
odd | 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 | 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, anomaly, idiosyncrasy, eccentricity, deviation, quirk, mannerism, twist, kink, crotchet: I suppose people all have their own oddities when it comes to food.
odds | odds: n.pl. 1 chances, likelihood, probability: The odds are that Janet will finish the job in time. 2 edge, advantage, lead, superiority: We have won before against greater odds. 3 difference, inequality, disparity, unevenness, discrepancy, dissimilarity, distinction: It makes no odds who you are, you may not go in there. 4 at odds. at variance, at loggerheads, at daggers drawn, at sixes and sevens, at cross purposes, at each other''s throats, in disagreement, in opposition, on bad terms, not in keeping, out of line, inharmonious, conflicting, clashing, disagreeing, differing: Teenagers have been at odds with their parents since time immemorial. 5 odds and ends. oddments, fragments, debris, leftovers, leavings, remnants, bits (and pieces), particles, shreds, snippets, scraps, rubbish, litter, Colloq Brit odds and sods: We managed to pack everything into boxes except for a few odds and ends.
odour | odour: n. 1 smell, scent, aroma, bouquet, fragrance, perfume, redolence; stench, stink, fetor or foetor: The air was filled with the odour of orange blossoms. The odour of rotting vegetation assailed our noses. 2 air, breath, hint, suggestion, atmosphere, spirit, quality, flavour, savour, aura, tone: She would never allow the odour of scandal to touch her family.
