Dictionary Definition
unusual adj
1 not usual or common or ordinary; "a scene of
unusual beauty"; "a man of unusual ability"; "cruel and unusual
punishment"; "an unusual meteorite" [ant: usual]
2 being definitely out of the ordinary and
unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation
that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a
strange sense of humor she has" [syn: strange] [ant: familiar]
3 not commonly encountered; "two-career families
are no longer unusual"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ʌnˈjuːðuəl/ or , /Vn"ju:Du@l/ or
Adjective
- Unlike what is expected; differing in some way from the norm.
- ''His behavior was unusual in that it was considered childish for a man of his age.
Synonyms
- (stronger): extraordinary
- rare
- strange
- weird
Translations
unlike what is expected; differing in some way
from the norm
- Czech: neobvyklý
- Bulgarian: необикновен
- Dutch: ongebruikelijk, ongewoon
- Esperanto: nekutima
- Finnish: erikoinen, epätavallinen
- French: inhabituel, insolite
- German: ungewöhnlich
- Italian: insolito
- Romanian: ciudat
- Russian: необычный
Extensive Definition
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
almost unheard-of, atypical, bizarre, breakaway, curious, different, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, extremely, freakish, infrequent, novel, odd, oddball, offbeat, original, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, rare, rarely, recherche, remarkable, scarce, seldom met with, seldom
seen, singular,
slow, sparse, strange, sui generis, uncommon, uncommonly, unconventional, uncustomary, undreamed-of,
unexpected, unfamiliar, unfrequent, unheard-of,
unimaginable,
unique, unordinary, unorthodox, unprecedented, unthinkable, unthought-of,
untypical, unusually, unwonted