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)

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