Synonyms and Antonyms of peculiarity
1
an odd or peculiar habit
- had the peculiarity of constantly fussing with his hair
crotchet, curiosity, eccentricity, erraticism, idiosyncrasy, individualism, kink, mannerism, oddity, quiddity, quip, quirk, singularity, tic, trick, twist
affectation, airs
attribute, characteristic, mark, property, trait
custom, habit, pattern, practice (also practise), way, wont
addiction
abnormality, neuroticism, perversion, weirdness
disposition, genius, leaning, partiality
bent, inclination, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency, turn
attitude, character, humor, identity, individuality, nature, personality, temperament
2
something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind
- as its name indicates, the red-winged blackbird has the distinctive peculiarity of a red patch on its wings
affection, attribute, attribution, character, characteristic, criterion, diagnostic, differentia, feature, fingerprint, hallmark, mark, marker, note, particularity, point, property, quality, specific, stamp, touch, trait
badge, indication, sign
emblem, symbol, token
charm, grace
excellence, merit, virtue
eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, oddity, quirk
individuality, singularity, uniqueness
