Synonyms for exotic
ɪgˈzɒt ɪkex·ot·ic

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1. exotic

   Synonyms:
   adventitious, foreign, fresh, late, modern, new, novel, recent

   Antonyms:
   aboriginal, ancient, autochthonic, immemorial, indigenous, native, old, original, patriarchal, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, uncreated

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1. alien, exoticadjective

   being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world

   "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"

   Synonyms:
   foreign, alien

   Antonyms:
   native, familiar

2. exoticadjective

   strikingly strange or unusual

   "an exotic hair style"; "protons, neutrons, electrons and all their exotic variants"; "the exotic landscape of a dead planet"

   Synonyms:
   alien

   Antonyms:
   familiar, native

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1. exoticadjective

   Synonyms:
   foreign, extraneous, not indigenous, not native

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1. List of paraphrases for "exotic":

   alien, non-native

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1. Pete Buttigieg:

   This is a great example of how we have come to accept the unacceptable in this country, this is not an exotic thing that you got to run the labor of models to score the potential implications. This is something that people in pretty much every developed country have, except us.

2. Photographer Selim Harbi:

   For me, it opens a broad spectrum of reflection about the image of Africa -- how is Africa represented, has been represented, has been broadcasted, has been framed and photographed, i want to break the cliche. ... To make people maybe understand that Africa is not an exotic idea. It's not just a mask that you can just put in your house as a decoration.

3. Nick Pope:

   In speculating about exotic atmospheric plasma phenomena the report's author had made the classic mistake of trying to explain one mystery in terms of another.

4. Chris McGoey:

   With an exotic car like that, you can’t sell it here and you can’t drive around in it, the only option is to ship it overseas, somewhere that nobody really checks on registration of cars.

5. Matthew Barnes:

   I'm very hopeful about eating as an educational tool, campaigns like 'clean, drain and dry' between lakes have been effective in making people aware of moving zebra mussels and exotic plants.