Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun weird
1 sense of weird
Sense 1
Wyrd, Weird -- (fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters)
=> Anglo-Saxon deity -- ((Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons)
Antonyms of adj weird
2 senses of weird
Sense 1
eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthly -- (suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley)
INDIRECT (VIA supernatural) -> natural -- (existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical; "a perfectly natural explanation")
Sense 2
weird -- (strikingly odd or unusual; "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker)
INDIRECT (VIA strange) -> familiar -- (within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange; "familiar ordinary objects found in every home"; "a familiar everyday scene"; "a familiar excuse"; "a day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences")
Similarity of adj weird
2 senses of weird
Sense 1
eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthly -- (suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley)
=> supernatural (vs. natural) -- (not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; "supernatural forces and occurrences and beings")
Sense 2
weird -- (strikingly odd or unusual; "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker)
=> strange (vs. familiar), unusual -- (being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has")