peculiar
1. [ adjective ] beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
Synonyms: curious queer funny odd singular rummy rum
Examples:

"a curious hybrid accent" "her speech has a funny twang" "had an odd name" "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves" "something definitely queer about this town" "what a rum fellow" "singular behavior"

Related terms: strange
2. [ adjective ] unique or specific to a person or thing or category
Synonyms: special particular
Examples:

"the particular demands of the job" "has a paraticular preference for Chinese art" "an expression peculiar to Canadians" "rights peculiar to the rich" "my own special chair"

Related terms: specific
3. [ adjective ] markedly different from the usual
Examples:

"a peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats" "a man...feels it a peculiar insult to be taunted with cowardice by a woman"-Virginia Woolf

Related terms: unusual
4. [ adjective ] characteristic of one only; distinctive or special
Examples:

"the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."- R.B.Taney

Related terms: characteristic
Similar spelling:   peculiarly
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