odd
Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
Example
“She slept in, which was very odd.”
Other meanings
Peculiar, singular and strange in looks or character; eccentric, bizarre.
Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; mismatched.
“Optimistically, he had a corner of a drawer for odd socks.”
Synonyms
- curious
- funny
- peculiar
- singular
Related words
- nonodd
- odderon
- Oddfellow
- oddify
- oddish
- odditorium
- oddity
- oddling
- oddly
- oddment
- oddness
- oddship
Example sentences
Word history
From Old Norse "oddi" (odd, third or additional number; triangle).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “odd” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.