peculiar

adj

1. odd, curious, queer, offbeat, quizzical, cranky, Inf. funny; deviate, deviant, aberrant, anomalous, anomalistic, abnormal, irregular, incongruous, erratic; strange, weird, bizarre, grotesque, Sl. freaky, freakish, Sl. rum, Sl. far out; monstrous, heteroclite, heteroclitical, unnatural; quaint, eccentric, droll, comical, laughable, Inf. quirky, Sl. squirrely, Sl. buggy; fanciful, whimsical, capricious, waggish, notional, maggoty, crotchety, Sl. balmy, Chiefly Brit. barmy; fantastic, incredible, inconceivable, ridiculous, ludicrous, absurd, preposterous, outlandish, extravagant; nondescript, amorphous, indescribable, unclassifiable.

2. unconventional, uncommon, unusual, unique, unorthodox, uncustomary, unwonted, rare, out of the ordinary, out of the way; atypical, original, singular, exceptional, individual, lone, sole, solitary, select; unexampled, unparalleled, unprecedented, unfamiliar, uncomfortable; extraordinary, egregious, astonishing; exotic, unreal, fey, supernatural, preternatural.

3. distinct, distinctive, distinguished, diacritical, striking, marked, conspicuous, remarkable, notable, signal, outstanding, especial.

4.(usu. followed by of) characteristic, indicative, representative, typical, denotative, designative, conno-tative, suggestive, symptomatic, symptomatologic, symptomatological, diagnostic, Med. pathognomic, Med. pathognomical; (usu. followed by to) indigenous, intrinsic, innate, endemic, significant, significative, meaningful; idiocratic, idiosyncratic, idiomatic; indicatory, implicative, exhibitive, expressive, evidential, discriminative; distinguishing, identifying, defining, signifying, signalizing, denominative, differential, quintessential.

5. exclusive, unique, special, particular, limited, proper, specific, individual, personal; private, secret, confidential, intimate, inner, esoteric.