All offbeat synonyms
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O o noun offbeat
- dissentient — dissenting, especially from the opinion of the majority.
- swinger — a person or thing that swings.
- misfit — something that fits badly, as a garment that is too large or too small.
- night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- nonconformist — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
- non-conformist — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
- misbeliever — Someone who holds an unauthorised belief; a heretic, an unbeliever.
- odd man out — a method of selecting or eliminating a person from a group, as by matching coins, especially in preparation for playing a game.
adjective offbeat
- unusual — not usual, common, or ordinary; uncommon in amount or degree; exceptional: an unusual sound; an unusual hobby; an unusual response.
- unconventional — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
- eccentric — deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct; an eccentric person.
- off-the-wall — markedly unconventional; bizarre; oddball: an unpredictable, off-the-wall personality.
- quirky — having or full of quirks.
- off-center — not centered; diverging from the exact center.
- bizarre — Something that is bizarre is very odd and strange.
- different — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
- strange — unusual, extraordinary, or curious; odd; queer: a strange remark to make.
- idiosyncratic — pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual: The best minds are idiosyncratic and unpredictable as they follow the course of scientific discovery.
- unorthodox — not conforming to rules, traditions, or modes of conduct, as of a doctrine, religion, or philosophy; not orthodox: an unorthodox ideology.
- weird — involving or suggesting the supernatural; unearthly or uncanny: a weird sound; weird lights.
- bohemian — Bohemian means belonging or relating to Bohemia or its people.
- novel — Roman Law. an imperial enactment subsequent and supplementary to an imperial compilation and codification of authoritative legal materials. Usually, Novels. imperial enactments subsequent to the promulgation of Justinian's Code and supplementary to it: one of the four divisions of the Corpus Juris Civilis.
- oddball — a person or thing that is atypical, bizarre, eccentric, or nonconforming, especially one having beliefs that are unusual but harmless.
- far-out — unconventional; offbeat; avant-garde.
- freaky — freakish.
- fresh — newly made or obtained: fresh footprints.
- outre — passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- uncommon — not common; unusual; rare: an uncommon word.
- unique — existing as the only one or as the sole example; single; solitary in type or characteristics: a unique copy of an ancient manuscript.
- way-out — advanced in style or technique: way-out jazz.