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Defenition of the word peculiar

    • Defenition of the word peculiar

      • Out of the ordinary.
      • beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"
      • unique or specific to a person or thing or category; "the particular demands of the job"; "has a paraticular preference for Chinese art"; "a peculiar bond of sympathy between them"; "an expression peculiar to Canadians"; "rights peculiar to the rich"; "the special features of a computer"; "my own special chair"
      • characteristic of one only; distinctive or special; "the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."- R.B.Taney
      • markedly different from the usual; "a peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats"; "a man...feels it a peculiar insult to be taunted with cowardice by a woman"-Virginia Woolf
      • beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "wh
      • characteristic of one only; distinctive or special
      • markedly different from the usual
      • beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
      • unique or specific to a person or thing or category

    Synonyms for the word peculiar

      • abnormal
      • atypical
      • curious
      • distinctive
      • eccentric
      • funny
      • idiosyncratic
      • individual
      • inimitable
      • irregular
      • local
      • odd
      • particular
      • queer
      • rum
      • rummy
      • singular
      • special
      • specific
      • strange
      • uncharacteristic
      • unusual
      • weird

    Similar words in the peculiar

      • characteristic
      • peculiar
      • peculiarities
      • peculiarity
      • peculiarity's
      • peculiarly
      • specific
      • strange
      • unusual

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