oddball

oddball
odd / oddball [adj1] unusual, abnormal atypical, avant-garde, bizarre, character, crazy, curious, deviant, different, eccentric, erratic, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, flaky*, freak*, freakish*, freaky*, funny, idiosyncratic, irregular, kinky*, kooky*, offbeat, off-thewall*, outlandish, out of the ordinary, peculiar, quaint, queer, rare, remarkable, singular, spacey*, strange, uncanny, uncommon, unconventional, unique, way out*, weird, weirdo*, whimsical; concepts 404,542,564 —Ant. common, conventional, habitual, normal, ordinary, regular, standard, usual odd [adj2] miscellaneous, various accidental, casual, chance, contingent, different, fluky*, fortuitous, fragmentary, incidental, irregular, occasional, odd-lot*, periodic, random, seasonal, sundry, varied; concept 552 —Ant. like, similar, unvaried odd [adj3] single, unmatched; uneven additional, alone, exceeding, individual, irregular, left, leftover, lone, lonely, over, over and above, remaining, singular, sole, solitary, spare, surplus, unconsumed, unitary, unpaired; concepts 480,577 —Ant. matched oddity / oddball [n2] person who is very different case*, character, duck*, eccentric, fish out of water*, maverick, misfit, odd bird*, original*, rara avis, screwball*, weirdo*; concept 423 —Ant. conservative, normal oddity [n1] abnormality anomaly, bizarreness, characteristic, conversation piece, curiosity, eccentricity, extraordinariness, freak, freakishness, idiosyncrasy, incongruity, irregularity, kink, oddness, outlandishness, peculiarity, phenomenon, queerness, quirk, rarity, singularity, strangeness, unconventionality, unnaturalness; concepts 260,411,665 —Ant. convention, habit, norm, normality, regularity, standard, usualness

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  • oddball — (n.) eccentric or unconventional person, 1948, from ODD (Cf. odd) + BALL (Cf. ball) (n.1). Earlier (1946) as an adjective, used by aviators …   Etymology dictionary

  • oddball — ► NOUN informal ▪ a strange or eccentric person …   English terms dictionary

  • oddball — ☆ oddball [äd′bôl΄ ] n. [ ODD + BALL1] Slang an eccentric, unconventional, or nonconforming person adj. Slang strange or unconventional …   English World dictionary

  • oddball — [[t]ɒ̱dbɔːl[/t]] oddballs N COUNT If you refer to someone as an oddball, you think they behave in a strange way. [INFORMAL] His mother and father thought Jim was a bit of an oddball too. Syn: peculiar ADJ GRADED Oddball is also an adjective. I… …   English dictionary

  • oddball — UK [ˈɒdˌbɔːl] / US [ˈɑdˌbɔl] noun [countable] Word forms oddball : singular oddball plural oddballs informal someone whose behaviour is strange or unusual Derived word: oddball UK / US adjective an oddball film …   English dictionary

  • oddball — 1. n. an eccentric person. □ Tom is sure an oddball. He ordered a pineapple and strawberry milkshake. □ We oddballs love concoctions like that. 2. mod. strange; peculiar. □ What an oddball combination of things! □ …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • oddball — 1. noun /ˈɑːdˌbɑːl/ An eccentric or unusual person. 2. adjective /ˈɑːdˌbɑːl/ Exotic, not mainstream, such as an oddball word or an oddball computer program …   Wiktionary

  • oddball — odd|ball [ˈɔdbo:l US ˈa:dbo:l] n informal someone who behaves in a strange or unusual way >oddball adj ▪ a rather oddball sense of humour …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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