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Synonyms for funky

Most common

foul-smelling smelly stinking fetid

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Offbeat, unconventional or eccentric.

Related words

Word family
funk

Example sentences

  • smelly I had to use a dirty, smelly gas station bathroom.
  • stinking The car is stinking. Have you been sleeping in it?
  • fetid The fetid smell came from the dead rat in the corner.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
funkyrising
smellyrising
stinkingrising
fetidrising

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

By length

3 letters
bad1
4 letters
foul1
5 letters
fetid2
6 letters
rotten2, smelly2
7 letters
fearful2, noisome
8 letters
cowardly3, stinking2
10 letters
malodorous

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fetid2 = 2 syllables).