odder in English

adjective

1

different from what is usual or expected; strange.

the neighbors thought him very odd

synonyms: strange, peculiar, weird, queer, funny, bizarre, abnormal, eccentric, unusual, unconventional, outlandish, quirky, zany, wacky, kooky, screwy, freaky, oddball, offbeat, off the wall, out there, strange, unusual, peculiar, funny, curious, bizarre, weird, uncanny, queer, outré, unexpected, unfamiliar, abnormal, atypical, anomalous, different, out of the ordinary, out of the way, exceptional, rare, extraordinary, remarkable, puzzling, mystifying, mysterious, perplexing, baffling, unaccountable, uncommon, irregular, singular, deviant, aberrant, freak, freakish, fishy, freaky

2

(of whole numbers such as 3 and 5) having one left over as a remainder when divided by two.

If the number in the second column is odd , divide it by two and drop the remainder.

3

happening or occurring infrequently and irregularly; occasional.

neither did she want a secret affair, snatching odd moments together

synonyms: occasional, casual, irregular, isolated, random, sporadic, periodic, miscellaneous, various, varied, sundry

4

separated from a usual pair or set and therefore out of place or mismatched.

he's wearing odd socks

synonyms: mismatched, unmatched, unpaired, single, lone, solitary, extra, surplus, leftover, remaining

adjective

strange, peculiar, weird, queer, funny, bizarre, abnormal, eccentric, unusual, unconventional, outlandish, quirky, zany, wacky, kooky, screwy, freaky, oddball, offbeat, off the wall, out there
strange, unusual, peculiar, funny, curious, bizarre, weird, uncanny, queer, outré, unexpected, unfamiliar, abnormal, atypical, anomalous, different, out of the ordinary, out of the way, exceptional, rare, extraordinary, remarkable, puzzling, mystifying, mysterious, perplexing, baffling, unaccountable, uncommon, irregular, singular, deviant, aberrant, freak, freakish, fishy, freaky
occasional, casual, irregular, isolated, random, sporadic, periodic, miscellaneous, various, varied, sundry
mismatched, unmatched, unpaired, single, lone, solitary, extra, surplus, leftover, remaining
spare, free, available, unoccupied, between appointments, between engagements
singular, peculiar, curious, funny, queer, rum, rummy
uneven
unexpended, remaining, left, leftover, left over
unpaired, unmatched

Use "odder" in a sentence

1. Short for Bumf-odder, or toilet paper

2. And imagine if he had hair sprouting from the middle of his nose, he'd look even odder still.

3. Odd, of course, a bit zany, but the odder the book the better it tends to do nowadays.

4. He thought English tastes were even odder when a fellow apprentice professional, a young goalkeeper who has since left United, showed off his party trick: eating shaving foam.