Nouns (5)
rum
n. a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
drunkard, drunk, sot, inebriate
n. a chronic drinker
Verbs (0)
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (7)
rum, 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)
rummy
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