Synonyms of queer

queer 1 of 2

adjective

ˈkwir 

1

as in sick

affected with nausea

eating all of that deep-fried food would make most people feel a little queer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sick
• sickish
• squeamish
• queerish
• ill
• queasy
• nauseous
• upset
• unsettled
• nauseated
• queazy
• qualmish
• green
• sickly
• peaky
• peaked
• woozy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• well
• healthy
• settled

2

as in strange

different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion

one competitor had a queer way of running that attracted a lot of attention from the spectators

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strange
• funny
• bizarre
• weird
• curious
• odd
• peculiar
• erratic
• eccentric
• remarkable
• crazy
• unusual
• abnormal
• kinky
• quirky
• unique
• funky
• offbeat
• queerish
• wild
• out-of-the-way
• quaint
• off-the-wall
• outré
• unconventional
• way-out
• outlandish
• kooky
• rum
• wacky
• fantastical
• whacky
• weirdo
• uncommon
• screwy
• kookie
• rare
• far-out
• extraordinary
• cranky
• outrageous
• off-kilter
• bizarro
• fantastic
• freak
• outstanding
• aberrant
• spaced-out
• freaky
• prominent
• flaky
• shocking
• phantasmagoric
• atypical
• freakish
• conspicuous
• striking
• noticeable
• salient
• singular
• phantasmagorical
• notable
• phenomenal
• unwonted
• out-there
• idiosyncratic
• nonconformist
• puzzling
• perplexing
• addlepated
• unorthodox
• baffling
• confounding
• crotchety
• nonmainstream
• mystifying
• atrocious
• bewildering
• uncustomary

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• normal
• ordinary
• typical
• usual
• average
• standard
• garden
• conservative
• everyday
• prosaic
• routine
• commonplace
• conventional
• familiar
• unremarkable
• unexceptional
• workaday
• run-of-the-mill
• predictable
• conformist
• common
• regular
• frequent
• expected
• customary
• habitual
• knee-jerk
• wonted

3

as in unusual

noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced

a lot of queer things started happening almost from the day that we moved into the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unusual
• uncommon
• funny
• strange
• weird
• curious
• peculiar
• rare
• extraordinary
• odd
• unique
• offbeat
• out-of-the-way
• singular
• bizarre
• unaccustomed
• eccentric
• special
• abnormal
• uncustomary
• outré
• oddball
• atypical
• remarkable
• kookie
• outlandish
• aberrant
• exceptional
• way-out
• kooky
• noticeable
• far-out
• notable
• particular
• noteworthy
• newsworthy
• irregular

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• common
• ordinary
• usual
• plain
• normal
• familiar
• regular
• typical
• unexceptional
• predictable
• expected

4

as in obsessed

having extreme or relentless concern

he's a little queer on the subject of astronomy; if you get him going, he'll talk for hours

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obsessed
• worried
• concerned
• preoccupied
• happy
• anxious
• engaged
• passionate
• occupied
• hung up
• involved
• impassioned
• ardent
• absorbed
• fervent
• foolish
• engrossed
• distracted
• silly
• fervid
• full
• feverish
• prepossessed
• knee-deep
• crazy
• nuts
• dotty

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cool
• indifferent
• casual
• disinterested
• detached
• dispassionate
• nonchalant
• uninterested
• apathetic
• unconcerned
• uninvolved
• unenthusiastic
• insouciant
• incurious
• uncurious

5

as in counterfeit

being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud

queer money that was the work of a master forger

Synonyms & Similar Words

• counterfeit
• fake
• false
• forged
• ornamental
• phoney
• inauthentic
• snide
• imitation
• synthetic
• phony
• bogus
• spurious
• artificial
• unauthentic
• sham
• deceptive
• mock
• manufactured
• cultured
• misleading
• simulated
• factitious
• substitute
• dummy
• mimic
• fabricated
• nonfunctioning
• delusive
• man-made

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• real
• authentic
• genuine
• bona fide
• natural
• actual
• true
• unfaked
• valid

6

as in questionable

giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged

queer business practices that bear some looking into

Synonyms & Similar Words

• questionable
• dubious
• problematical
• disputable
• problematic
• suspicious
• doubtful
• suspect
• debatable
• fishy
• ambiguous
• shaky
• equivocal
• shady
• alleged
• dodgy
• unclear
• doubtable
• dubitable
• uncertain
• unlikely
• weak
• moot
• supposed
• so-called
• improbable
• undetermined
• undecided
• open
• flimsy
• far-fetched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• certain
• sure
• unproblematic
• indisputable
• incontestable
• unquestionable
• indubitable
• undeniable
• undoubted
• decisive
• definitive
• positive
• questionless
• obvious
• clear
• hands-down
• open-and-shut

queer

2 of 2

verb

1

as in to humble

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humble
• shame
• humiliate
• distress
• demean
• discomfort
• debase
• disquiet
• unsettle
• degrade
• upset
• perturb
• put off
• agitate
• disconcert
• dismay
• bother
• unhinge
• put out
• disturb
• mortify
• discompose
• chagrin
• embarrass
• discountenance
• faze
• discomfit
• confound
• fluster
• abash
• nonplus
• confuse
• rattle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• comfort
• relieve
• calm
• console
• soothe
• encourage
• cheer
• assure
• reassure
• buoy
• hearten
• embolden

2

as in to gum (up)

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gum (up)
• wound
• ding
• dent
• lacerate
• blight
• torment
• botch
• torture
• desolate
• mutilate
• disable
• wash out
• bloody
• lame
• dint
• tear down
• tarnish
• wear (away)
• maim
• hamstring
• wipe out
• mangle
• clobber
• destroy
• waste
• scourge
• crush
• wreck
• ruin
• total
• undermine
• annihilate
• bash
• dash
• batter
• scour
• smash
• hurt
• erode
• decimate
• devastate
• pulverize
• cripple
• demolish
• cross (up)
• harm
• shatter
• impair
• crab
• disfigure
• damage
• weaken
• spoil
• raze
• enfeeble
• injure
• bang up
• flaw
• deteriorate
• compromise
• blemish
• deface
• mar
• vitiate
• enervate
• do in
• break
• endamage

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repair
• patch
• reconstruct
• rebuild
• help
• cure
• remedy
• fix
• renovate
• heal
• mend
• rehabilitate
• revamp
• doctor
• rectify
• better
• perfect
• improve
• recondition
• revise
• edit
• enrich
• enhance
• remodel
• refine
• ameliorate
• meliorate

Examples of queer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

Fish lesbians often queered feminine aesthetics, warping heteronormative and cisnormative expectations of gender to play with them in more imaginative ways. —Quispe López, Them, 1 Aug. 2024

Mx Blouse, spotlighted as Spotify’s GLOW artist in October, is one of the artists, DJs, and nightlife organizers actively queering this diverse metro of six million people (and just as many trees). —Jd Shadel, Them, 2 July 2024

Almodóvar’s gaze is more like a series of fun house mirrors here, passing through classic dime-store-novel narrative, the macho-man canon of midcentury Technicolor westerns and the winky camp of queering it all in circa-2023 couture. —Leah Greenblatt, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023