queer

The word “queer” has 1 syllable: queer

It's pronounced as /kwɪr/

What is synonym and antonym for queer?

In the thesaurus, “queer” has 287 synonyms and 112 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for queer along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for queer

abash
aberrant
abnormal
absorbed
addlepated
agitate
alleged
ambiguous
annihilate
anxious
ardent
artificial
atrocious
atypical
baffling
bang up
bash
batter
bewildering
bizarre
bizarro
blemish
blight
bloody
bogus
botch
bother
break
chagrin
clobber
compromise
concerned
confound
confounding
confuse
conspicuous
counterfeit
crab
cranky
crazy
cripple
crotchety
crush
cultured
curious
damage
dash
debase
debatable
deceptive
decimate
deface
degrade
delusive
demean
demolish
dent
desolate
destroy
deteriorate
devastate
ding
dint
disable
discomfit
discomfort
discompose
disconcert
discountenance
disfigure
dismay
disputable
disquiet
distracted
distress
disturb
do in
dodgy
dotty
doubtable
doubtful
dubious
dubitable
dummy
eccentric
embarrass
endamage
enervate
enfeeble
engaged
engrossed
equivocal
erode
erratic
exceptional
extraordinary
fabricated
factitious
fake
false
fantastic
fantastical
far-fetched
far-out
faze
fervent
fervid
feverish
fishy
flaky
flaw
flimsy
fluster
foolish
forged
freak
freakish
freaky
full
funky
funny
green
hamstring
happy
harm
humble
humiliate
hung up
hurt
idiosyncratic
ill
imitation
impair
impassioned
improbable
inauthentic
injure
involved
irregular
kinky
knee-deep
kookie
kooky
lacerate
lame
maim
man-made
mangle
manufactured
mar
mimic
misleading
mock
moot
mortify
mutilate
mystifying
nauseated
nauseous
newsworthy
nonconformist
nonfunctioning
nonmainstream
nonplus
notable
noteworthy
noticeable
nuts
obsessed
occupied
odd
oddball
off-kilter
off-the-wall
offbeat
open
ornamental
out-of-the-way
out-there
outlandish
outrageous
outstanding
particular
passionate
peaked
peaky
peculiar
perplexing
perturb
phantasmagoric
phantasmagorical
phenomenal
phoney
phony
preoccupied
prepossessed
problematic
problematical
prominent
pulverize
put off
put out
puzzling
quaint
qualmish
queasy
queazy
queerish
questionable
quirky
rare
rattle
raze
remarkable
ruin
rum
salient
scour
scourge
screwy
shady
shaky
sham
shame
shatter
shocking
sick
sickish
sickly
silly
simulated
singular
smash
snide
so-called
spaced-out
special
spoil
spurious
squeamish
strange
striking
substitute
supposed
suspect
suspicious
synthetic
tarnish
tear down
torment
torture
total
unaccustomed
unauthentic
uncertain
unclear
uncommon
unconventional
uncustomary
undecided
undermine
undetermined
unhinge
unique
unlikely
unorthodox
unsettle
unsettled
unusual
unwonted
upset
vitiate
wacky
wash out
waste
way-out
weak
weaken
weird
weirdo
whacky
wild
wipe out
woozy
worried
wound
wreck

Antonyms for queer

actual
ameliorate
apathetic
assure
authentic
average
better
bona fide
buoy
calm
casual
certain
cheer
clear
comfort
common
commonplace
conformist
conservative
console
conventional
cool
cure
customary
decisive
definitive
detached
disinterested
dispassionate
doctor
edit
embolden
encourage
enhance
enrich
everyday
expected
familiar
fix
frequent
garden
genuine
habitual
hands-down
heal
healthy
hearten
help
improve
incontestable
incurious
indifferent
indisputable
indubitable
insouciant
knee-jerk
meliorate
mend
natural
nonchalant
normal
obvious
open-and-shut
ordinary
patch
perfect
plain
positive
predictable
prosaic
questionless
real
reassure
rebuild
recondition
reconstruct
rectify
refine
regular
rehabilitate
relieve
remedy
remodel
renovate
repair
revamp
revise
routine
run-of-the-mill
settled
soothe
standard
sure
true
typical
unconcerned
uncurious
undeniable
undoubted
unenthusiastic
unexceptional
unfaked
uninterested
uninvolved
unproblematic
unquestionable
unremarkable
usual
valid
well
wonted
workaday

Meanings of queer

noun
1. (sometimes derogatory) A person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual qualities.
2. (sometimes derogatory) A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.
3. (sometimes derogatory) A person of any genderqueer identity.
4. (definite, with "the") Counterfeit money.
verb
1. To render an endeavor or agreement ineffective or null.
2. To puzzle.
3. To ridicule; to banter; to rally.
4. To spoil the effect or success of, as by ridicule; to throw a wet blanket on; to spoil.
5. To reevaluate or reinterpret (a work) with an eye to sexual orientation and/or to gender, as by applying queer theory.
adjective
1. Weird, odd or different; whimsical.
2. Slightly unwell (mainly in "to feel queer").
3. Drunk.
4. (sometimes derogatory) Homosexual.
5. (sometimes derogatory) Not heterosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
6. (broadly) Pertaining to sexual or gender behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual or cisgender norms, assumptions etc.
adverb
1. Queerly.

Example Sentences

Queer theory challenges traditional notions of gender and sexuality.
She felt a bit queer after eating the unfamiliar dish.
The novel explores themes of identity and belonging within the queer community.
His sense of humor was often described as queer by his friends.
The old house had a queer atmosphere, making the visitors uneasy.

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