What does Eccentric Mean?

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
  • a person with an unusual or odd personality
Definition as Adjective
  • conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
  • not having a common center; not concentric

Synonyms

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"
  • "eccentric circles"
  • "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"

Part of Speech

Adjective, Noun

Comparisons

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