QUIXOTE Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

quixote

noun

Definition of quixote

as in maverick

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Noun

Decades before all of that, though, Kusama was a creative maverick.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
Put simply, Hanke sees Venezuela’s future as the world’s leading oil maverick that will go rogue if OPEC’s strictures prevent it from maximizing the worth of its sumptuous reserves.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of maverick

Noun

The 1980 screwball comedy, written by Patricia Resnick and Colin Higgins and directed by the latter, also stars Dabney Coleman, Elizabeth Wilson, and Sterling Hayden.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
Her repertoire includes a screwball, curveball and rise in addition to a fastball that tops out in the mid-to-high 60s.

— Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2026

Definition of screwball

Noun

Make sure to practice a full range of motion with these and emphasize the eccentric (the way down) part of the movement for maximal time under tension and muscle-building stimulus.

— Jakob Roze, HEALTH, 19 Aug. 2026
No documentarian has a better eye for intriguing oddballs than Errol Morris, who built his feature film career on drawing them out in conversation, from pet-cemetery owners in Gates of Heaven to small-town eccentrics in Vernon, Florida.

— Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of eccentric

Noun

The space is pristine and remote, surrounded by woods and loons and big muscular-looking boulders for perching on and thinking deep thoughts.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026
This is sending shivers down the spines of regular Democrats, who now sheepishly admit the party has been turned over to the left-wing loons.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026

Definition of loon

Noun

Halaena can tell that something’s up with mummy, but that kook’s never been too concerned with matters of court.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 June 2026
After Kent’s resignation, Republican hawks denounced him as a kook and a traitor to the cause, without touching on the delicate question of why Trump appointed such a disreputable figure in the first place.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026

Definition of kook

Noun

But what was served up were stale, pale sketches that seemed to have been exhumed from some old codger’s book of gags from 19 bloody 50!

— Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2026
My job was to conceptualize and oversee a luncheon for fifty of these luminaries—with the help of a woozy codger standing in front of me.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025

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