Eccentric

/ɪkˈsɛntɹɪk/

Synonyms for "eccentric" (367 found)

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Adjective(9 words)

abaxial aberrant abnormal anomalous balmy barmy bizarre crackpot cranky

aberrant abnormal absurd adrift afloat alien alternating amorphous amusing anomalistic anomalous beezer bizarre bohemian broken capricious careening case catchy caution

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changeable changeful character choppy coot crackpot crank crankish cranky crotchety curious desultory deviable deviant deviative different dippy disconnected discontinuous dissenter divergent dizzy dotty droll duck erratic

Adjective(10 words)

asymmetric battier battiest bizarrebohemian styledaffiest daffy daft daftest drollest

Noun(8 words)

case character cooky crackpots crank crazy cuckooeccentric person

Verb(1 words)

crank the lever

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Adjective(13 words)

erratic excentrical extraordinary far-out freakish heteroclite idiocentric idiosyncratic insane irregular kookish kooky nutbar

exceptionable exceptional extreme fanatic fantasticfast and loosefey fickle fitful flake flaky flickering flighty flitting fluctuating formless freakfreaked outfreakish freaky

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Noun(9 words)

flake geekhighly individualistickookie loony madcap maverickmost oddnonconformist

Adjective(19 words)

flakey flaky freakish freakyfree spiritgonzoidiosyncratic personindividualist kinkiest kookier kookiest loco loopier loopy maverick nonconcentric nonconformist nuttier nuttiest

Related words (183)

nutty oddodd fellowoddball oddity offoff balanceoff the walloff-balance off-center offbeat ordinary original out outlandish outsider pariahpassing strangepatchy peculiar

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priceless quaint queerqueer duckqueer fishqueer specimenquirky quiz quizzical ramblingrara avisrecluse restless rich ridiculous risible rough roving rum rummy scatterbrained scrappy screaming screwball screwy shapeless shifting shifty shuffling singular snatchy solitary spasmatic spasmic spasmodic spastic spineless spook sporadic spotty staggering step strangestrange duckstray straying subnormal tramp twist twisted type unaccountable unbalanced uncentered uncertain unconformist uncontrolled unconventional uncouth undependable undisciplined unearthly unequal uneven unfixed unmethodical unmetrical unnatural unpredictable unregular unreliable unrestrained unrhythmical unsettled unstableunstable as waterunstaid unsteadfast unsteady unsystematic unusual vacillate vacillating vagrant variable veering vicissitudinary vicissitudinous volatile wacky wandering wanton wavering wavery wavy wayward weird weirdo whimsicalwishy washywishy-washy witty wobbling wobblywondrous strangezealot zombie

Adjective(20 words)

odd oddballish off-centre outlandishoutrépeculiar pixilated queer quirky quizzy spacy squirrelly uncommon wacky weird whimsical whimsome wifty wodehousian wonkaesque

Adjective(23 words)

oddodd habitodd habitsoddish off-centeroff-the-walloffbeat outlandish outre peculiarpeculiar thinkerquirkier quirkiest quirkyquirky personscrewier unconventionalunusual personwackier whacky

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wonky zaniest zany

Noun(11 words)

odd duckoddball oddballs oddities screwballsstrange persontype wacko weirdie weirdo zanies

Verb(2 words)

quirked touched

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7 relation types

More general

8 entries

actor adultdescriptive termdoergeometric propertygrownup person worker

More specific

8 entries

creative thinkerdisplaced axisfree spiritindividualist nonconformistoffset gearpeculiar quirky

Collocations

11 entries

eccentric behavioreccentric habitseccentric ideaseccentric personalityeccentric thinkingeccentricity idiosyncrasy maverick nonconformist peculiarity quirk

Inflections

3 entries

eccentricsmore eccentricmost eccentric

Derivations

4 entries

eccentrically eccentricity eccentricize eccentricness

Antonyms

1 entries

concentric

similar

4 entries

acentric off-center off-centered unconventional

Sample sentences

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Prof. Smith is famous for his eccentric life style.

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Many scientists have the reputation of being eccentric.

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Nobody can help laughing at his eccentric behavior.

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He is known for his eccentric conduct.

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