What is another word for odder?

Pronunciation: [ˈɒdə] (IPA)

The word "odder" is used to describe something that is unusual or slightly strange. Synonyms for "odder" include peculiar, eccentric, quirky, bizarre, unconventional, atypical, offbeat, and idiosyncratic. These words can be used interchangeably to describe things or people that don't quite fit the norm. For example, an odder piece of furniture might be an old rocking chair that has been painted bright pink or a lampshade made out of recycled materials. Similarly, an odder person might have a unique way of speaking or dressing. Using synonyms for "odder" can help to add variety to your writing and help to better convey the exact meaning you intend.

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What are the hypernyms for Odder?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Odder

Still, when one came to think of it, it was odd that she had troubled to keep Bayworth's letters-odder still that now to-night, the day of Bayworth Kaye's departure, she should be burning them....
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
That too became the odder the more I thought of it.
"The Debit Account"
Oliver Onions
Her family had endured much during those days, but at least there was a reason then for the odder parts of her behaviour.
"The Pastor's Wife"
Elizabeth von Arnim

Famous quotes with Odder

  • How ironic. In order to avoid the "nutty" theory of inversion, Gaskell invented the even odder notion of stomachs turning into brains with new guts forming below. No wonder then, that later biologists cast a plague on both speculative houses and opted instead for the obvious alternative: arthropods and vertebrates do not share the same anatomical plan at all, but rather represent two separate evolutionary developments of similar complexity from a much simpler common ancestor that grew neither a discrete gut nor a central nerve cord.
    Stephen Jay Gould
  • She grabbed him by both ears and kissed him quickly, then ran away. Don stared after her, rubbing his mouth. Girls, he reflected, were much odder than dragons. Probably another race entirely.
    Robert A. Heinlein

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