Synonyms of freaks

freaks

noun

plural of freak

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• anomalies
• mutations
• abnormalities
• monsters
• monstrosities
• exceptions
• weirdos
• mutants
• nuts
• oddballs
• kooks
• deviants
• eccentrics
• crackpots
• rarities
• irregularities
• malformations
• screwballs
• cranks
• mavericks
• individualists
• nonconformists
• aberrants
• singularities
• miscreations
• peculiarities
• aberrations
• curiosities
• characters
• crackbrains
• oddities

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• standards
• norms
• normals
• averages
• samples
• specimens
• pars
• commonplaces
• usuals

2

as in lovers

a person with a strong and habitual liking for something

I'm a hockey freak

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lovers
• suckers
• fans
• enthusiasts
• maniacs
• fanatics
• addicts
• buffs
• fiends
• junkies
• nuts
• admirers
• fools
• devotees
• aficionados
• fanciers
• bugs
• hounds
• collectors
• supporters
• friends
• authorities
• proponents
• mavens
• experts
• habitués
• heads
• amateurs
• connoisseurs
• groupies
• advocates
• promoters
• adherents
• exponents
• followers
• disciples
• zealots
• patrons
• dilettantes
• champions
• cultists
• converts
• apostles
• votaries
• evangelists
• hangers-on
• partisans
• boosters
• faddists
• backers
• rooters
• well-wishers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonfans
• critics
• detractors
• carpers
• nonadmirers
• belittlers

3

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whims
• notions
• maggots
• bees
• caprices
• whimsies
• thoughts
• vagaries
• fantasies
• cranks
• pictures
• megrims
• fancies
• kinks
• humors
• impressions
• vagrancies
• bees in one's bonnet
• whimsicalities
• images
• concepts
• conceptions
• impetuosities
• inspirations
• conceits
• brainstorms
• mind's eyes

4

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• addicts
• users
• junkies
• fiends
• druggies
• stoners
• dopers
• heads
• hypes
• hopheads
• dopeheads
• crackheads
• potheads
• speed freaks
• burnouts
• cokeheads
• acidheads

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonusers
• nonaddicts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of freaks

The offense has dudes who are physical freaks who can launch constant attacks. —Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026

Here’s hoping that’s not the case, because Arjona looks more than capable of taking out these glowing-eyed freaks all by herself. —Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 2 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

Jocks and mean girls relished in the mainstream, while the freaks and losers huddled over video-game music and alt weirdness. —Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 8 May 2026

The traveling circus show brings acrobats, illusionists, freaks and mysterious creatures inside its black and red tent starting Friday, April 3, and running daily through Monday, April 13. —Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026

Life online appears to be neatly divisible, and indeed divided, into freaks on the one hand and, on the other, reasonable people such as yourself. —Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026

Its owners, Eric Finkelstein and Matt Ross, are sandwich freaks in the best possible way; on the shop’s vast menu, not a single sandwich is a dud. —Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026

Not as freaks to be studied from afar, mimicked, and exploited for other people’s creative whims or amusement, but as complex and whole parts of the world worth exploring and celebrating. —Sarah Kurchak, Time, 9 Jan. 2026