Grep of noun peculiar
peculiarity
Overview of adj peculiar
The adj peculiar has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (9) curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular -- (beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior")
2. (7) particular, peculiar, special -- (unique or specific to a person or thing or category; "the particular demands of the job"; "has a paraticular preference for Chinese art"; "a peculiar bond of sympathy between them"; "an expression peculiar to Canadians"; "rights peculiar to the rich"; "the special features of a computer"; "my own special chair")
3. peculiar -- (markedly different from the usual; "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)
4. peculiar -- (characteristic of one only; distinctive or special; "the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."- R.B.Taney)
Antonyms of adj peculiar
4 senses of peculiar
Sense 1
curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular
INDIRECT (VIA strange) -> familiar
Sense 2
particular(postnominal), peculiar(postnominal), special(postnominal)
INDIRECT (VIA specific) -> general
INDIRECT (VIA specific, specific) -> nonspecific
Sense 3
peculiar
INDIRECT (VIA unusual) -> usual
Sense 4
peculiar(postnominal)
INDIRECT (VIA characteristic) -> uncharacteristic, uncharacteristic of
Similarity of adj peculiar
4 senses of peculiar
Sense 1
curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular
=> strange (vs. familiar), unusual
Sense 2
particular(postnominal), peculiar(postnominal), special(postnominal)
=> specific (vs. general) (vs. nonspecific)
Sense 3
peculiar
=> unusual (vs. usual)
Sense 4
peculiar(postnominal)
=> characteristic (vs. uncharacteristic)
Attributes of adj peculiar
Familiarity of adj peculiar
peculiar used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4)
Grep of adj peculiar
peculiar
Overview of adj peculiar
The adj peculiar has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (9) curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular -- (beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior")
2. (7) particular, peculiar, special -- (unique or specific to a person or thing or category; "the particular demands of the job"; "has a paraticular preference for Chinese art"; "a peculiar bond of sympathy between them"; "an expression peculiar to Canadians"; "rights peculiar to the rich"; "the special features of a computer"; "my own special chair")
3. peculiar -- (markedly different from the usual; "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)
4. peculiar -- (characteristic of one only; distinctive or special; "the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."- R.B.Taney)
peculiar definition
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