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eccentric


 
  Grep  of  noun  eccentric 
  eccentric 
  eccentric  person 
  eccentricity 
 
  Overview  of  noun  eccentric 
 
  The  noun  eccentric  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  eccentric,  eccentric  person,  oddball,  geek  --  (a  person  with  an  unusual  or  odd  personality) 
  2.  character,  eccentric,  type  case  --  (a  person  of  a  specified  kind  (usually  with  many  eccentricities);  "a  strange  character";  "a  friendly  eccentric";  "the  capable  type";  "a  mental  case") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  eccentric 
 
  The  adj  eccentric  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  bizarre,  eccentric,  freakish,  freaky,  flaky,  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";  "the  outlandish  clothes  of  teenagers";  "outre  and  affected  stage  antics") 
  2.  (1)  eccentric,  nonconcentric  --  (not  having  a  common  center;  not  concentric;  "eccentric  circles") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  eccentric 
 
  2  senses  of  eccentric 
 
  Sense  1 
  bizarre,  eccentric,  freakish,  freaky,  flaky,  outlandish,  outre 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unconventional,  unconventional)  ->  conventional 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unconventional)  ->  conventional 
 
  Sense  2 
  eccentric  (vs.  concentric),  nonconcentric 
 
  concentric  (vs.  eccentric),  concentrical,  homocentric 
  =>  coaxial,  coaxal 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  eccentric 
 
  2  senses  of  eccentric 
 
  Sense  1 
  bizarre,  eccentric,  freakish,  freaky,  flaky,  outlandish,  outre 
  =>  unconventional  (vs.  conventional)  (vs.  conventional) 
 
  Sense  2 
  eccentric  (vs.  concentric),  nonconcentric 
  =>  acentric 
  =>  off-center,  off-centered 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  eccentric 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  eccentric 
 
  eccentric  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  eccentric 
  eccentric 
 
  Overview  of  noun  eccentric 
 
  The  noun  eccentric  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  eccentric,  eccentric  person,  oddball,  geek  --  (a  person  with  an  unusual  or  odd  personality) 
  2.  character,  eccentric,  type  case  --  (a  person  of  a  specified  kind  (usually  with  many  eccentricities);  "a  strange  character";  "a  friendly  eccentric";  "the  capable  type";  "a  mental  case") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  eccentric 
 
  The  adj  eccentric  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  bizarre,  eccentric,  freakish,  freaky,  flaky,  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";  "the  outlandish  clothes  of  teenagers";  "outre  and  affected  stage  antics") 
  2.  (1)  eccentric,  nonconcentric  --  (not  having  a  common  center;  not  concentric;  "eccentric  circles") 



eccentric definition