odd
adjective
[ ɒd ]
• different to what is usual or expected; strange.
• "the neighbours thought him very odd"
Similar:
strange,
peculiar,
weird,
queer,
funny,
bizarre,
eccentric,
unusual,
abnormal,
idiosyncratic,
unconventional,
outlandish,
offbeat,
freakish,
quirky,
quaint,
zany,
off-centre,
wacky,
freaky,
kooky,
screwy,
kinky,
oddball,
cranky,
off the wall,
wacko,
bizarro,
dilly,
curious,
uncanny,
unexpected,
unfamiliar,
atypical,
anomalous,
untypical,
different,
out of the ordinary,
out of the way,
foreign,
exceptional,
rare,
extraordinary,
remarkable,
puzzling,
mystifying,
mysterious,
perplexing,
baffling,
unaccountable,
incongruous,
uncommon,
irregular,
singular,
deviant,
aberrant,
freak,
suspicious,
dubious,
questionable,
eerie,
unnatural,
unco,
outré,
fishy,
creepy,
spooky,
rum,
backasswards,
• (of whole numbers such as 3 and 5) having one left over as a remainder when divided by two.
• "atoms which possess an odd number of electrons"
Similar:
uneven,
not divisible by two,
• happening or occurring infrequently and irregularly; occasional.
• "we have the odd drink together"
Similar:
occasional,
casual,
irregular,
isolated,
incidental,
random,
sporadic,
seasonal,
periodic,
part-time,
miscellaneous,
various,
varied,
sundry,
• separated from a usual pair or set and therefore out of place or mismatched.
• "he's wearing odd socks"
Similar:
mismatched,
unmatched,
unpaired,
single,
lone,
solitary,
extra,
surplus,
leftover,
remaining,
unused,
orra,
Origin:
Middle English (in odd (sense 2)): from Old Norse odda-, found in combinations such as odda-mathr ‘third or odd man’, from oddi ‘angle’.
