PECULIARITIES Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

peculiarities

noun

plural of peculiarity

as in characteristics

an odd or peculiar habit had the peculiarity of constantly fussing with his hair

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conformities

as in features

something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind as its name indicates, the red-winged blackbird has the distinctive peculiarity of a red patch on its wings

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Recent Examples of peculiarities And on that field, however, there are some peculiarities in the Hungarian tax system. — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Szymborska draws upon the semantic peculiarities of her native tongue to underscore the point. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026 The subject does not have a lot of hard-and-fast rules; wars share common characteristics but each conflict has its own peculiarities and exigent circumstances. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 If the job of a debut album is to introduce an artist to the world, while a sophomore album reinforces their reputation, then a third album offers a channel for artists to expand beyond the familiar tricks and peculiarities that shot them to fame in the first place. — Chelsey Sanchez, CNN Money, 25 June 2026 For thousands of years, scholars have investigated the peculiarities of irrational numbers. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 19 June 2026 Rose of Nevada’s power lies in its peculiarities. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 June 2026 This suggests that buyers are increasingly narrowing down their talent searches to specialists that understand the unique peculiarities and context windows that come attached to different coding tools, with Anthropic’s Claude being the most popular. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 2 June 2026 One of the big peculiarities of World Cup ticket sales is that fans are not able to pick a specific seat until much later in the process. — Rafael Nam, NPR, 28 May 2026

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Noun

As far as the on-field characteristics, the Cubs see a super-athletic pitcher who, despite being only 6-foot-1, can hold his 95-mph heater into games.

— Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 17 July 2026
For black holes, this measure of entropy is connected to characteristics like spin and energy, which means it could be used to understand how these cosmic titans respond to different events.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 July 2026

Definition of characteristics

Noun

After appearing on the spring-summer 2026 runways at Khaite, Tory Burch, and Altuzarra, this season’s reboot is all about modern silhouettes and fresh styling tricks that make the print feel exciting again.

— Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 21 July 2026
That doesn’t just mean placing an emphasis on storytelling — there are only so many tricks in the world, so most magicians figure out fast that the narrative is what matters — but as a two-way exploration of empathy.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026

Definition of tricks

Noun

For those who oppose book bans, those qualities are easily conflated.

— Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
As Darrold and Marty Glanville of Sunrise Flour Mill have noted, a skilled baker can use baker’s yeast to make bread with qualities that imitate those often associated with sourdough, such as a crisp, chewy crust and open crumb.

— Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 18 July 2026

Definition of qualities

Noun

Hollywood now effectively markets these technical attributes, making the format a key draw.

— David Deal, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Output aside, Tzolis has the key ‘macro’ attributes that have been crucial to Mikel Arteta’s side developing into England’s champions.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of attributes

Noun

Candid replaces that process with AI agents and a rules engine trained on the submission quirks of more than 1,000 payers, so claims go out correctly the first time.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 22 July 2026
Before the focus shifts back to club football, allow The Athletic to walk through some of the data quirks and tactical tendencies from this year’s World Cup.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of quirks

Noun

The work has bounced between several attributions over the years before scholar Giuseppe Porzio identified it as a painting by Glielmo, giving bidders a fresh reason to take notice.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 3 June 2026
Political discussions on social media are often dominated by competing attributions of more and more insidious motives to people on the other side.

— Mark Schroeder, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2026

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