Synonyms of idiomatic

idiomatic

adjective

ˌi-dē-ə-ˈma-tik 

as in personal

of, relating to, or belonging to a single person

the new teacher's idiomatic approach to dealing with special-needs students is already showing signs of success

Synonyms & Similar Words

• personal
• subjective
• personalized
• private
• singular
• unique
• individual
• individualized
• particular
• patented
• distinctive
• separate
• peculiar
• idiosyncratic
• characteristic
• privy
• specific
• intimate
• identifying
• express
• special
• independent
• specialized
• custom
• especial
• customized
• nonconformist
• self-sufficient
• self-directed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• general
• public
• popular
• universal
• generic
• broad
• widespread
• prevalent
• common
• normal
• typical
• regular
• shared
• prevailing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of idiomatic

What mattered was the freshness of the programming and the spark of the performances—above all, the sly, idiomatic singing of the soprano Melissa Wimbish. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2026

Is this idiomatic for this language, or just one possible approach? — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Mar. 2026

Grieve wanted to make Proust more idiomatic and sound up-to-date. — Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025

The worst examples of Google's idiomatic AI guesswork are ones where the LLM slips past plausible interpretations and into sheer hallucination of completely fictional sources. — ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025