ECCENTRIC
Dictionary entry overview: What does eccentric mean?
• ECCENTRIC (noun)
The noun ECCENTRIC has 2 senses:
1. a person with an unusual or odd personality
2. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
Familiarity information: ECCENTRIC used as a noun is rare.
• ECCENTRIC (adjective)
The adjective ECCENTRIC has 2 senses:
1. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
2. not having a common center; not concentric
Familiarity information: ECCENTRIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ECCENTRIC (noun)
Meaning:
A person with an unusual or odd personality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
oddball; eccentric person; eccentric; flake; geek
Hypernyms ("eccentric" is a kind of...):
anomaly; unusual person (a person who is unusual)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eccentric"):
crackpot; crank; fruitcake; nut; nut case; nutcase; screwball (a whimsically eccentric person)
nutter; wacko; whacko (a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad)
Meaning:
A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
eccentric; type; character; case
Context examples:
a real character / a strange character / a friendly eccentric / the capable type / a mental case
Hypernyms ("eccentric" is a kind of...):
adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)
• ECCENTRIC (adjective)
Meaning:
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
Synonyms:
outlandish; off-the-wall; gonzo; outre; eccentric; bizarre; freaky; flaky; flakey; freakish
Context examples:
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
Similar:
unconventional (not conventional or conformist)
Meaning:
Not having a common center; not concentric
Synonyms:
nonconcentric; eccentric
Context example:
eccentric circles
Similar:
acentric (not centered or having no center)
off-center; off-centered (situated away from the center or axis)
Antonym:
concentric (having a common center)
