extraordinary

[ik-strawr-dn-er-ee, ek-struh-awr-] / ɪkˈstrɔr dnˌɛr i, ˌɛk strəˈɔr- /

ADJECTIVE

strange and wonderful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amazing bizarre curious exceptional fantastic incredible marvelous odd outstanding particular phenomenal rare remarkable singular special strange surprising terrific uncommon unheard-of unimaginable unique unprecedented unusual weird

WEAK

boss fab gnarly heavy inconceivable off beaten path out of the ordinary peculiar stupendous unfamiliar unthinkable unwonted wicked

Antonyms

STRONGEST

average bad believable common commonplace conventional expected familiar general indifferent inferior like normal ordinary plain poor regular similar standard typical unexceptional unimportant unremarkable usual worthless

WEAK

customary unextraordinary unsurprising

Example Sentences

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Fisher's relatives said she was "an extraordinary woman", adding: "She has left an immeasurable hole in our lives, and in all the lives she has touched and inspired."

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Plus a flower shop next door called Verdant that has flowers I’ve genuinely never seen anywhere else: pink sunflowers that aren’t dyed, just extraordinary things.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

To secure the extraordinary unrealized profits that define so many portfolios, investors could consider our preferred hedging strategy: ratio spreads.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

One is that the area has an extraordinary number of homeless people: some 72,000 in L.A.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

He’d seen something extraordinary and there was no one to share it with.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

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