Thesaurus:strange person

THESAURUS

strange person

English

Synonyms

bizarro

crackpot

crank (British, dated in US)

eccentric [WS]

freak

glaik (British dialect, derogatory)

hard case (New Zealand, slang)

kook

live one (idiomatic)

nutbag

nutbar

nutcase

nutter (British, sometimes derogatory)

oddball

oddity

odd bod (British)

odd duck

odd fish

queerdo (vulgar, derogatory)

queer fish (dated, British)

rum (obsolete, slang)

strange bird

strange fish

strangeling

wack

wacko

weirdie

weirdling

weirdo (slang)

wild man

wingnut

Hypernyms

anomaly [WS]

person [WS]

Coordinate terms

foreigner [WS]

maverick [WS]

outcast [WS]

See also

Further reading

“83. unconformity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“strange person” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.

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