Synonyms of quirk

quirk

noun

ˈkwərk 

as in trick

an odd or peculiar habit

wearing red shoes every day is just one of her quirks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trick
• trait
• characteristic
• mannerism
• idiosyncrasy
• peculiarity
• eccentricity
• oddity
• twist
• habit
• singularity
• tic
• curiosity
• kink
• individualism
• quip
• attribute
• quiddity
• crotchet
• personality
• tendency
• affectation
• erraticism
• character
• attitude
• pattern
• practice
• property
• custom
• way
• weirdness
• abnormality
• airs
• addiction
• practise
• predilection
• penchant
• proclivity
• predisposition
• humor
• propensity
• perversion
• inclination
• temperament
• genius
• neuroticism
• wont
• identity
• mark
• disposition
• nature
• individuality
• bent
• partiality
• turn
• leaning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conformity
• sameness

Examples of quirk in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

By a quirk of the industry calendar, airlines’ official winter schedules begin at the end of October and run through March. —Edward Russell, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2024

These errors can be due to specific quirks of individual hardware qubits or simply because some specific operations are more error prone than others. —John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024

These quirks, along with the additional expense of the stylus itself, make the Libra Colour an aggravating device for taking notes. —PCMAG, 22 Sep. 2024

Nearly a century ago, the physicist Erwin Schrödinger called attention to a quirk of the quantum world that has fascinated and vexed researchers ever since. —Ben Brubaker, WIRED, 22 Sep. 2024

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