Exotic

Quick meaning: Exotic is an adjective meaning Foreign, especially in an exciting way.

Meaning

Foreign, especially in an exciting way.

More Meanings

1. (finance) Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.
2. (veterinary medicine) Denoting or relating to any animal that is not a cat or dog, requiring specialised healthcare
3. (Of a pet) Unusual to keep or undomesticated.
4. An organism that is exotic to an environment; an introduced species.
5. A person not native to a particular area; a foreigner.
6. An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
7. (gambling) Being or relating to various wagers, such as the trifecta, that involve betting on the finishing positions of multiple competitors across one or more races.

Example Sentences

an exotic appearance

Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.

Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics.

There were a few exotics among them — some South American boys, sons of Argentine beef barons, one or two Russians, and even a Siamese prince, or someone who was described as a prince.

Word Forms

• exotics

Synonyms for exotic

Depending on context, synonyms include strange, unusual, foreign, alien.

Antonyms for exotic

Common opposites include native.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include strange, foreign, unusual, alien, rare, extraneous.

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