Synonyms for weird
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1. weirdadjective

   Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic

   Synonyms:
   fremd, bizarre, whacko, strange, out of the ordinary, peculiar, odd, oddball, fateful, eerie, uncanny

2. weirdadjective

   To warn solemnly; adjure.

   Synonyms:
   eerie, odd, whacko, strange, out of the ordinary, fateful, fremd, peculiar, oddball, bizarre, uncanny

3. weirdadjective

   Having supernatural or preternatural power.

   That joke really weirded me out.

   Synonyms:
   eerie, bizarre, fateful, uncanny, fremd, strange, oddball, whacko, peculiar, out of the ordinary, odd

4. weirdadjective

   Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.

   There are lots of weird people in this place.

   Synonyms:
   odd, whacko, fremd, strange, eerie, oddball, peculiar, fateful, uncanny, bizarre, out of the ordinary

5. weirdadjective

   The Fates (personified).

   It was quite weird to bump into all my ex-boyfriends on the same day.

   Synonyms:
   odd, fremd, peculiar, fateful, eerie, bizarre, oddball, whacko, strange, uncanny, out of the ordinary

6. weirdadjective

   Of or pertaining to the Fates.

   Synonyms:
   strange, uncanny, fateful, whacko, oddball, out of the ordinary, eerie, peculiar, fremd, odd, bizarre

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1. Wyrd, Weirdadjective

   fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters

   Antonyms:
   natural, familiar

2. 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, uncanny, unearthly, eldritch

   Antonyms:
   familiar, natural

3. weirdadjective

   strikingly odd or unusual

   "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker

   Synonyms:
   uncanny, unearthly, eldritch

   Antonyms:
   familiar, natural

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ostrobogulous

   used to describe something that is weird or strange

   this dog is very ostrobogulous

   Submitted by rinat on August 7, 2019  

2. outlandishadjective

   Submitted by Providence on July 15, 2023  

3. super natural

   something that is unreal, fake

   when percy jackson saw chiron he thought it was so super natural.

   Submitted by anonymous on April 2, 2020  

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1. List of paraphrases for "weird":

   strange, odd, bizarre, funny, freaky, awkward, creepy, peculiar, weirdo, bizarro, curious, funny-looking, quirky, squirrelly, -weird, strangely

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1. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev:

   The war is declared against the whole civilised world. The threat is global and, alas, is real. So the stance of some Western countries on Russia looks weird.

2. Vanna White:

   Weve been together 37 years, and its not the same -- we are a team, were together. It just felt weird with him not being here on the set. You think the worst because you never know when youre going in for surgery. You never know whats going to happen.

3. Linda Addison:

   But I kept writing weird stuff anyways because that's where my imagination went.

4. Donald Trump:

   A lot of weird things are happening. This is a strange election, isn't it? Man! you stab somebody and the newspapers say you didn't do it. And you say, 'Yes, I did. I did it.' 'No, you didn't.' 'Yes, I did! I stabbed him and it hit the belt!'.

5. Wendy Williams:

   Then back in the fall or maybe around July of last year, I started feeling weird in the head but I’m thinking, ‘OK, this is maybe a casualty of menopause or we were ramping up for season nine of the ‘Wendy Show.’ So, it wasn’t until I passed out on my own show [in October] that … Anyway, life has completely changed.