ECCENTRIC


Meaning of ECCENTRIC in English

I. adjective

1.

not having the same center

not concentric but eccentric circles

Synonyms: off-center

Related Word: uncentered; off-balance, unbalanced

Contrasted words: centered; balanced

Antonyms: concentric

2.

Synonyms: strange 4, curious, erratic, idiosyncratic, odd, oddball, peculiar, queer, singular, weird

Related Word: anomalous, irregular, unnatural; exceptionable, exceptional, quirky, quizzical; beeheaded, ||dippy, wacky; fantastic, grotesque

Contrasted words: customary, habitual; natural, normal, regular, typical

II. noun

one who deviates from established patterns especially in odd or whimsical ways

an eccentric who filled his house with statues of himself

Synonyms: case, character, ||duck, oddball, oddity, original, quiz, ||spook, ||wack, zombie

Related Word: bohemian, maverick, nonconformist, unconformist; dissenter, heretic; caution, coot, ||geezer; crackpot, crank, freak, kook, screwball

Idioms: queer duck ( or potato)

Contrasted words: conformer, conformist, conventionalist, traditionalist; bore, bromide, dullard

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