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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 particular 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)
Grep of noun peculiar
peculiar velocity
peculiarity
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(prenominal), peculiar(prenominal), special(prenominal)
INDIRECT (VIA specific) -> general
INDIRECT (VIA specific, specific) -> nonspecific
Sense 3
peculiar
INDIRECT (VIA unusual) -> usual
Sense 4
peculiar(prenominal)
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(prenominal), peculiar(prenominal), special(prenominal)
=> specific (vs. general)(vs. nonspecific)
Sense 3
peculiar
=> unusual (vs. usual)
Sense 4
peculiar(prenominal)
=> characteristic (vs. uncharacteristic)
Pertainyms of adj peculiar
Attributes of adj peculiar
Domain of adj peculiar
Domain Terms of adj peculiar
Familiarity of adj peculiar
peculiar used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Grep of adj peculiar
peculiar
Grep of adv peculiar
peculiarly
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