off the beaten track as an adjective: - 1
as a adverb: - 1
off the beaten track
adjective
1 off the beaten track
Remote from populous or much-traveled regions.
synonyms: out-of-the-way, out of the way.
Roget 83:
uncomformable,
exceptional;
abnormal,
abnormous†;
anomalous,
anomalistic;
out of order,
out of place,
out of keeping,
out of tune,
out of one's element;
irregular,
arbitrary;
teratogenic;
lawless,
informal,
aberrant,
stray,
wandering,
wanton;
peculiar,
exclusive,
unnatural,
eccentric,
egregious;
out of the beaten track,
off the beaten track,
out of the common,
out of the common run;
beyond the pale of,
out of the pale of;
misplaced;
funny.
unusual,
unaccustomed,
uncustomary,
unwonted,
uncommon;
rare,
curious,
odd,
extraordinary,
out of the ordinary;
strange,
monstrous;
wonderful
etc.
870;
unexpected,
unaccountable;
outre [Fr.],
out of the way,
remarkable,
noteworthy;
queer,
quaint,
nondescript,
none such,
sui generis [Lat.];
unfashionable;
fantastic,
grotesque,
bizarre;
outlandish,
exotic,
tombe des nues [Fr.],
preternatural;
denaturalized†.
heterogeneous,
heteroclite [Gramm.],
amorphous,
mongrel,
amphibious,
epicene,
half blood,
hybrid;
androgynous,
androgynal†;
asymmetric
etc.
243;
adelomorphous†,
bisexual,
hermaphrodite,
monoclinous†.
qualified
etc.
469.
singular,
unique,
one-of-a-kind.
newfangled,
novel,
non-classical;
original,
unconventional,
unheard of,
unfamiliar;
undescribed,
unprecedented,
unparalleled,
unexampled.
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adverb
1 off the beaten track
noun
Roget 83:
nonconformity
etc.
82;
unconformity,
disconformity;
unconventionality,
informality,
abnormity†,
abnormality,
anomaly;
anomalousness
etc.
adj.†;
exception,
peculiarity;
infraction of law,
breach,
of law,
violation of law,
violation of custom,
violation of usage,
infringement of law,
infringement of custom,
infringement of usage;
teratism†,
eccentricity,
bizarrerie†,
oddity,
je ne sais quoi [Fr.],
monster,
monstrosity,
rarity;
freak,
freak of Nature,
weirdo,
mutant;
rouser,
snorter [U.S.].
individuality,
idiosyncrasy,
originality,
mannerism.
aberration;
irregularity;
variety;
singularity;
exemption;
salvo
etc.
(qualification)
469.
nonconformist;
nondescript,
character,
original,
nonesuch,
nonsuch†,
monster,
prodigy,
wonder,
miracle,
curiosity,
flying fish,
black sheep,
black swan,
lusus naturae [Lat.],
rara avis [Lat.],
queer fish;
mongrel,
random breed;
half-caste,
half-blood,
half-breed;
metis [Lat.],
crossbreed,
hybrid,
mule,
hinny,
mulatto;
tertium quid [Lat.],
hermaphrodite.
[Mythical animals]
phoenix,
chimera,
hydra,
sphinx,
minotaur;
griffin,
griffon;
centaur;
saggittary†;
kraken,
cockatrice,
wyvern,
roc,
dragon,
sea serpent;
mermaid,
merman,
merfolk†;
unicorn;
Cyclops,
men whose heads do grow beneath their men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders"
[Othello];
teratology.
[unconformable to the surroundings]
fish out of water;
neither one thing nor another,
neither fish nor fowl,
neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red herring;
one in a million,
one in a way,
one in a thousand;
outcast,
outlaw;
off the beaten track;
oasis.
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