QUIRKS Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

quirks

noun

plural of quirk

as in tricks

an odd or peculiar habit wearing red shoes every day is just one of her quirks

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Recent Examples of quirks Cristin Milioti was in her sweet spot as lovable mess Hazel, who left college a decade ago to marry tech titan Byron Gogol (Billy Magnussen), a control-freak inventor whose toxic quirks evoke many real-world counterparts. — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026 Roberts was known for his meticulous preparation, which included visiting out-of-town courtrooms to gather intel on judges’ quirks and preferences. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 Rooms No two suites are alike, their proportions and personalities dictated by the quirks of the original buildings, but all claim equally lovely views. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026 Six cats were honored for their signature quirks, while Bryan took home the Best in Show grand prize. — Usa Today, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026 Unlike now, when Google is widely seen as both portal and gatekeeper, sites like AltaVista, Lycos, Excite, HotBot, and Ask Jeeves promised to tame the chaos, each with its own suite of quirks, charms, and flaws. — Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026 Also in that notebook is the apparent good news about Nick Pivetta playing loss toss yesterday, an explanation for some lineup quirks last night and the transaction that created room for Ray on the roster. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026 Now many of the quirks of modern life have made meeting organically in person less likely. — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026 Workflows are versioned, testable and decoupled from any one model's output quirks, which means the institutional knowledge your teams build in prompts and pipelines travels with you when the execution layer changes. — Luke Norris, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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Noun

Standard Tactics Lose Their Edge Here The biggest surprise was that the tricks our agency uses for clients didn’t work here!

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
The voices and visions play tricks and offer surprises, and there’s a sense of humour even when tragedy is lurking in the wings.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of tricks

Noun

This portrait of wannabe bohemians and intellectuals who adopt the fashions, mannerisms, and artistic practices of an earlier time has its own essential timelessness.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
In a new video, the 13-year-old royal drew an uncanny likeness to his grandmother—down to her mannerisms.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of mannerisms

Noun

The researchers demonstrated the concept using signals whose characteristics changed over time, including handwriting and object movement at different speeds.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2026
These characteristics reduce risk and increase confidence that the business will continue performing after the ownership changes hands.

— Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of characteristics

Noun

If LRMs can supercharge mathematics research the way AlphaFold did for computational biology, this line of thinking goes, why not embrace them, idiosyncrasies and all, and just verify the results?

— John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 31 July 2026
Nolan said that Odysseus’ idiosyncrasies were challenging to adapt.

— Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Definition of idiosyncrasies

Noun

But unlike the best of Ferrell’s earlier roles, Hawkins’s eccentricities feel like surface-level strangeness, connected to nothing surprising or soulful underneath.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026
And yet, generations of Americans have come here not despite its eccentricities—and downright aversion to good taste—but because of them, which serves as a reminder that originality, even at its most excessive, never really goes out of style.

— Air Mail, Air Mail, 4 July 2026

Definition of eccentricities

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