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way-out adjective [ weɪˈaʊt ]

• extremely unconventional, unusual, or avant-garde.
• "teachers were accused of espousing way-out ideologies and teaching methods"
Similar: unconventional, off-centre, outlandish, eccentric, quirky, aberrant, unusual, crazy, absurd, bizarre, mad, strange, weird, freakish, peculiar, odd, uncommon, avant-garde, far out, offbeat, oddball, wacky, screwy, nutty, rum, batty, bizarro, off the wall,
Opposite: normal, ordinary,

out of the way

• (of a place) remote or secluded.
• "we're too out of the way for mains electricity"
Similar: outlying, outer, outermost, distant, remote, faraway, far-flung, peripheral, isolated, sequestered, lonely, godforsaken, secluded, inaccessible, obscure, off the beaten track, unfrequented, backwoods,
Opposite: accessible, near, handy,
• dealt with or finished.
• "economic recovery will begin once the election is out of the way"
• unusual, exceptional, or remarkable.
• "he'd seen nothing out of the way"
Similar: strange, unusual, peculiar, odd, funny, curious, bizarre, weird, uncanny, queer, unexpected, unfamiliar, abnormal, off-centre, atypical, anomalous, untypical, different, out of the ordinary, foreign, exceptional, rare, extraordinary, remarkable, puzzling, mystifying, mysterious, perplexing, baffling, unaccountable, incongruous, uncommon, irregular, singular, deviant, aberrant, freak, freakish, suspicious, dubious, questionable, eerie, unnatural, unco, outré, fishy, creepy, spooky, rum, bizarro,
Opposite: run-of-the-mill,


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