queer

queer is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act.
2. adjective. Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer transaction.
3. noun. Counterfeit money.
4. noun. offensive term for an openly homosexual man

   Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen

5. verb. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

   Synonyms: endanger, expose, peril, scupper

6. verb. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

   "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"

   "foil your opponent"

   Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, scotch, spoil, thwart

7. adjective. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

   "a curious hybrid accent"

   "her speech has a funny twang"

   Synonyms: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, rum, rummy, singular

8. adjective. homosexual or arousing homosexual desires

   Synonyms: gay, homophile

Synonyms

fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, endanger, expose, peril, scupper, baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, scotch, spoil, thwart, curious, funny

Common word forms

queers, queered, queerer, queerly, queerest, queering, queerity, queerness

Words from these letters

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