ECCENTRICITY Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

eccentricity

noun

ˌek-(ˌ)sen-ˈtri-sə-tē

as in characteristic

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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Recent Examples of eccentricity Still, even an understanding of Turner’s eccentricities didn’t prepare the Braves to learn the morning of their game against Pittsburgh that the team’s owner was now the manager. —

Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 May 2026 Sterling, a member of the New York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame, featured a distinctive baritone and drew adoration and criticism alike for his eccentricities and his unabashed Yankees fandom that resonated in his broadcasts. —

Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 4 May 2026 The rules say that eccentricity is rarely acceptable. —

Steven Gray, Time, 29 Apr. 2026 Screenwriter Craig Mazin finds a way, however, by smartly retooling Swann’s story for a younger audience, stripping out the text’s more violent eccentricities, while preserving the universally winning curiosity of the premise. —

Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for eccentricity

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Noun

Vehicles not meeting passenger vehicle characteristics including, but not limited to, tractor-trailers, buses, motor homes and step or cube vans, the Authority said.

— Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Scientists have found a skull with Neandertal characteristics farther south in England, but the inhabitants of the Barnham site may have instead been Homo heidelbergensis, a second early hominin species.

— Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Dec. 2025