exotic
Unusual and exciting because it comes from a faraway place.
exotic in a sentence
- The market stall sold exotic fruits that none of us had ever seen in Britain.
- The butterfly house was full of exotic species from faraway rainforests, in colours we had never seen.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to exotic?
- Aunusual
- Bfamiliar
- Cordinary
- Dlocal
Show the answer
A: unusual. The other three mean the opposite of exotic.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to exotic?
- Aunusual
- Bforeign
- Cstrange
- Dordinary
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D: ordinary. The other three mean nearly the same as exotic.
Words that mean something similar
unusual, strange, foreign
Words that mean the opposite
ordinary, familiar, local
More words about places & settings
- expanse: A wide, open stretch of land, sea or sky.
- exterior: The outside part of something.
- grim: Gloomy, harsh and without cheer.
- habitable: Good enough for people or animals to live in.
- haven: A safe place where you can shelter from harm.
- hazardous: Dangerous and likely to cause harm.
- inhabit: To live in a place.
- interior: The inside part of something.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test