Other Words for Strange!
Definition of Strange
- It is an Adjective.
- Unusual or surprising; difficult to understand or explain. Other Words for Strange
Other Words for Strange
- zany
- weird
- way out
- wacky
- wacko
- unusual
- untypical
- untried
- unnatural
- unknown
- unheard of
- unfamiliar
- unexplored
- unconventional
- uncommon
- uncanny
- unaccountable
- suspicious
- surreal
- spooky
- singular
- screwy
- rum
- remarkable
- rare
- quirky
- questionable
- queer
- quaint
- puzzling
- perplexing
- peculiar
- out-of-the-way
- outlandish
- out there (slang) Other Words for Strange
- out of the way
- out of the ordinary
- ordinary
- off-the-wall (slang)
- off-center
- offbeat
- off the wall
- oddball
- odd
- novel
- normal
- new
- mystifying
- mysterious
- like nothing on earth
- like nothing on earth
- left-field (informal)
- kooky
- kinky
- irregular
- inexplicable
- incongruous
- idiosyncratic
- funny
- freaky
- freakish
- fishy
- fantastic
- extraordinary
- exotic
- exceptional
- eerie
- eccentric
- dubious
- dilly
- different
- deviant
- curious
- creepy
- cranky
- conventional
- bizarre
- baffling
- backswords
- atypical
- astonishing
- anomalous
- abnormal
- aberrant Other Words for Strange
Strange Synonyms with Examples
Aberrant In both groups over-eating was associated with more aberrant behavior.
Abnormal The child’s abnormal behavior was disturbing to those around him.
Anomalous The situation was an anomalous one.
Astonishing The truck can hold an astonishing amount of stuff.
Atypical All of these examples show atypical social behavior.
Backswords Some backswords do have a short false edge.
Baffling He walked through the halls quickly, the emerging thoughts in his head baffling him.
Bizarre He was at ease with the bizarre discussion.
Conventional Most of her books are conventional detective stories.
Cranky His cranky words echoed in her thoughts, and she smiled to herself
Creepy It’s a little creepy to have someone like that around.
Curious The cat was naturally curious about its new surroundings.
Deviant She backed away from his door, wondering how that deviant thought emerged.
Different There’s nothing wrong with having a different opinion.
Dilly Keep dilly-dallying with lunch and winter will be over!
Dubious The little priest rose with a distinctly dubious grimace.
Eccentric It does sound a little eccentric, doesn’t it?
Eerie All of them wore eerie red contact lenses. Other Words for Strange
Exceptional Even an exceptional salesperson has an imperfect memory.
Exotic You are exotic to me.
Extraordinary My parents are extraordinary people.
Fantastic For supper, we had a fantastic 6-course meal.
Fishy There is something fishy about her.
Freakish Panic stirred at the idea of Gabriel dragging her to some freakish underworld.
Freaky She sensed danger and promise from the freaky guy loitering in the shadow world.
Funny Mr. Bean was a funny character.
Idiosyncratic There may be a delay or total lack of language or the use of repetitive and idiosyncratic language.
Incongruous If he tried, his pictures seemed incongruous and false.
Inexplicable Inexplicable anger at the politician surged through her.
Irregular Adjective his behavior as a teacher was highly irregular.
Kinky Sweat beads the size of mushroom caps and gathered beneath for his sparse and kinky hair.
Kooky Someone who is kooky is slightly strange or eccentric.
Mysterious We heard a mysterious noise outside our tent.
Mystifying The cause of the disease mystified doctors for many years.
Novel Sounds like a dime novel, doesn’t it?
Oddball For once, she hoped bully’s oddball experiment did.
Offbeat She has an offbeat sense of humor.
Out of the way Its integral bipod is totally out of the way when not in use.
Outlandish She fills her books with outlandish characters.
Quirky The actor wore funny clothes and spoke in a weird accent because his character was supposed to be quirky.
Rare You have a rare ability among our kind.
Spooky It’s kind of spooky knowing that’s a part of a human being.
Surreal He studied the surreal imagery of the situation.
Uncanny She has an uncanny way of sticking to pertinent details.
Unfamiliar She stopped, unfamiliar with the sight of death.
Unnatural He did not finish but gave a painfully unnatural smile.
Wacko Yeah, well, he’s a wacko.
Wacky She kept telling herself she’d wake up from this wacky dream soon.
Way out Way–out sentence examples. There’s no way out of this?
Weird It’s like I was in this weird dream. Other Words for Strange
Zany His zany sense of humor and sardonic tone is not everyone’s cup of tea.
Infographics Other Words for Strange


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