odd

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable, usually) Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
2. (not-comparable, usually) Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
3. (not-comparable, usually) Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.
4. (not-comparable, usually) Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped.
5. (not-comparable, usually) Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc.
6. (not-comparable, usually) Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern.
7. (not-comparable, usually) Not regular or planned.
8. (not-comparable, usually) Used or employed for odd jobs.
9. (not-comparable, usually) Numerically indivisible by two.
10. (not-comparable, usually) Numbered with an odd number.
11. (in-compounds, not-comparable, usually) About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number).
12. (not-comparable, usually) Out of the way, secluded.
13. (not-comparable, usually) On the left.
14. (not-comparable, obsolete, usually) Singular in excellence; matchless; peerless; outstanding.

Noun

1. (informal) Something left over, not forming part of a set.
2. (diminutive) An odd number.

Opposite of

common, familiar, mediocre, abnormal, atypical, exceptional, exotic, uncommon, endangered, extraordinary, rare, strange, unconventional, unique, unusual, even

Synonyms

strange

queer

peculiar

weird

unusual

bizarre

eccentric

curious

uneven

uncommon

abnormal

extraordinary

quaint

outlandish

funny

😄

singular

unpaired

wonderful

fantastic

whimsical

different

grotesque

quirky

left over

single

perverse

wacky

eerie

unconventional

occasional

hard to understand

alone

remaining

ridiculous

rum

unwonted

unnatural

unmated

amazing

left

incongruous

absurd

leftover

surprising

unexpended

freakish

freaky

odd number

unmatched

petty

Translations

étrange

strano

extraño

ungerade

bizarre

raro

impar

sonderbar

vreemd

estrany

👽

dispari

raar

estranho

merkwürdig

eigenaardig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɒd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: odde

Cognate with Icelandic: oddi

Cognate with Swedish: udda

Cognate with Danish: od

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: odde

Cognate with Old English: ord

In summary

From Middle English odde, od (“odd (not even); leftover after division into pairs”), from Old Norse oddi (“odd, third or additional number; triangle”), from oddr (“point of a weapon”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to stick, prick, pierce, sting”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to set, place”).
Cognate to Icelandic oddi (“triangle, point of land, odd number”), Swedish udda (“odd”), udd (“a point”), Danish od (“point of weapon””) and odde (“a headland, point”), Norwegian Bokmål odde (“a point”, “odd”, “peculiar”); related to Old English ord (“a point”). Doublet of ord ("point").