weird

UK: /ˈwɪə^rd/ US: /wɪrd/ ,(wērd)

Inflections of 'weird' (adj):

weirder

adj comparative

weirdest

adj superlative

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

weird /wɪrd/   adj., -er, -est. 

1. suggesting the supernatural;
   unearthly:
   a weird sound in the night.
2. strange;
   peculiar:
   a weird costume.

weird•ly, adv. 
weird•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

weird  (wērd), adj., -er, -est, n. 
adj. 

1. involving or suggesting the supernatural;
   unearthly or uncanny:
   a weird sound; weird lights.
2. fantastic;
   bizarre:
   a weird getup.
3. [Archaic.] concerned with or controlling fate or destiny.

n. Chiefly Scot. 
4. Scottish Terms fate;
   destiny.
5. Scottish Terms fate (def. 6).
• bef. 900; (noun, nominal) Middle English (northern form of wird), Old English wyrd; akin to worth²; (adjective, adjectival) Middle English, origin, originally attributive noun, nominal in phrase werde sisters the Fates (popularized as appellation of the witches in Macbeth)
weird′ly, adv. 
weird′ness, n. 
Synonyms
• 1. unnatural, preternatural.
  weird, eerie, unearthly, uncanny refer to that which is mysterious and apparently outside natural law.
  Weird refers to that which is suggestive of the fateful intervention of supernatural influences in human affairs:
  the weird adventures of a group lost in the jungle.
  Eerie refers to that which, by suggesting the ghostly, makes one's flesh creep:
  an eerie moaning from a deserted house.
  Unearthly refers to that which seems by its nature to belong to another world:
  an unearthly light that preceded the storm.
  Uncanny refers to that which is mysterious because of its apparent defiance of the laws established by experience:
  an uncanny ability to recall numbers.
Antonyms
• 1. natural.

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weird / wɪəd/ adjective

1. suggestive of or relating to the supernatural; eerie
2. strange or bizarre
3. of or relating to fate or the Fates

noun

1. fate or destiny
2. one of the Fates
3. dree one's weird ⇒
   See dree

Etymology: Old English (ge)wyrd destiny; related to weorthan to become, Old Norse urthr bane, Old Saxon wurd; see worth²

ˈweirdly adverb

ˈweirdness noun