offbeat

13 synonyms for offbeat, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Noun — (music) The beats in a bar of music that do not usually get the emphasis.

Synonyms

Still standard English, but they carry more weight.

upbeat maverick eccentric

Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.

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(music) The beats in a bar of music that do not usually get the emphasis.

“The congregation clapped along on the offbeat.”

upbeat

Someone whose behaviour or style is unusual and does not follow what is expected.

“No one dignified such offbeats by responding to their outcries. Today, the "knockers of progress" have become a force that cannot be ignored.”

oddball maverick individualist bizarro misfit heteroclite deviant nonconformist crackpot coot eccentric deviate

Formed from off- and beat; describing something that does not follow the beat, as when a drum sounds out cadence.

eccentric upbeat maverick deviate nonconformist oddball bizarro coot misfit crackpot deviant heteroclite