Synonyms for weird
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1. weirdadjective

   Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic

   Synonyms:
   fremd, bizarre, whacko, strange, out of the ordinary, peculiar, odd, oddball, fateful, eerie, uncanny

2. weirdadjective

   To warn solemnly; adjure.

   Synonyms:
   eerie, odd, whacko, strange, out of the ordinary, fateful, fremd, peculiar, oddball, bizarre, uncanny

3. weirdadjective

   Having supernatural or preternatural power.

   That joke really weirded me out.

   Synonyms:
   eerie, bizarre, fateful, uncanny, fremd, strange, oddball, whacko, peculiar, out of the ordinary, odd

4. weirdadjective

   Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.

   There are lots of weird people in this place.

   Synonyms:
   odd, whacko, fremd, strange, eerie, oddball, peculiar, fateful, uncanny, bizarre, out of the ordinary

5. weirdadjective

   The Fates (personified).

   It was quite weird to bump into all my ex-boyfriends on the same day.

   Synonyms:
   odd, fremd, peculiar, fateful, eerie, bizarre, oddball, whacko, strange, uncanny, out of the ordinary

6. weirdadjective

   Of or pertaining to the Fates.

   Synonyms:
   strange, uncanny, fateful, whacko, oddball, out of the ordinary, eerie, peculiar, fremd, odd, bizarre

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1. Wyrd, Weirdadjective

   fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters

   Antonyms:
   natural, familiar

2. eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthlyadjective

   suggesting the operation of supernatural influences

   "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley

   Synonyms:
   preternatural, spiritual, uncanny, unearthly, eldritch

   Antonyms:
   familiar, natural

3. weirdadjective

   strikingly odd or unusual

   "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker

   Synonyms:
   uncanny, unearthly, eldritch

   Antonyms:
   familiar, natural

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ostrobogulous

   used to describe something that is weird or strange

   this dog is very ostrobogulous

   Submitted by rinat on August 7, 2019  

2. outlandishadjective

   Submitted by Providence on July 15, 2023  

3. super natural

   something that is unreal, fake

   when percy jackson saw chiron he thought it was so super natural.

   Submitted by anonymous on April 2, 2020  

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1. List of paraphrases for "weird":

   strange, odd, bizarre, funny, freaky, awkward, creepy, peculiar, weirdo, bizarro, curious, funny-looking, quirky, squirrelly, -weird, strangely

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1. George:

   Wouldn't it be weird if the only way people could die was that their heads suddenly exploded without warning If there was simply no other cause of death One day you'd be sitting there having a hot chocolate, and suddenly your head would explode.

2. Harmony Allen:

   When Master Sgt. Collins came over to start talking to me, that was weird in itself, because they're not allowed to talk with students.

3. Jason Brosius:

   He was kind of a quiet person but he wasn't anymore quiet than anybody else, he didn't show any crazy, weird flags to me. He seemed pretty square.

4. Donald Trump:

   A lot of weird things are happening. This is a strange election, isn't it? Man! you stab somebody and the newspapers say you didn't do it. And you say, 'Yes, I did. I did it.' 'No, you didn't.' 'Yes, I did! I stabbed him and it hit the belt!'.

5. Richard Browning:

   The military world and the military see it as something that can be used in active operations, i have been involved in some pretty weird training ops, but I can’t say too much about all that.