adj
Meaning 1
Not usual, out of the ordinary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Every once in a while, though, Idol comes across an unusual talent who just blows everyone away.
- It’s definitely not unusual for a couple to meet through friends or be set up on a date.
- His behavior was unusual in that it was considered childish for a man of his age.
- I’ve had no problem with female docs. I’ve had some – how should I say it – unusual experiences with a couple of male ones. And I have heard from girlfriends about their unusual experiences as well.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: uncommon, rare, extraordinary, remarkable, aberrant, abnormal, alien, anomalous, as queer as Dick's hatband, bizarre, booky, curious, deviant, discrepant, eerie, eldritch, errant, exceptional, fey, forby, freak, freakish, freaky, fremd, funny, heteroclite, hinky, incongruous, incongruitous, irregular, kooky, monstrous, nonstandard, odd, outlandish, out of the ordinary, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queer as a clockwork orange, queer as a nine bob note, queer as a three dollar bill, queer as a coot, queer as Dick's hatband, rum, rummy, selcouth, seld, singular, strange, trippy, uncanny, uncouth, unconventional, unearthly, unexpected, unreasonable, unusual, unwonted, weird, weirdsome, yampy
Antonyms: normal, usual, common, ordinary