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weirdo

UK/ˈwɪə.dəʊ//ˈwiɹ.doʊ/

weirdo noun: a strange, odd, eccentric person.

Noun (1)

weirdo (plural weirdoes or weirdos)

  1. (derogatory, informal) A strange, odd, eccentric person.
    Synonyms:
    strange person
  2. (derogatory, informal) An insane, possibly dangerous person.
    Synonyms:
    mad person

Adjective

weirdo (not comparable)

  1. Weird.
    • What's going on in this weirdo town?2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Twilight Town

Noun (2) capitalized: Weirdo

Weirdo (plural Weirdos)

  1. (slang) A superfan of American science-fiction author Andy Weir.

weirdo meaning in Urdu and Malayalam

weirdo in Urdu

عجیب آدمی

weirdo in Malayalam

eccentric, odd fellow, oddity
അസാധാരണസ്വഭാവമുള്ളവൻ, വിചിത്രവ്യക്തി, വിചിത്രസ്വഭാവമുള്ളവൻ, അപൂർവ്വമനുഷ്യൻ, സർഗോന്മാദി, വിചിത്രവജീവി

Synonyms of weirdo

  • strange person
  • mad person

Forms of weirdo

pluralweirdoes
pluralweirdos
pluralWeirdos

Origin of weirdo

From weird + -o (“person with characteristic”). First attested in the early 1950s, in American English. The similar word weirdie (“odd, unconventional person”) is attested from earlier, in 1887; in Scottish English.

Blend of Weir + weirdo

Words formed from weirdo

Words that rhyme with weirdo

Questions about weirdo

What does weirdo mean?
Weirdo means a strange, odd, eccentric person.
What is weirdo in Urdu?
Weirdo in Urdu is عجیب آدمی. See Weirdo meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is weirdo?
Weirdo can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce weirdo?
Weirdo is pronounced /ˈwɪə.dəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of weirdo?
The plural of weirdo is weirdoes.

Words near weirdo in the dictionary

  1. weirdlings
  2. weirdlooking
  3. weirdly
  4. weirdness
  5. weirdnesses
  6. weirdo
  7. weirdo shirt
  8. weirdoes
  9. weirdometer
  10. weirdometers
  11. weirdos

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: weirdo (page history and authors); Weirdo (page history and authors); weirdo (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); weirdo (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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