Synonyms of quaint

Adjective


1. quaint, strange (vs. familiar), unusual

usage: strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities"

2. quaint, strange (vs. familiar), unusual

usage: very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance; "the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name"- Bill Beatty; "came forth a quaint and fearful sight"- Sir Walter Scott; "a quaint sense of humor"

3. old-time, quaint, olde worlde, fashionable (vs. unfashionable), stylish

usage: attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots"

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Definition and meaning of quaint (Dictionary)