Synonyms for anomalous
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
abnormal, strange, aberrant, unusual, peculiar, singular, unnatural, eccentric, odd, irregular, erratic, exceptional, queer, different, absurd, preternatural, monstrous, prodigious, funny, freak, anomalistic, heteroclite, freakish, off-beat, uncommon, outlandish, deviant, unconventional, freaky, kooky, grotesque, whimsical, fey
Definitions
- adj. 1
Deviating from the normal; marked by incongruity or contradiction; aberrant or abnormal.
His behavior was anomalous given the circumstances.
Related words
- Word family
- anomalousness anomaly
- Phrases
- anomalous water
Example sentences
- strange Press the red button if something strange happens.
- unusual The study by Meyer and his colleagues was unusual.
- abnormal It's abnormal to have the heart on the right side.
- aberrant Tom's aberrant thinking persists.
- singular Is the word "politics" a singular or plural noun?
- peculiar The custom of bowing is peculiar to the islanders.
By length
- 3 letters
- odd1, fey1
- 5 letters
- funny2, freak1, queer1, kooky2
- 6 letters
- absurd2, freaky2
- 7 letters
- strange1, unusual4, erratic3, deviant3
- 8 letters
- uncommon3, abnormal3, peculiar3, singular3, aberrant3, freakish
- 9 letters
- different3, irregular4, eccentric3, unnatural4, monstrous2, grotesque2, whimsical3
- 10 letters
- outlandish3, prodigious3
- 11 letters
- exceptional4, anomalistic, heteroclite
- 13 letters
- preternatural
- 14 letters
- unconventional5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (funny2 = 2 syllables).