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eccentric definition
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