peculiar

adjective

1)

something peculiar began to happen

Syn:

strange, unusual, odd, funny, curious, bizarre, weird, queer, unexpected, unfamiliar, abnormal, atypical, anomalous, out of the ordinary; exceptional, extraordinary, remarkable; puzzling, mystifying, mysterious, perplexing, baffling; suspicious, eerie, uncanny, unnatural; informal freaky, fishy, creepy, spooky

Ant:

ordinary

2)

peculiar behavior

Syn:

bizarre, eccentric, strange, odd, weird, queer, funny, unusual, abnormal, idiosyncratic, unconventional, outlandish, quirky; informal wacky, freakish, oddball, offbeat, off the wall, wacko

3)

mannerisms peculiar to the islanders

Syn:

characteristic of, typical of, representative of, indicative of, suggestive of, exclusive to, unique to

4)

their own peculiar contribution

Syn:

distinctive, characteristic, distinct, individual, special, idiosyncratic, unique, personal