manage common data issues like missing values or anomalies.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
This feature can also analyze spending patterns, notify customers of anomalies, and recommend areas where customers can save more.

— Catherine Collins, USA Today, 26 July 2026

Definition of anomalies

Noun

This menu is easily intriguing enough to lure food lovers back for chef Mederos’ tasting menu.

— Connie Ogle July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
The book pays homage to all your classic romance tropes — fake relationship, enemies to lovers, boy next door — but spins them on their head in this new take on what happily ever after looks like.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 July 2026

Definition of lovers

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Google has therefore tied the ability to distribute Android apps to the whims of the US Treasury Department, which maintains and enforces economic sanctions.

— Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
The difference between security agencies in democracies and secret-police forces is that the former have to obey laws and not just follow the whims of the head of state.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

Definition of whims

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Most of the dealers and suppliers who worked with Brun were addicts themselves, feeding an island ravaged by meth addiction since the 1980s.

— Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
Describing themselves as a professional neighborhood watch group, former gang members and addicts are helping Venice residents clear encampments from their doorsteps.

— Laurie Perez, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of addicts

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The Maryland Terrapins rolled these suckers out in the early 2010s and subsequently burned the retinas of college football fans all over the country.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Be careful not to remove the suckers all at once, which can put stress on the plant.

— Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 18 July 2026

Definition of suckers

Noun

What happens after that is committed to the good common sense of the client who usually leaves that office with only vague notions about what has been done so far and what needs to be done in the future.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Right’s multiculturalism Meanwhile, the American right was increasingly united less by biological notions of race and more by opposition to multiculturalism, feminism, LGBTQ+ rights, immigration and liberalism.

— Eladio Bobadilla, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of notions

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The report notes the area is known by detectives to be a high crime area with multiple stray dogs and wandering drug users.

— Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2026
On Tuesday, social media feeds were flooded with users shocked after allegedly witnessing celebrity blogger Perez Hilton live-streaming acts of self-harm on TikTok.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of users

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Top Chef and Traitors fans, don’t skip out on a visit to Kristen Kish’s restaurant Arlo Grey, also located on the hotel’s first floor.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026
When 39 days of elite physical punishment concluded with stadium lights dimming across North America, millions of fans limped away from watch parties with hoarse voices and sore feet.

— Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026