oddest 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 "oddest" in a sentence

1. I have the oddest feeling we'II be meeting again sometime.

2. Former sugar town, Banes is the site of one of Cuba's oddest historical moments

3. His craggy features dissolved into a breathtakingly attractive smile, and Robbie felt her insides give the oddest little flip.

4. And you know, the oddest part is, when I was on my way traveling here to TED, I'll be honest, I was petrified.

5. “I still see these images at the oddest times —triggered by a random smell, some music, something I see, or even a stray thought.

6. Perhaps the oddest radio Ive got is a Auriphone Micro (made in Hong Kong) which I bought mailorder in the 80s I guess

7. Japan is known for its craziness and quirkiness and the capsule hotels that are relatively popular throughout the country are one of the oddest creations to date.

8. ODDEST CHRISTMAS EVER: I spent the entire day working on the Copyedits for the volume of essays my gentlemen friend and I working on for Encounter Books

9. One of the most beautiful women in 40s Hollywood, star of Laura, one of the greatest (and oddest) crime melodramas ever... Gene Tierney had that legendary overbite that everyone talked about.