Handout: food given free for charitable purposesĢ4. Foodstuff: something used as food, especially as a raw ingredient in a food productĢ3. Fodder: see feed also refers to material in general that is readily available for use or consumption (“cannon fodder”)ġ9. Feed: food for livestock also used to describe an informal fund-raising event such as a crab feed in which a featured food is served with other dishesġ8. Fast food: food prepared rapidly, especially in restaurants that serve food quickly and at a high volume also, used as an adjective in this sense or in that of something produced with little regard for qualityġ7. Fare: food, in the sense of what is available or what is traditionally eatenġ6. Eats: food, especially convenient or simple food (slang)ġ5. Eatable: food also a synonym for edibleġ3. Dish: a preparation of food served in a single container as part of a meal also, a container or piece of dinnerware for cooking, serving, or eating food, or an attractive person, or a verb meaning “to gossip”ġ2. Diet: the particular combination of food for a person, group, or society, or a combination of food specified for or by a person for health reasons and/or weight loss also a verb referring to the process of improving or maintaining health and/or losing weightġ1. Cuisine: food prepared in a specific fashion, as according to cultural tradition, or the manner or style of cookingġ0. Cooking: food, especially as specifically prepared, as in “I like her cooking”ĩ. Comfort food: food that satisfies nostalgic yearnings for traditionally prepared mealsĨ. Comestible: food (formal or mock-formal) also a synonym for the adjective edibleħ. Chow: food (slang) also a verb, as in “Chow down”Ħ. Bread: a synecdochic reference to food (synecdoche is a rhetorical device in which a part stands for a whole, as in “All hands on deck” for “All sailors on deck”)ĥ. Board: the food laid out on a table, from the association of board with table also denotes the part of the housing arrangement known as room and board, where room refers to lodging and board to mealsĤ. Bite: a bite’s worth of food, but also a small amount of food, such as a snack, or a casual reference to a larger amountģ. For a tastier experience, use one of its synonyms listed below to convey the connotation you desire your readers to digest:Ģ. While the synonyms strange and unique are close in meaning, strange stresses unfamiliarity and may apply to the foreign, the unnatural, the unaccountable.Food means “a substance we eat for nutritional and/or gustatory purposes,” but that word is bland. The words singular and unique can be used in similar contexts, but singular suggests individuality or puzzling strangeness.Ī singular feeling of impending disaster In what contexts can strange take the place of unique?
The peculiar status of America's first lady When might quaint be a better fit than unique?Īlthough the words quaint and unique have much in common, quaint suggests an old-fashioned but pleasant oddness.Ī quaint fishing village When is singular a more appropriate choice than unique? The synonyms peculiar and unique are sometimes interchangeable, but peculiar implies a marked distinctiveness. Outlandish fashions of the time When could peculiar be used to replace unique? However, outlandish applies to what is uncouth, bizarre, or barbaric. In some situations, the words outlandish and unique are roughly equivalent. Specifically, odd applies to a departure from the regular or expected.Īn odd sense of humor When is it sensible to use outlandish instead of unique?
The words odd and unique are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. The meanings of erratic and unique largely overlap however, erratic stresses a capricious and unpredictable wandering or deviating.Ī friend's suddenly erratic behavior Where would odd be a reasonable alternative to unique? The eccentric eating habits of preschoolers When can erratic be used instead of unique? While in some cases nearly identical to unique, eccentric suggests a wide divergence from the usual or normal especially in behavior. While all these words mean "departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected," unique implies singularity and the fact of being without a known parallel.Ī career unique in the annals of science When would eccentric be a good substitute for unique? Some common synonyms of unique are eccentric, erratic, odd, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, singular, and strange. Frequently Asked Questions About unique How is the word unique distinct from other similar adjectives?
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