Nouns (2)
rum
n. liquor distilled from fermented molasses
rummy
n. a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
Verbs (0)
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (7)
rummy, singular, queer, strange, curious, funny, peculiar
adj. 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"
Fuzzynyms (38)
odd, unco
adj. not easily explained; "it is odd that his name is never mentioned"
bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheek, witty
adj. cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"
humorous, humourous
adj. full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"
zany, buffoonish, clownish
adj. like a clown; "a buffoonish walk"; "a clownish face"; "a zany sense of humor"
eccentric, strange, bizarre, outlandish, outre, weird
adj. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"
special, unusual, extraordinary
adj. not usual or common or ordinary; "a scene of unusual beauty"; "a man of unusual ability"; "cruel and unusual punishment"; "an unusual meteorite"
fun, amusing, amusive, diverting
adj. providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"; "a fun thing to do"
idiosyncratic
adj. peculiar to the individual; "we all have our own idiosyncratic gestures"; "Michelangelo's highly idiosyncratic style of painting"
atypical, untypical
adj. not representative of a group, class, or type; "a group that is atypical of the target audience"; "a class of atypical mosses"; "atypical behavior is not the accepted type of response that we expect from children"
rare, unwonted
adj. not frequently used or experienced: "a rare word"; "an unwonted softness in her old face"
singular, some, remarkable, out-of-the-ordinary
adj. unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is singular in one so young"
unique, unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled
adj. radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history"
unnatural
adj. not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature; "an unnatural death"; "the child's unnatural interest in death"
Synonyms (6)
antic, grotesque, fantastic, fantastical
adj. ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror"
off the beaten track
adj. remote from populous or much-traveled regions; "found a quiet out-of-the-way resort"
quaint
adj. strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities"
Antonyms (0)
rum
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