unusual

  • (a) not usual or common or ordinary
    • a scene of unusual beauty
    • a man of unusual ability
    • cruel and unusual punishment
    • an unusual meteorite
  • (a) being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
    • a strange exaltation that was indefinable
    • a strange fantastical mind
    • what a strange sense of humor she has
    strange,
  • (s) not commonly encountered
    • two-career families are no longer unusual

Synonyms

strange

Antonyms

usual familiar

See also

uncommon

Words of close approximity

unusually unusualness unusual person