peculiar

adj.不寻常的

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peculiar (adjective)
1.
being out of the ordinary
SYNONYMS:
aberrant, aberrated, abnormal, anomalous, atypical, especial, exceeding, extraordinaire, extraordinary, freak, odd, peculiar, phenomenal, preternatural, rare, singular, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, unusual, unwonted
RELATED WORDS:
conspicuous, notable, noticeable, outstanding, prominent, remarkable, salient, striking; bizarre, deviant, eccentric, freakish, monstrous, oddball, outlandish, quaint, strange, weird; incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, unimaginable, unthinkable
NEAR ANTONYMS:
everyday, familiar, frequent
common, customary, normal, ordinary, typical, unexceptional, unextraordinary, usual
peculiar (adjective)
2.
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
SYNONYMS:
bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, erratic, far-out, funky, funny, kinky, kooky ( kookie), offbeat, off-kilter, off-the-wall, outlandish, out-of-the-way, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, rum, screwy, spaced-out, strange, wacky ( whacky), way-out, weird, weirdo, wild
RELATED WORDS:
aberrant, abnormal, addlepated, flaky; extraordinary, fantastic ( fantastical), freak, freakish, freaky, phantasmagoric ( phantasmagorical), phenomenal; atypical, rare, singular, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, unusual, unwonted; conspicuous, notable, noticeable, outstanding, prominent, salient, striking; atrocious, outrageous, shocking; crotchety, idiosyncratic, nonconformist, nonmainstream, out-there, unconventional, unorthodox; baffling, bewildering, confounding, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling
NEAR ANTONYMS:
average, commonplace, everyday, garden, normal, ordinary, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, typical, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, workaday; conformist, conservative, conventional; expected, familiar, knee-jerk, predictable; common, customary, frequent, habitual, regular, wonted
peculiar (adjective)
3.
noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced
SYNONYMS:
curious, extraordinary, funny, odd, offbeat, out-of-the-way, peculiar, queer, rare, singular, strange, unaccustomed, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, weird
RELATED WORDS:
bizarre, eccentric, far-out, kooky ( kookie), oddball, outlandish, outré, way-out; aberrant, abnormal, atypical, exceptional, irregular; newsworthy, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, particular, remarkable, special
NEAR ANTONYMS:
unexceptional; expected, predictable; familiar, normal, regular, typical
common, ordinary, plain, usual
peculiar (adjective)
4.
of, relating to, or belonging to a single person
SYNONYMS:
idiomatic, individualized, particular, patented, peculiar, personal, personalized, private, privy, separate, singular, subjective, unique
RELATED WORDS:
characteristic, distinctive, intimate; identifying, idiosyncratic; especial, express, special, specific; independent, nonconformist, self-directed, self-sufficient; custom, customized, specialized
NEAR ANTONYMS:
broad, prevailing, prevalent, widespread; common, normal, regular, typical
general, generic, popular, public, shared, universal
peculiar (adjective)
5.
serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group
SYNONYMS:
classic, diagnostic ( diagnostical), discriminating, distinct, distinctive, distinguishing, identifying, individual, peculiar, proper, symptomatic, typical
RELATED WORDS:
idiosyncratic; identifiable, pronounced, unmistakable; general, generic; common, normal, regular, usual; especial, particular, special, specific; archetypal ( archetypical), model, paradigmatic
atypical, nontypical, uncharacteristic, untypical
peculiar (adjective)
6.
of a particular or exact sort
SYNONYMS:
concrete, distinct, especial, peculiar, precise, set, special, specific
RELATED WORDS:
lone, only, separate, single, sole, solitary; distinctive, exclusive, individual, unique; limited, restricted; differentiated, specialized; given, specified
NEAR ANTONYMS:
general, generalized, generic, nonexclusive, universal
nonspecific
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