SPACED-OUT Synonyms: 169 Similar and Opposite Words

spaced-out

adjective

ˌspāst-ˈau̇t

as in bizarre

different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion that was a seriously spaced-out movie about an alternate reality

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as in dazed

or spaced suffering from mental confusion a spaced-out representative from customer service who knew less than we did

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as in loaded

or spaced being under the influence of a recreational drug the mindless ramblings of a spaced-out, over-the-hill hippie

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Recent Examples of spaced-out Listen to this article Loading your audio article CHICAGO — Is the NBA too fast, too spaced-out and too much to handle for Purdue’s big man Zach Edey? NBA players and coaches say no — but agree the 7-foot-4 Edey has his work cut out for him. —

Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2024 But these are some of our favorite unfamiliar, unsettling, provocative, transgressive, spaced-out, psychedelic, surreal, meditative, confrontational, and, sure, difficult albums of the year. —

Pitchfork, 14 Dec. 2023 Its long, sturdy, evenly spaced spikes can penetrate even really thick hair, and its handle is easy to grip for customizable pressure. —

Susan Brickell, Health, 12 Apr. 2023 The early machine-learning work at Duolingo tackled fairly simple problems, like how often to return to a particular vocabulary word or concept (which drew on educational research on spaced repetition). —

IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2023 The Bradley features an aluminum hull with spaced composite armor. —

Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Jan. 2023 Antique Indian has table service for lunch and dinner, seating 72 in the dining room at spaced tables. —

Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2022

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Then, to make the situation more bizarre, Arnaldi and Cobolli held a press conference together in the same room despite the former being sick and the latter being two days away from playing in a Grand Slam final.

— Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 7 June 2026
The astronauts reported bizarre smells, and had issues flushing urine outside the spacecraft as designed.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 June 2026