Synonyms for oddity
Most common
oddness strangeness quirk quirkiness peculiarity rarity oddball
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Oddness — strangeness
oddness, strangeness, quirk, quirkiness, weirdness, idiosyncrasy, eccentricity, queerness, particularity, crotchet, singularity, deviancy, unusualness, freakishness, extraordinariness, anomalousness, unusuality, rumness informal dated UK, enormity dated, abnormity rare
2. Peculiarity — an odd or strange thing or opinion
peculiarity, rarity, curiosity, curio, anomaly, phenomenon, outlier, abnormality, irregularity, oddment, aberration
3. Oddball — A strange person; an oddball
oddball, odd duck, eccentric, freak of nature, freak, crackpot informal, kook, nut case, weirdo slang, queer fish dated UK, crank dated UK
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
An odd or strange thing or opinion.
- n. 2
A strange person; an oddball.
- n. 3
Strangeness.
Related words
- Word family
- oddment
Forms
- Plural
- oddities → oddnesses, strangenesses, quirks, quirkinesses…
Example sentences
- quirk The fact that the money came just then was a quirk of fate.
- strangeness The strangeness of such a claim forced me to laugh.
- oddness There’s a sense of oddness here.
- rarity A perfectly clear and windless day is a real rarity.
- peculiarity I have this peculiarity: I always spoil everything.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| oddity | rising | |
| quirk | rising | |
| strangeness | rising | |
| quirkiness | rising | |
| oddness | rising | |
| rarity | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- kook1
- 5 letters
- freak1, crank1, quirk1, curio3
- 6 letters
- rarity3, weirdo2
- 7 letters
- anomaly4, outlier3, oddball2, oddness, rumness, oddment
- 8 letters
- original4, enormity4, crackpot2, deviancy4, crotchet
- 9 letters
- curiosity5, eccentric3, weirdness2, queerness, abnormity
- 10 letters
- phenomenon4, aberration4, quirkiness, unusuality
- 11 letters
- singularity5, abnormality5, strangeness2, peculiarity6, unusualness
- 12 letters
- eccentricity5, irregularity6, idiosyncrasy6, freakishness
- 13 letters
- particularity6, anomalousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (curio3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- bizarrerie
- Italiano
- bizzarria