Synonyms for uncanny
ʌnˈkæn iun·can·ny

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1. 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, unearthly, weird, eldritch

   Antonyms:
   ordinary, natural

2. preternatural, uncannyadjective

   surpassing the ordinary or normal

   "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Will; "his uncanny sense of direction"

   Synonyms:
   transcendental, eldritch, weird, nonnatural, otherworldly, unearthly, preternatural

   Antonyms:
   natural, ordinary

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1. uncannyadjective

   Synonyms:
   weird, eerie

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1. List of paraphrases for "uncanny":

   supernatural, strange, staggering, astonishing

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1. California Lottery spokesman Alex Traverso:

   They said he resembled the guy in the video, so there was a resemblance. It wasn't an uncanny resemblance.

2. Marlene Carlisle:

   These bulldogs that got through everything and worked for 33 years to solve this for our family -- we are forever indebted to all of you, josh was an amazing young boy who had an uncanny relationship with nature and with God, so I know where he is and I know he's at peace.

3. President Clinton:

   I was very, very determined that whoever I put on the court would be on the level and would see the people first. And understand the human impact, and she really did. She had this uncanny ability to be very much in the weeds, if you will, of the intellectual legal arguments and yet never lost sight of the human impact of her decisions.

4. James Winnefeld:

   We're hemorrhaging information at a dizzying rate, evidenced by the uncanny similarity of some of our potential adversaries' new platforms to those we've been developing.

5. Sebastian Strangio:

   For three decades he has outmaneuvered political opponents and international critics, while playing off the country's Western aid donors against a rising China, his long career has been marked by his incredible ideological flexibility an uncanny ability to twist and bend with the political wind.