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outlandish

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of outlandish

1 different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
  • an outlandish outfit made entirely out of bottle caps
Synonyms of outlandish

bizarre, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, erratic, far-out, funky, funny, kooky (also kookie), odd, off-kilter, off-the-wall, offbeat, out-of-the-way, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, screwy, spaced-out, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, wild
Words Related to outlandish

aberrant, abnormal, addlepated, flaky

extraordinary, fantastic (also fantastical), freak, freakish, freaky, phenomenal

atypical, rare, singular, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, unusual, unwonted

conspicuous, notable, noticeable, outstanding, prominent, salient, striking

atrocious, outrageous, shocking

out-there, unconventional, unorthodox

baffling, bewildering, confounding, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling
Near Antonyms of outlandish

average, commonplace, everyday, garden, normal, ordinary, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, typical, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, workaday

conformist, conservative, conventional

expected, familiar, predictable

common, customary, frequent, habitual, regular, wonted
2 excitingly or mysteriously unusual
  • the outlandish tribal rituals that astonished early explorers of that land
Synonyms of outlandish

exotic, fantastic (also fantastical), glamorous (also glamourous), marvelous (or marvellous), romantic, strange
Words Related to outlandish

colorful, picture-book, picturesque, quaint

alien, foreign

dark, distant, faraway, remote

alluring, captivating, enchanting, fascinating, magical
Antonyms of outlandish

familiar, nonexotic, nonglamorous, unexotic, unglamorous, unromantic

Synonym Discussion of outlandish

strange, singular, unique, peculiar, eccentric, erratic, odd, quaint, outlandish mean departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected. strange stresses unfamiliarity and may apply to the foreign, the unnatural, the unaccountable.
    • a journey filled with strange sights
singular suggests individuality or puzzling strangeness.
    • a singular feeling of impending disaster
unique implies singularity and the fact of being without a known parallel.
    • a career unique in the annals of science
peculiar implies a marked distinctiveness.
    • the peculiar status of America's first lady
eccentric suggests a wide divergence from the usual or normal especially in behavior.
    • the eccentric eating habits of preschoolers
erratic stresses a capricious and unpredictable wandering or deviating.
    • a friend's suddenly erratic behavior
odd applies to a departure from the regular or expected.
    • an odd sense of humor
quaint suggests an old-fashioned but pleasant oddness.
    • a quaint fishing village
outlandish applies to what is uncouth, bizarre, or barbaric.
    • outlandish fashions of the time

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