odd

Formsodder, oddest

Pluralodds

1. 1
   adjective

   Strange in the way someone looks or acts.

   Our neighbor is a bit odd, but he is very kind.

   She wore an odd hat covered in plastic fruit.

   Similarstrange, bizarre, unusual, eccentric, curious

   Oppositecommon, familiar, ordinary, conventional

2. 2
   adjective

   Not able to be divided into two equal whole numbers, like 3 or 7.

   Five is an odd number.

   The houses on this side of the street have odd numbers.

   Oppositeeven

   Note
3. 3
   adjective

   Not matching, or without its partner in a pair.

   He wore odd socks, one blue and one black.

   The cat has odd eyes, one green and one gold.

   Similarmismatched, single

   Oppositematching

   Note
4. 4
   adjective

   Kept for small, mixed jobs, such as a spare horse on a farm.

   The odd horse pulled the cart on days when the plow team rested.

   Every big farm kept an odd man for the small jobs.

   Note
5. 5
   adjectivein compounds

   Added to a round number to mean a little more than that number.

   There were thirty-odd people at the party.

   The trip took twenty-odd hours.

   Note
6. 6
   adjective

   Found here and there or now and then, not as part of a set or regular pattern.

   I only understood the odd word of the speech.

   There are odd patches of snow left on the hills.

   Similaroccasional, scattered, stray, random

   Note
7. 7
   adjective

   Left over when everyone or everything else has been put in pairs or groups.

   With nine players, one child is always the odd one out.

   When the class split into pairs, Mia was the odd one and worked with the teacher.

   Similarspare, extra, leftover, unpaired

   Oppositepaired

   Note
8. 8
   adjective

   Left over as a small extra amount after counting or paying.

   Keep the odd change for the parking meter.

   The bill came to fifty dollars and some odd cents.

   Similarspare, loose

   Note
9. 9
   adjective

   Not regular or planned.

   He has only ever worked odd jobs.

   The bus comes at odd times, so we never know when to leave the house.

   Similarcasual, irregular, occasional, random

   Oppositeregular, fixed

10. 10
    adjective

    Different from what is normal or expected.

    It was odd that the lights were on in an empty house.

    Dad came home early, which was very odd for him.

    Similarunusual, strange, abnormal, bizarre, curious

    Oppositecommon, familiar, usual, ordinary

    Note

Showing meanings only. Show all 16