Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun eccentric
2 senses of eccentric
Sense 1
eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek -- (a person with an unusual or odd personality)
=> anomaly, unusual person -- (a person who is unusual)
Sense 2
character, eccentric, type, case -- (a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case")
=> adult, grownup -- (a fully developed person from maturity onward)
Antonyms of adj eccentric
2 senses of eccentric
Sense 1
bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre -- (conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics")
INDIRECT (VIA unconventional, unconventional) -> conventional -- (following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address")
INDIRECT (VIA unconventional) -> conventional -- (unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes")
Sense 2
eccentric (vs. concentric), nonconcentric -- (not having a common center; not concentric; "eccentric circles")
concentric (vs. eccentric), concentrical, homocentric -- (having a common center; "concentric rings")
=> coaxial, coaxal -- (having a common axis)
Similarity of adj eccentric
2 senses of eccentric
Sense 1
bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre -- (conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics")
=> unconventional (vs. conventional) (vs. conventional) -- (not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles")
Sense 2
eccentric (vs. concentric), nonconcentric -- (not having a common center; not concentric; "eccentric circles")
=> acentric -- (not centered or having no center)
=> off-center, off-centered -- (situated away from the center or axis)