freak
[noun]
Synonyms:
- oddity, aberration, anomaly, malformation, monstrosity, weirdo or weirdie (informal)
- enthusiast, addict, aficionado, buff (informal), devotee, fan, fanatic, fiend (informal), nut (slang)
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- abnormal, exceptional, unparalleled, unusual

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Related Idioms: freak of nature
Related Words: aberration, chimera, malconformation, malformation, misshape, mosaic, mutation, sport, abnormality, anomaly, curiosity, oddity, rara avis, rarity, androgyne, hermaphrodite

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English Thesaurus: unusual, rare, exceptional, out of the ordinary, freak, ...

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I. freak¹ /friːk/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Perhaps from Old English frician 'to dance']

1. informal someone who is extremely interested in a particular subject so that other people think they are strange or unusual:
a fitness freak
a religious freak
a computer freak

2. someone who is considered to be very strange because of the way they look, behave, or think Synonym : weirdo:
These glasses make me look like a freak.
Women who studied engineering used to be considered freaks.

3. a control freak someone who always wants to control situations and other people

4. (also freak of nature) something in nature that is very unusual:
Due to some freak of nature, it snowed in June.

5. an unexpected and very unusual event:
By some freak of fate, he walked away from the crash completely unhurt.
April’s sales figures were a freak.

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II. freak² adjective [only before noun]
unexpected and very unusual:
a freak result
He was crushed to death in a freak accident.
freak wind/wave/storm etc
The men drowned when a freak wave sank their boat.

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III. freak³ verb [intransitive] informal
to become suddenly angry or afraid, especially so that you cannot control your behaviour Synonym : flip:
When Ben heard about the accident, he just freaked.
freak out phrasal verb informal
to become very anxious, upset, or afraid, or make someone very anxious, upset, or afraid:
People just freaked out when they heard the news.
freak somebody out
The whole idea freaked me out.

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freak
noun
I. strange/unusual event
FREAK + NOUN accident, result, storm, wave A driver was killed in a freak accident when a cow fell from a bridge. The manager described the 8?0 defeat as a freak result.
PREP. ~ of This was no more than a freak of history.
PHRASES by some freak of sth By some freak of fate, she won an enormous sum of money.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

freak
II. person with a very strong interest in sth
ADJ. computer, fitness, health, speed For the real speed freak, there is a 2-litre, fuel-injection version of the car.
control Her dad seems to be a bit of a control freak, always keeping a close watch on what anybody's doing.
PHRASES a bit of a freak

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freak
III. sb who is considered to be strange
VERB + FREAK feel | regard sb as Other students regarded him as a freak.
PHRASES a bit of a freak I felt a bit of a freak in my strange clothes.

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unusual different from what usually happens:
We had snow in May, which is very unusual.
rare not happening very often, or existing only in small numbers:
Violent crimes are rare.
Hatton gathered many rare plants from all over the world.
exceptional /ɪkˈsepʃənəl/ very unusual and happening very rarely:
90-day visas can be extended only in exceptional circumstances.
The presence of a jury in a civil trial is now quite exceptional.
out of the ordinary unusual and surprising or special:
It was a small village where nothing out of the ordinary ever seemed to happen.
freak extremely unusual and unexpected - used about an accident, storm etc:
A freak wave wrecked most of the seafront.
Their car was crushed by a tree in a freak accident.
unprecedented /ʌnˈpresədentəd, ʌnˈpresɪdentəd/ if something is unprecedented, it has never happened before - often used about successes and achievements:
An unprecedented number of students have received top grades.
This kind of deal is unprecedented.
unheard of if something is unheard of, it has never happened or been done before - used especially when something seems very surprising to people at that time:
In our small town, this kind of crime was almost unheard of.
unheard-of luxuries such as electric windows and air-conditioning
eccentric behaving in a way that seems rather strange but not frightening:
The house was owned by an eccentric millionaire.
eccentric behaviour
unconventional very different from the way people usually behave, think, dress etc, often in a way that seems interesting:
His parents had a rather unconventional lifestyle, and let their children do whatever they pleased.
His approach to business may seem unconventional, but he certainly gets results.
unorthodox unorthodox ideas or methods are different from the usual ones, and therefore seem surprising to many people:
He is known for his unorthodox political views.
unorthodox teaching methods

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

freak
n., slang
1. A good, or well-liked person, the opposite of a square, someone with long hair and who is likely (or known) to be a marijuana smoker or a drug user. Also said of homosexuals.
Is Joe a square, establishment type?
■ Oh no, he's a regular freak.
2. --- freak An enthusiast, a person who does or cultivates something in excess.
Ellen is a film-freak.

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