Word Meanings - EXOTIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word. Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador. Evelyn.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of EXOTIC)

• Foreign
• Strange
• exotic
• outlandish
• alien
• irrelevant
• extraneous
• unfamiliar
• unusual
• odd
• irregular
• abnormal
• exceptional
• surprising
• wonderful
• marvellous
• astonishing
• uncommon
• peculiar

Related words: (words related to EXOTIC)

• PECULIARIZE
  To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession. Dr. John Smith.
• UNCOMMON
  Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. Syn. -- Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- Un*com"mon*ly, adv. -- Un*com"mon*ness, n.
• ASTONISH
  étonner, fr. L. ex out + tonare to thunder, but perhaps influenced by 1. To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow. The very cramp-fish . . . being herself not benumbed, is able to astonish others. Holland. 2. To strike with sudden
• IRREGULARITY
  The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.
• ASTONISHING
  Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event. Syn. -- Amazing; surprising; wonderful; marvelous. As*ton"ish*ing*ly, adv. -- As*ton"ish*ing*ness, n.
• EXOTIC
  Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word. Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador. Evelyn.
• ALIENAGE
  1. The state or legal condition of being an alien. Note: The disabilities of alienage are removable by naturalization or by special license from the State of residence, and in some of the United States by declaration of intention of naturalization.
• PECULIARNESS
  The quality or state of being peculiar; peculiarity. Mede.
• WONDERFUL
  Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange; astonishing. Syn. -- Marvelous; amazing. See Marvelous. -- Won"der*ful*ly, adv. -- Won"der*ful*ness, n.
• FOREIGNER
  A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalized there; an alien; a stranger. Joy is such a foreigner, So mere a stranger to my thoughts. Denham.
• FOREIGNNESS
  The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness. Let not the foreignness of the subject hinder you from endeavoring to set me right. Locke. A foreignness of complexion. G. Eliot.
• EXCEPTIONAL
  Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior. Lyell. This particular spot had exceptional advantages. Jowett -- Ex*cep"tion*al*ly , adv.
• ABNORMAL
  Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular. "That deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular. " Froude.
• PECULIARLY
  In a peculiar manner; particulary; in a rare and striking degree; unusually.
• SURPRISE
  1. The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise. 2. The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion
• ALIENEE
  One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to alienor. It the alienee enters and keeps possession. Blackstone.
• PECULIAR
  1. One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not possessed by others; of private, personal, or characteristic possession and use; not owned in common or in participation. And purify unto himself a peculiar people. Titus ii. 14.
• EXOTICAL
  Foreign; not native; exotic. -- Ex*ot"ic*al*ness, n.
• ALIENATE
  Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from. O alienate from God. Milton.
• UNUSUALITY
  Unusualness. Poe.
• ESTRANGE
  extraneare to treat as a stranger, from extraneus strange. See 1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and
• ESTRANGER
  One who estranges.
• SALIENT
  Projectiong outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed to reëntering. See Illust. of Bastion. (more info) 1. Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping. "Frogs and salient animals." Sir T. Browne. 2. Shooting out up; springing;
• INALIENABLY
  In a manner that forbids alienation; as, rights inalienably vested.
• INALIENABLE
  Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable; as, in inalienable birthright.
• SUPERSALIENCY
  The act of leaping on anything. Sir T. Browne.
• COUNTER-SALIENT
  Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coast of arms.