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- pronunciation:
- ad
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
odder, oddest |
| definition 1: |
different from what is expected or customary; strange.
It was odd that she was up in the middle of the night, as she was a very sound sleeper.His teacher looked odd at the grocery store wearing a T-shirt and shorts instead of the usual suit and tie."Fluffy" seemed like an odd name for a turtle.- synonyms:
- curious, different, funny, peculiar, queer, strange, uncommon, unusual, weird
- antonyms:
- conventional, normal, ordinary, regular, usual
- similar words:
- anomalous, antic, balmy, bizarre, eccentric, erratic, freaky, kinky, oddball, offbeat, outlandish, quizzical, rare, singular, unique
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| definition 2: |
being the only one of a set or pair.
The drawer was full of odd socks.- synonyms:
- lone, single, solitary, unmatched
- similar words:
- extra
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| definition 3: |
left over; remaining.
She put the odd scraps of fabric in her sewing box.- synonyms:
- leftover, remaining, spare, surplus
- similar words:
- extra, unneeded, unused
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| definition 4: |
not able to be divided exactly by two.
Three, five, and seven are odd numbers. (Cf. even.).- synonyms:
- uneven
- antonyms:
- even
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| definition 5: |
not belonging to a definable group, class, or category.
I know a lot of odd facts about painters and their work, but I've never studied art history comprehensively.- synonyms:
- anomalous, irregular, miscellaneous, sundry, various
- similar words:
- aberrant, abnormal, atypical, deviant, different, distinct, diverse
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| definition 6: |
approximately equal to a specified number (usu. used in combination).
There are twenty-odd books on our list. |
| related words: |
alien, crazy, deviate, eerie, extraordinary, fantastic, incongruous, quaint, queer, uncanny, uncouth, unusual |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a thing that is odd.
- synonyms:
- curiosity, oddity, peculiarity, rarity, remainder
- similar words:
- freak, kink, quirk, remnant, spare, unique
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| derivations: |
oddly (adv.), oddness (n.) |
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