Antonyms for off beaten path
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : beet-n |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbit n |
- approachable
- average
- bad
- befriended
- believable
- close
- common
- commonplace
- convenient
- conventional
- customary
- expected
- familiar
- friendly
- general
- gentle
- indifferent
- inferior
- known
- like
- likely
- loved
- mingling
- near
- nearby
- normal
- open
- ordinary
- orthodox
- plain
- poor
- possible
- probable
- public
- regular
- related
- relevant
- similar
- sociable
- standard
- typical
- unexceptional
- unextraordinary
- unimportant
- unremarkable
- unsurprising
- usual
- warm
- worthless
Definition of off beaten path
Origin :- "hammered" (of metal, etc.), c.1300, from past participle of beat (v.), which alternates with beat with some distinctions of sense. Meaning "defeated" is from 1560s; that of "repeatedly struck" is from 1590s.
- As in remote : adj out-of-the-way; in the distance
- As in unorthodox : adj abnormal; other than accepted
- As in off the beaten path : adj not on the usual path
- As in extraordinary : adj strange and wonderful
Synonyms for off beaten path
- alien
- amazing
- back
- backwoods
- beatnik
- beyond
- bizarre
- boondocks
- boss
- crazy
- curious
- devious
- different
- dissident
- distant
- eccentric
- exceptional
- fab
- fantastic
- far
- far-flung
- far-off
- far-out
- faraway
- flaky
- flash
- foreign
- frontier
- gnarly
- god-knows-where
- godforsaken
- heavy
- heretical
- heterodox
- in a backwater
- inaccessible
- inconceivable
- incredible
- irregular
- isolated
- kinky
- lonely
- lonesome
- marvelous
- middle of nowhere
- nonconformist
- not well-known
- obscure
- odd
- off beaten path
- off the beaten path
- off the beaten track
- off-lying
- offbeat
- out of the ordinary
- outlandish
- outlying
- outstanding
- particular
- peculiar
- phenomenal
- private
- rare
- remarkable
- removed
- retired
- schismatic
- secluded
- secret
- sectarian
- singular
- special
- strange
- stupendous
- surprising
- terrific
- uncommon
- unconventional
- uncustomary
- undiscovered
- unfamiliar
- unfrequented
- unheard-of
- unimaginable
- unique
- unknown
- unprecedented
- unsettled
- unthinkable
- unusual
- unvisited
- unwonted
- way-out
- weird
- wicked
- wild
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