as in eccentrics
a person of odd or whimsical habits
one of those weirdos that the rest of the town always seemed to be talking about
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Recent Examples of weirdos
Gus created a host of weirdos, rejects, and more in the book.
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Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
There’s a romantic film positively gargantuan in scope that inspired hundreds of thousands of obsessives, but these two films could have aligned in being love stories about complete weirdos.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2026
Were a bunch of weirdos that do weird pursuits.
—Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
Restaurants, shops, and parks — lots of old weirdos hanging around.
—Katie McDonough, Curbed, 9 Feb. 2026
Not bad for a bunch of weirdos.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
The point was to create the conditions for a bunch of weirdos to sit around and ask questions of one another.
—Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
The weirdos saved civilization, sure, but what good is civilization if not to further humanity?
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Dec. 2025
The comedian Tim Robinson seems to love playing obsessive weirdos.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 28 Nov. 2025
Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
There’s a romantic film positively gargantuan in scope that inspired hundreds of thousands of obsessives, but these two films could have aligned in being love stories about complete weirdos.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2026
Were a bunch of weirdos that do weird pursuits.
—Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
Restaurants, shops, and parks — lots of old weirdos hanging around.
—Katie McDonough, Curbed, 9 Feb. 2026
Not bad for a bunch of weirdos.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
The point was to create the conditions for a bunch of weirdos to sit around and ask questions of one another.
—Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
The weirdos saved civilization, sure, but what good is civilization if not to further humanity?
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Dec. 2025
The comedian Tim Robinson seems to love playing obsessive weirdos.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 28 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weirdos
Noun
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On her trail are a Báthory relative who is vegetarian (Thomas Schubert), his psychotherapist (Lars Eidinger), two vampirologists, a police inspector and a gallery of eccentrics.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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Catherine O’Hara portrayed ridiculous eccentrics with equal parts hilarity and humanity.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Better yet, grind your own from peanuts or other nuts in stores that have a grinder, or do it at home in a food processor.—
Cory Martin,
Verywell Health,
16 Mar. 2026
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Points are given for having at least three natural food sources for wildlife, things like seeds, native plants, nuts and cones, host plants for caterpillars, a layer of fallen leaves, insects, etc.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Weirdos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weirdos. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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