ECCENTRICITIES Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

eccentricities

noun

plural of eccentricity

as in tricks

an odd or peculiar habit one of the woman's eccentricities was her lifelong habit of reading while soaking in the bathtub for hours

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conformities

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Recent Examples of eccentricities The curators will swap things in and out as they get used to the eccentricities of the new building. —

Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026 Her Catherine is less defined by the quirky, appealing eccentricities of Mary-Louise Parker’s performance in the original 2000 Broadway staging, but is girded by a certain angry resignation, fearful of what life might have in store, furious too, yet seething with a will to defy it all. —

Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026 So, there are no barriers for us in responding to each other’s musical eccentricities. —

George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026 In addition to Dougie, Rockin’ Grandma’s employees all have their eccentricities. —

Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026 With the exception of the central character played by Judy Greer, all the figures onscreen display the sort of eccentricities that are presumably meant to be either amusing or endearing but instead simply come across as odd. —

Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 14 Mar. 2026 Watch young John Early, Kate Berlant, and Cole Escola re-create a scene from the film in intricate detail and see camp interpretation at its finest — comedians using Showgirls’s eccentricities to unearth something delicious. —

Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026 Built in 1940 by architect Gerard Colcord, the home underwent a three-year renovation that preserved its bones while editing out the eccentricities left behind by former owners—including Cage’s tarantula room and Martin’s personal performance stage, as well as his outdoor pony corral. —

Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2026 That would be a perfectly reasonable offer from a for-profit real-estate company; a local operator would likely be helpful as a foreign entity attempts to deal with the eccentricities of the New York regulatory environment. —

Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 25 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for eccentricities

Noun

Payment processors grew suspicious despite Cotter’s tricks, and by 2020 the US Postal Inspection Service had launched an investigation.

— Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026
The mother-daughter duo coordinated in shades of cream and brown, with Charlotte even borrowing some of her mom's styling tricks (both wore the British brand Self-Portrait, for example).

— Emma Banks, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026