frequently_asked_questions_files/Oxford Thesaurus.pdf

plethora, Colloq scads, loads, tons, lots, oodles, gobs,
zillions: The direct mail campaign yielded oceans of responses.
oceanic adj. marine, pelagic, thalassic; salt-water, deep-water,
aquatic, maritime, sea, ocean: These creatures are chiefly
oceanic, coming ashore only to breed.
15.4 odd...
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odd adj. 1 strange, peculiar, unusual, uncommon, different,
unexpected, unfamiliar, extraordinary, remarkable, atypical,
untypical, exotic, out of the ordinary, unparalleled,
unconventional, exceptional, unique, singular, individual,
anomalous, idiosyncratic, rare, deviant, outlandish, uncanny,
queer, curious, bizarre, weird, eccentric, funny, quaint,
fantastic, freak, abnormal, freakish, Colloq offbeat, screwy,
kinky, freaky, Slang Brit barmy, bent, rum, US and Canadian
kooky or kookie: Ebenezer is an odd name for a dog. Where did
you get that odd hat? I cannot account for his odd behaviour. 2
occasional, casual, part-time, irregular, random, sporadic,
discontinuous, disconnected, various, varied, miscellaneous,
sundry, incidental: After being made redundant, he worked at
odd jobs for a year or so. The odd shower can be expected during
the afternoon. 3 leftover, surplus, remaining, unused, spare,
superfluous, extra: After the patterns were cut, we were
allowed to take the odd scraps of fabric. 4 uneven, unmatched,
unpaired: This gallery has an odd number of columns.
oddity n. 1 peculiarity, strangeness, unnaturalness, curiousness,
incongruity, incongruousness, eccentricity, outlandishness,
extraordinariness, unconventionality, bizarreness, weirdness,
queerness, oddness, unusualness, individuality, singularity,
distinctiveness, anomalousness, anomaly, Colloq kinkiness, US
and Canadian kookiness: What caught my attention was the oddity
of the clothes worn by the students. 2 peculiarity, curiosity,
rarity, freak, original, phenomenon, character, eccentric,
nonconformist, fish out of water, odd bird, rara avis, misfit,
square peg in a round hole, maverick, Colloq card, crank,
weirdie or weirdo, oner, Brit odd fish, US and Canadian kook,
oddball, screwball: The townspeople thought Albert an oddity,
but we knew he was a genius. 3 peculiarity, irregularity,