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a person of odd or whimsical habits
an eccentric who designed his house to look like a Scottish castle
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Recent Examples of eccentrics
Appealing to consumers searching for a piece of history, the store has gained a following of visitors hunting for unique souvenirs, designers on inspiration trips and local eccentrics.
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
For Mimi Pond, the desire to do a book about the Mitford sisters – six larger-than-life British eccentrics (and one brother) who created a stir in both British and American culture – was obvious.
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
For decades, sovereign citizens largely flew under the radar in Australia as relatively harmless eccentrics with a special interest in conspiracy theories.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Both towns are filled with lovable eccentrics, both treat community as a kind of moral center, and both ask us to consider what decency looks like at the local level.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Appealing to consumers searching for a piece of history, the store has gained a following of visitors hunting for unique souvenirs, designers on inspiration trips and local eccentrics.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
For Mimi Pond, the desire to do a book about the Mitford sisters – six larger-than-life British eccentrics (and one brother) who created a stir in both British and American culture – was obvious.
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
For decades, sovereign citizens largely flew under the radar in Australia as relatively harmless eccentrics with a special interest in conspiracy theories.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Both towns are filled with lovable eccentrics, both treat community as a kind of moral center, and both ask us to consider what decency looks like at the local level.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Appealing to consumers searching for a piece of history, the store has gained a following of visitors hunting for unique souvenirs, designers on inspiration trips and local eccentrics.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eccentrics
Noun
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This recipe takes a simple pumpkin cake and turns it into a wonderfully decadent dessert with a creamy, spiced filling and whipped topping with caramel, toffee bars, and nuts.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2025
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Add nuts and seeds to your diet.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In books and movies, though, versions of amnesia lurk everywhere … Amnesiacs might not much exist, but amnesiac characters stumble everywhere through comic books, movies, and our dreams.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Oct. 2025
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Other new characters joining the mix are Malcolm’s girlfriend, Tristan (Kiana Madeira) and his daughter, Leah (Keeley Karsten).—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Keaton continued to play oddballs with a peculiar way of talking, though none were trivial or stupid.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
12 Oct. 2025
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Sometimes explaining one’s affinity for a specific Pokémon is difficult; since Satoshi Tajiri has been dreaming up these pet-warrior-oddballs, many have historically had a certain je ne sais quoi.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Tubi has made working with creators a strategic priority, launching a Tubi for creators program earlier this year, licensing libraries of their content, and casting them in originals.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
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Once the copies are made, keep them on hand and store the originals in a safe and secure place, Velasquez said.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Far from being uninformed cranks, many of the people embracing Luddism grew up with smartphones and know all too well how enticing (and overwhelming) the technology can be.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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Then there's the Trickstuff Maxima four-piston front and rear brakes, I9 Hydra 2 hubs and Cane Creek printed titanium cranks.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Made mostly of muscle without a bone in their bodies, these wonderful weirdos can squeeze into spaces scarcely bigger than their eyeballs.—
Kate Siber,
Outside,
21 Oct. 2025
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You macabre-loving weirdos can get your fright on in numerous ways around Greater Cincinnati.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Jazz is an art form with an outsized share of mavericks, rebels, and creative dissidents who’ve built careers by blazing their own particular paths.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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Thinkers, surveyors, and religious mavericks, the House of Pynchon had settled into middle-class respectability by the time this Thomas Ruggles Pynchon was born.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The kooks of that age believed that Iran-Contra was only just an inkling of the secret government behind the scenes that was preparing to herd Americans into prison camps.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
7 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Eccentrics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eccentrics. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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