QUEER Synonyms

• beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

• unique or specific to a person or thing or category

• markedly different from the usual; special

• characteristic of one only; distinctive or special

• not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm

• departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development

• much greater than the normal

• one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

• serving or used in place of another

• necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities

• pertaining to unconventional choices

• not representative of a group, class, or type

• deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal

• any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

• radically new or original

• a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

• markedly different from an accepted norm

• unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

• distinctly separate from the first

• differing from all others; not ordinary

• distinct or separate

• not having a common center; not concentric

• a person with an unusual or odd personality

• a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

• conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

• far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

• surpassing what is common or usual or expected

• deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence

• peculiar to the individual

• not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought

• someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct

• a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England

• not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion

• not conforming to or in accord with tradition

• an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure)

• (informal) strikingly unconventional

• conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

• being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

• relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world

• not known before

• not conforming to accepted rules or standards

• not conventional or conformist

• not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention

• radically distinctive and without equal

• (followed by `to') applying exclusively to a given category or condition or locality

• the single one of its kind

• highly unusual or rare but not the single instance

• breaking with convention or tradition

• independent in behavior or thought

• declare invalid

• make invalid for use

• show to be invalid

• take away the legal force of or render ineffective