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eccentric

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of eccentric

different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
  • His eccentric decorating style isn't going over well with the neighbors.
Synonyms of eccentric

bizarre, cranky, crazy, curious, erratic, far-out, funky, funny, kooky (also kookie), odd, off-kilter, off-the-wall, offbeat, out-of-the-way, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, screwy, spaced-out, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, wild
Words Related to eccentric

aberrant, abnormal, addlepated, flaky

extraordinary, fantastic (also fantastical), freak, freakish, freaky, phenomenal

atypical, rare, singular, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, unusual, unwonted

conspicuous, notable, noticeable, outstanding, prominent, salient, striking

atrocious, outrageous, shocking

out-there, unconventional, unorthodox

baffling, bewildering, confounding, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling
Near Antonyms of eccentric

average, commonplace, everyday, garden, normal, ordinary, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, typical, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, workaday

conformist, conservative, conventional

expected, familiar, predictable

common, customary, frequent, habitual, regular, wonted

Synonym Discussion of eccentric

strange, singular, unique, peculiar, eccentric, erratic, odd, quaint, outlandish mean departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected. strange stresses unfamiliarity and may apply to the foreign, the unnatural, the unaccountable.
    • a journey filled with strange sights
singular suggests individuality or puzzling strangeness.
    • a singular feeling of impending disaster
unique implies singularity and the fact of being without a known parallel.
    • a career unique in the annals of science
peculiar implies a marked distinctiveness.
    • the peculiar status of America's first lady
eccentric suggests a wide divergence from the usual or normal especially in behavior.
    • the eccentric eating habits of preschoolers
erratic stresses a capricious and unpredictable wandering or deviating.
    • a friend's suddenly erratic behavior
odd applies to a departure from the regular or expected.
    • an odd sense of humor
quaint suggests an old-fashioned but pleasant oddness.
    • a quaint fishing village
outlandish applies to what is uncouth, bizarre, or barbaric.
    • outlandish fashions of the time

eccentric

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of eccentric

a person of odd or whimsical habits
  • an eccentric who designed his house to look like a Scottish castle
Synonyms of eccentric

character, codger, crack, crackbrain, crackpot, crank, flake, kook, nut, oddball, oddity, screwball, weirdo, zany
Words Related to eccentric

bohemian, maverick, nonconformist, quixote

coot, geezer

curio, rarity

freak
Phrases Synonymous with eccentric

odd duck, piece of work
Near Antonyms of eccentric

conformer, conformist, follower, sheep

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