quixote

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quixote
Noun
  • Alvarez has been described as a scientific Indiana Jones, but his reputation as a maverick was built on a foundation of patience and discipline.
    Alec Nevala-Lee June 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
  • New York is once again home, but Arden is too much a maverick to fall into the establishment trap.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • Judging by the official trailer, Neeson is up to the task, showcasing his screwball comedy chops.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 16 June 2025
  • Still, the episode captures the show’s rich tonal blend, its combination of screwball comedy and sincere concern with the daily troubles of working people, the small dramas that add up to a life.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • The petite hamlet is truly one of a kind: Originally intended as a resort destination in the late 19th century, Eureka Springs later became a home for hippies and nonconformists seeking rural refuge in the 1970s.
    Nico Lang, Them., 21 Apr. 2025
  • German immigrants founded and built the club, and in later decades Nature Friends became a hub for numerous groups: some esoteric, some nonconformist and others looking for a rustic place to chill.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Listen to your doctor, not kooks like Bobby Kennedy and Dave Weldon.
    New York Daily News, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Listen to your doctor, not kooks like Bobby Kennedy and Dave Weldon.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Indeed, exercise is for everyone, from toddlers to codgers.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2025
  • For older codgers like me who prefer golf clubs to nightclubs, a serene and charming alternative is the city of La Quinta, best known for its incomparable golf courses at PGA West and the historic La Quinta Resort & Club, another redolent whiff of Hollywood’s glorious days gone by.
    David Weiss, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • American eccentrics like Walters long have provided material for satirists across the pond.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
  • There are dozens upon dozens of memorable eccentrics, delusional antiheroes, blustery authority figures, sad sacks, screw-ups and all-too-lovable schmucks that populate the 12 feature films and handful of shorts directed by Wes Anderson.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • The father, Buddy Smart (Bryan Cranston), is the clan’s second-rate crackpot visionary, a cockeyed optimist who dresses in fuddy-duddy jackets and never knows where the next paycheck is coming from.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 June 2025
  • It was also designed to look for evidence of continental drift – an idea that was then just starting to shift out of crackpot territory and into the scientific mainstream.
    David Szondy June 08, New Atlas, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • Danan has crafted a loving ode to every weirdo or outsider who made a TV show (or other pop culture franchise) their entire personality.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 19 May 2025
  • An exclusive group of evolutionary weirdos Only a handful of organisms are known to form collective assemblages for the purpose of dispersing, similar to the nematode towers.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
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“Quixote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quixote. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.

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