queer | Definition of queer

Synonyms and Antonyms of queer

1 affected with nausea

eating all of that deep-fried food would make most people feel a little queer

Synonyms of queer

ill, nauseated, nauseous, qualmish, queasy (also queazy), queerish, sick, sickish, squeamish

Words Related to queer

green, peaked, peaky, sickly

unsettled, upset, woozy

Near Antonyms of queer

2 different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion

one competitor had a queer way of running that attracted a lot of attention from the spectators

Synonyms of queer

bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, erratic, far-out, funky, funny, kinky, kooky (also kookie), odd, off-kilter, off-the-wall, offbeat, out-of-the-way, outlandish, outré, peculiar, quaint, queerish, quirky, remarkable, rum [chiefly British], screwy, spaced-out, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, weirdo, wild

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aberrant, abnormal, addlepated, flaky

extraordinary, fantastic (also fantastical), freak, freakish, freaky, phantasmagoric (or phantasmagorical), phenomenal

atypical, rare, singular, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, unusual, unwonted

conspicuous, notable, noticeable, outstanding, prominent, salient, striking

atrocious, outrageous, shocking

crotchety, idiosyncratic, nonconformist, nonmainstream, out-there, unconventional, unorthodox

baffling, bewildering, confounding, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling

Near Antonyms of queer

average, commonplace, everyday, garden, normal, ordinary, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, typical, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, workaday

conformist, conservative, conventional

expected, familiar, knee-jerk, predictable

common, customary, frequent, habitual, regular, wonted

3 noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced

a lot of queer things started happening almost from the day that we moved into the house

Synonyms of queer

curious, extraordinary, funny, odd, offbeat, out-of-the-way, peculiar, rare, singular, strange, unaccustomed, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, unusual, weird

Words Related to queer

bizarre, eccentric, far-out, kooky (also kookie), oddball, outlandish, outré, way-out

aberrant, abnormal, atypical, exceptional, irregular

newsworthy, notable, noteworthy, no