Synonyms of kinky

kinky

adjective

ˈkiŋ-kē 

as in bizarre

different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion

while passing through the airport, don't do anything kinky that is likely to draw the suspicion of security

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bizarre
• strange
• weird
• funny
• curious
• odd
• peculiar
• erratic
• crazy
• eccentric
• remarkable
• unusual
• abnormal
• wild
• funky
• quirky
• unique
• queer
• wacky
• outlandish
• offbeat
• whacky
• off-the-wall
• kooky
• outré
• unconventional
• out-of-the-way
• quaint
• fantastical
• screwy
• weirdo
• queerish
• uncommon
• way-out
• rum
• far-out
• kookie
• rare
• outrageous
• freaky
• extraordinary
• bizarro
• cranky
• freak
• off-kilter
• fantastic
• shocking
• freakish
• aberrant
• outstanding
• flaky
• spaced-out
• atypical
• phantasmagoric
• prominent
• striking
• noticeable
• phantasmagorical
• out-there
• phenomenal
• conspicuous
• idiosyncratic
• salient
• singular
• notable
• unwonted
• unorthodox
• puzzling
• nonconformist
• perplexing
• baffling
• mystifying
• atrocious
• confounding
• bewildering
• uncustomary
• crotchety
• addlepated
• nonmainstream

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• normal
• ordinary
• typical
• usual
• standard
• average
• routine
• garden
• everyday
• conservative
• prosaic
• commonplace
• conventional
• familiar
• unremarkable
• run-of-the-mill
• predictable
• workaday
• unexceptional
• common
• regular
• conformist
• frequent
• expected
• customary
• habitual
• knee-jerk
• wonted

Examples of kinky in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The lifelong hairstylist, who’s worked with celebrities like Beyoncé, Gabrielle Union, Kerry Washington, Zendaya, and more, says perms can easily take straight or kinky hair and add a semi-permanent curling effect. —Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 13 Aug. 2024

Julia May Jonas’s Vladimir (2022), perhaps the most incendiary of the bunch, presents a wife who tacitly approves of her husband’s dalliances—as long as her own kinky appetites aren’t suppressed. —Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2024

Today, the internet is transforming how kinky disabled people can find one another. —Sara Youngblood Gregory, Them, 30 July 2024

The kinkier the hair, the closer one is to their Blackness. —Natalie Love Cruz, refinery29.com, 26 Mar. 2024