Queer

What do we mean by queer?

Deviating from what is expected or normal; strange. adjective

Odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric. adjective

Of a questionable nature or character; suspicious. adjective

Gay or lesbian. adjective

Of or relating to lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, or transgender people. adjective

Feeling slightly ill, as in being dizzy or queasy. adjective

Used as a disparaging term for a gay man or a lesbian. noun

A lesbian, gay male, bisexual, or transgender person. noun

To ruin or thwart. transitive verb

Appearing, behaving, or feeling otherwise than is usual or normal; odd; singular; droll; whimsical; quaint.

Open to suspicion; doubtful in point of honesty.

Counterfeit; worthless.

Having a sensation of sudden or impending illness; sick or languid.

Synonyms Strange, Odd, etc. (see eccentric), curious, extraordinary, unique, fantastic.

Counterfeit money; “green goods.” noun

To banter; ridicule; deride.

To puzzle.

An obsolete form of quire. noun

(sometimes derogatory) A person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual qualities.

(sometimes derogatory) A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.

(sometimes derogatory) A person of any genderqueer identity.

(definite, with "the") Counterfeit money.

Words that are spelled similarly to queer:
queer, queen, queuer, quer, queet, queef, querer, queeg, queem.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word queer:
intersex, lgbt, transgender, lesbian, bisexual, homophobia, heterosexual, sexuality, trans, gay, femme, pedagogy, feminist, feminism, theorist, activism, folk, questioning, tango, pride, duck, gender, homosexuality, critique, homosexual, theory, guy, eye, judith, cinema, straight, identity, activist, explores, anthology, punk, sexual, openly, festival, theology, aids, parade, mumbai, nation, collective, liberation, hop, radical, politics, culture, studies, orientation, strange, sex, spaces, themes, youth, voices, perspective, edited, hip, mainstream, palm, discrimination, communities, desire, color, theories, cultural, resource, community, issues, aims, representation, critical, discussion, pink, movements.

Words that rhyme with queer:
clear, tear, gear, peer, sheer, year, shear, fear, career, adhere, mere, premier, austere, engineer, severe, deer, steer, cavalier, beer, pioneer, appear, smear, volunteer, persevere, atmosphere, near, cheer, sphere, dear, sincere, pier, premiere, rear, interfere, revere, sneer, veneer, sear, frontier, veer, sere, cohere, jeer, hemisphere, souvenir, disappear, spear, cashier, lear, emir, chandelier, belvedere, vere, commandeer, reindeer, biosphere, zaire, mir, chevalier, financier, stratosphere, mear, unclear, amir, stere, kir, stear, bombardier, insincere, neer, yesteryear, racketeer, shere, bandolier, bere, deere, headgear, domineer, mountaineer, brigadier, teer, fleer, profiteer, meir, kier, midyear, crystal clear, fier, speer, marketeer, leap year, auctioneer, gere, reappear, rainier, brere, frere, spere, wier, greer.

Adjectives that are often used to describe queer:
little, mighty, awful, old, devilish, damned, sound, real, damn, kinder, deuced, bloody, goddamn, uncommonly, less, uncommon, very, feel, big, terrible, filthy, almighty, dirty, dangerous, dreadful, powerful, mortal, least, pretty, jolly, unco, litde, sufficient, plain, precious, sure, goddamned, darn, irish, stupid, horrid, goddam, some, monstrous, postcolonial, blessed, aged, varry, confounded, gay, michty, gey, butch, smart, fired, invisible, minded, sick, tragic, funny, closeted.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective queer:
thing, things, theory, way, feeling, sort, people, look, fellow, place, kind, smile, mixture, fish, sensation, world, ways, ideas, name, story, lot, business, voice, politics, studies, notions, expression, sense, sound, stories, creature, places, theorists, idea, community, creatures, noise, girl, figure, characters, chap, light, culture, bird, identity, names, noises, notion, combination, face, smell, house, country, shapes, boy, youth, taste, sight, laugh, fashion, sounds, folk, duck, stuff, desire, fellows, tricks, twist, word, communities, dream, customer, fancies, company, sexuality, animal, shape, affair, thoughts.

Consonant match to queer:
quire, quaere, quare, quarre.

Words that sound like queer:
queer, choir, quire, quare, croire, coire, qer, clear, cure, career, quiz, quicker, quiver, quitter, query, queers, quiero, kir, keir, kier, queerer, quitar, quish, quis, quizzer, keer, crear, creer, kear, quaere, quar, qre, cleere, qir, querer, creare, kyr, queered, cuire, quiller, quair, quira, cuir, quipper, clir, quittor, cwr, queer eye, qwr, guar, guiar, gwar, kierre, care, square, claire, clare, clair, cair, querry, kwa, kare, caire, klare, quero, cuero, cwa, crare, kehr, queller, kher, kere, crar, car, aware, acquire, aquire, carr, choirs, clar, carre, caer, clor, coar, chua, clour, coer, caar, clower, clore, ccar, chlor, clure, chier, claar, coare, chlore, cayer, choired, chlor-.