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quaint

[kweynt] / kweɪnt /
ADJECTIVE
strange, odd
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bizarre curious fanciful funny laughable peculiar unusual weird whimsical
WEAK
droll eccentric erratic fantastic freakish freaky idiosyncratic oddball off the beaten track offbeat original outlandish singular special
Antonyms
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common grave normal ordinary reasonable regular serious standard usual
WEAK
conventional
ADJECTIVE
old-fashioned; nostalgically attractive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
antiquated archaic charming curious cute fanciful picturesque twee whimsical
WEAK
Gothic Victorian affected ancient antique artful baroque captivating colonial enchanting ingenious old-world pleasing
Antonyms
STRONGEST
modern new ordinary ugly
WEAK
common conventional current newfangled regular up-to-date usual

Example Sentences

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Remember how quaint betting on March Madness, the Super Bowl or other sporting events used to be?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Scenic designer Beowulf Boritt’s quaint tearoom seems both real and hallucinatory, with a melancholy rain pouring down in the background.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, the film explores what happens to a family who wake up one day to find that their quaint suburban block has moved somewhere else entirely.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

It offered thick but uneven walls and rot in the roof beams, but was cozy and quaint, with almost an acre of land.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

My parents, Kia, and I had taken a weekend trip to Carmel, a quaint beach town about ninety minutes away from our house.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

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