queerer
Odder than before
Queerer is the comparative form of queer in its original sense, meaning stranger or more peculiar: The situation grew queerer by the hour.
This usage is now rare, as the word's association with LGBTQ identity has largely displaced its older meaning.
Strangely unusual
- bizarreStrikingly unconventional
- unusualNot often encountered
- strangeUnusual or unfamiliar
- eccentricUnconventional in character
atypical · irregular · outlandish · idiosyncratic · curious · singular · aberrant · freakish
Sexual and gender minorities
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
- rainbowRefracted light arc
- gayAttracted to same sex
- lesbianWoman desiring women
bisexual · transgender · nonbinary · genderqueer · pansexual · asexual · identity · community
Rejects prevailing social standards
- unorthodoxContrary to accepted practice
- eccentricUnconventional in character
- bohemianArtistic nonconformist type
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
countercultural · alternative · offbeat · iconoclastic · subversive · radical · experimental · transgressive
peculiar
Strangely unusual
eccentric · atypical · irregular · outlandish · idiosyncratic · curious · singular · aberrant · freakish · anomalous
LGBTQ
Sexual and gender minorities
lesbian · bisexual · transgender · nonbinary · genderqueer · pansexual · asexual · identity · community · fluidity
nonconformist
Rejects prevailing social standards
- unorthodoxContrary to accepted practice
- eccentricUnconventional in character
- bohemianArtistic nonconformist type
avant-garde · countercultural · alternative · offbeat · iconoclastic · subversive · radical · experimental · transgressive · boundary-pushing
- queer communitySexual and gender minorities collectively
- queer identityNon-normative sexual or gender selfhood
- queer cultureLGBTQ+ collective identity
- queer bashingViolence against LGBT people
- queer romanceLGBTQ+ romantic relationship
- queer representationDepicting non-heterosexual identities in media
queer, queerly, queers, queered, queerness, queerest, queering