Synonyms for freak

88 synonyms
4 antonyms
4 meanings

noun
adjective

Most common

geek fanatic maniac fiend quirk oddity addict monster

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Junkie — an enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something

fancy, fanatic, geek, maniac, fiend, fan, zealot, enthusiast, nut, connoisseur, junky, buff, devotee, aficionado, fancier, votary, junkie slang

2. Oddity — someone or something that is markedly unusual or unpredictable

oddity, quirk, anomaly, abnormality, curiosity, rarity, outlier, irregularity, peculiarity

3. Weirdo — A person who is extremely abnormal in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, or…

addict, freak-out, psycho, kook, odd duck, oddball, crackpot informal, nut case, eccentric, misfit, maverick, non-conformist, user, individualist, weirdo slang, druggie slang, crank dated UK

4. Caprice — A sudden change of mind

caprice, whim, whim-wham, prank, kink, conceit, sport, humor US, humour UK, whimsy, vagary, capriccio, boutade, maggot dated, crotchet dated, toy dated, megrim rare

Other

monster, pervert, craze, monstrosity, gross-out, whack job, horn dog, long hair, hypersexual, vein, lusus naturae, superciliary

Adjective

freaky, freakish, weird, strange, bizarre, odd, abnormal, deviant, unexpected, rare, unusual, queer, extraordinary, aberrant, anomalous, exceptional, monstrous dated

Antonyms

natural, regular, common

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Definitions

n. 1
Someone or something that is markedly unusual or unpredictable.
The two-headed calf was a freak.
n. 2
A person who is extremely abnormal in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, or business practices; an oddball, a unique person, originally in a displeasing or alienating way. A drug addict.
n. 3
An enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something.
Bob's a real video-game freak. He owns every games console of the last ten years.
adj. 1
Strange, weird, unexpected.

Related words

Word family: freakish freakishly freaklitter freaksome freaky
Phrases: freak-out freak of nature freak folk clean freak eagle freak freak wave neat freak speed freak

Forms

Plural: freaks → fancies, fanatics, geeks, maniacs…

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or Freak?

Freak denotes an impulsive, inconsiderate change of mind, as by a child or a lunatic. Caprice is closely allied in meaning to freak, but implies more definitely a quality of willfulness or wantonness.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example sentences

geek Tatoeba: As if the geek invasion wasn't enough.
fanatic I didn't know that Tom was a religious fanatic.
maniac A homicidal maniac turned up on my doorstep.
fiend As he stood there he might have been a fiend.
quirk The fact that the money came just then was a quirk of fate.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
freak		rising
geek		rising
fanatic		steady
maniac		rising
fiend		rising
quirk		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: fan¹, odd¹, toy¹, nut¹
4 letters: rare¹, user², vein¹, geek¹, buff¹, whim¹, kink, kook¹
5 letters: weird¹, sport¹, fancy², humor², queer¹, prank¹, crank¹, craze¹, fiend¹, quirk¹, junky²
6 letters: humour², addict², psycho², rarity³, freaky², junkie², weirdo², maniac³, oddity³, misfit², maggot², whimsy², zealot², votary
7 letters: strange¹, monster², unusual⁴, bizarre², anomaly⁴, pervert², fanatic³, deviant³, devotee³, outlier³, caprice², oddball², conceit², fancier³
8 letters: abnormal³, maverick³, aberrant³, crackpot², freakish, crotchet
9 letters: curiosity⁵, eccentric³, monstrous², anomalous⁴, capriccio
10 letters: unexpected⁴, enthusiast⁴, aficionado⁵
11 letters: exceptional⁴, connoisseur³, abnormality⁵, monstrosity⁴, peculiarity⁶, hypersexual
12 letters: irregularity⁶, superciliary
13 letters: extraordinary⁶, individualist⁶

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (user² = 2 syllables).