Odd

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Deviating from what is ordinary, usual, or expected; strange or peculiar: an odd name; odd behavior. See Synonyms at strange.
  • adj. Being in excess of the indicated or approximate number, extent, or degree. Often used in combination: invited 30-odd guests.
  • adj. Constituting a remainder: had some odd dollars left over.
  • adj. Small in amount: jingled the odd change in my pockets.
  • adj. Being one of an incomplete pair or set: an odd shoe.
  • adj. Remaining after others have been paired or grouped.
  • adj. Mathematics Designating an integer not divisible by two, such as 1, 3, and 5.
  • adj. Not expected, regular, or planned: called at odd intervals.
  • adj. Remote; out-of-the-way: found the antique shop in an odd corner of town.
  • n. Something odd.
  • n. Sports In the United States, a golf score one stroke higher than the score of one's opponent.
  • n. Sports In Great Britain, a stroke added to a superior golfer's score or a stroke taken away from an inferior golfer's score in order to equalize the chances of winning a match.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Single; sole; singular; not having a mate.
  • adj. Singular in excellence; unique; sole; matchless; peerless; famous.
  • adj. Singular in looks or character; peculiar; eccentric.
  • adj. Strange, unusual.
  • adj. Occasional; infrequent.
  • adj. Left over, remaining when the rest have been grouped
  • adj. Casual, irregular, not planned.
  • adj. About, approximately.
  • adj. Not divisible by two.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single
  • adj. Not divisible by 2 without a remainder; not capable of being evenly paired, one unit with another.
  • adj. Left over after a definite round number has been taken or mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a specified number; extra.
  • adj. Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable
  • adj. Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular; peculiar; unique; strange.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Single; sole; singular; especially, single as rendering a pair or series incomplete; lacking a match; being of a pair or series of which the rest is wanting: as, an odd glove; two or three odd volumes of a series.
  • Singular in excellence; unique; sole; hence, peerless; famous.
  • Singular in looks or character; peculiar; eccentric; at variance with what is usual: as, an odd way of doing things; an odd appearance.
  • Leaving, as a number, a remainder of one when divided by two: opposed to even.
  • Numbered with an odd number: as, the odd files of a company (that is, the files numbered 1, 3, 5, and so on).
  • Left over after pairs have been reckoned; by extension, remaining after any division into equal numbers or parts: thus, the division of sixteen or nineteen among five leaves an odd one or four odd.
  • Remaining over after, or differing from, the just or customary number.
  • Additional to a whole mentioned in round numbers, or to any other specified whole: following and after a number or quantity, or without and when it takes the place of a unit appended to a ten.
  • Not included with others; not taken into the common account; sporadic; incidental; casual: as, a few odd trifles; to read a book at odd times.
  • Out of the way; remote.
  • At odds; at variance; unable to consort or agree.
  • Strange, Queer, etc. (see eccentric), grotesque, droll, comical.
  • n. Something that is numerically odd.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. not divisible by two
  • adj. an indefinite quantity more than that specified
  • adj. of the remaining member of a pair, of socks e.g.
  • adj. not used up
  • adj. not easily explained
  • adj. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
  • Equivalent
    inexact    mismatched    unexhausted    unusual    strange   
    Antonym
    even   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    eccentric    queer    strange    droll    unmatched    fantastical    whimsical    comical    unusual    singular   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Assad    Cod    Dodd    Fahd    God    Mossad    Pernod    Prod    Riyadh    Rod   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    curious    new    weird    sharp