Gonzo — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈɔltɚz/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡˈɒnzəʊ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡˈɒnzəʊ/

2 syllables Say it as /hˈɔltɚz/.

Examples

restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit
famed for his eccentric spelling
a freakish combination of styles

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

flaky outlandish flakey outre off-the-wall freaky bizarre freakish eccentric

Parts of Speech

adjective

conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

“restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit”

Word Forms

bizarreness	noun	strikingly out of the ordinary
eccentricity	noun	strange and unconventional behavior
freakishness	noun	marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal
flakiness	noun	informal terms for insanity
outlandishness	noun	strikingly out of the ordinary

Around the World

Europe

🇷🇺Russian

гонзо

явно или крайне нетрадиционно или необычно

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गोंजो

स्पष्ट रूप से या पूरी तरह से अपरंपरागत या असामान्य

🇧🇩Bengali

গনজো

সুস্পষ্টভাবে বা স্থূলভাবে অপ্রচলিত বা অস্বাভাবিক

🇮🇳Tamil

கோன்சோ

வெளிப்படையான அல்லது மொத்தமாக வழக்கத்திற்கு மாறான அல்லது அசாதாரணமானது

🇮🇳Telugu

గోంజో

ప్రస్ఫుటంగా లేదా స్థూలంగా అసాధారణంగా లేదా అసాధారణంగా

🇮🇳Marathi

गोंझो

स्पष्टपणे किंवा स्थूलपणे अपारंपरिक किंवा असामान्य

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગોન્ઝો

દેખીતી રીતે અથવા એકદમ બિનપરંપરાગત અથવા અસામાન્ય

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗೊಂಜೊ

ಎದ್ದುಕಾಣುವ ಅಥವಾ ತೀವ್ರವಾಗಿ ಅಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ಅಥವಾ ಅಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഗോൺസോ

പ്രകടമായി അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മൊത്തത്തിൽ പാരമ്പര്യേതര അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അസാധാരണമായ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗੋਂਜ਼ੋ

ਸਪੱਸ਼ਟ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਜਾਂ ਘੋਰ ਗੈਰ-ਰਵਾਇਤੀ ਜਾਂ ਅਸਾਧਾਰਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

گونزو

واضح طور پر یا مجموعی طور پر غیر روایتی یا غیر معمولی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

奇闻趣事

明显或非常不传统或不寻常

🇯🇵Japanese

ハメ撮り

著しく、または著しく型破りな、または異常な

🇰🇷Korean

셀카

눈에 띄게 또는 완전히 틀에 얽매이지 않거나 특이한

🇹🇭Thai

กอนโซ

อย่างเด่นชัดหรืออย่างไม่มีมาตรฐานหรือผิดปกติ

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

جونزو

غير تقليدية أو غير عادية بشكل واضح أو صارخ

🇮🇷Persian

گونزو

آشکارا یا به شدت غیر متعارف یا غیر معمول است

🇮🇱Hebrew

גונזו

בלתי שגרתי או חריג באופן בולט או גס

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