eccentric
English Thesaurus
1. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | adult, grownup, |
| definition | : | a fully developed person from maturity onward (noun.person) |
2. a person with an unusual or odd personality (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | nutter, wacko, whacko, |
| definition | : | a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad (noun.person) |
3. not having a common center; not concentric (adj.all)
| similar | : | acentric, |
| definition | : | not centered or having no center (adj.all) |
4. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual (adj.all)
| similar | : | unconventional, |
| definition | : | not conventional or conformist (adj.all) |
5. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) (noun.person)
| derivation | : | type, typecast, |
| definition | : | identify as belonging to a certain type (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | epitomise, epitomize, typify, |
| definition | : | embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of (verb.stative) |
6. not having a common center; not concentric (adj.all)
| derivation | : | eccentricity, |
| definition | : | a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | eccentricity, |
| definition | : | (geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis (noun.shape) |
7. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual (adj.all)
| derivation | : | abnormality, freakishness, |
| definition | : | marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | eccentricity, |
| definition | : | strange and unconventional behavior (noun.attribute) |
8. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) (noun.person)
| derivation | : | type, typecast, |
| definition | : | identify as belonging to a certain type (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | epitomise, epitomize, typify, |
| definition | : | embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of (verb.stative) |
9. not having a common center; not concentric (adj.all)
| derivation | : | eccentricity, |
| definition | : | a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | eccentricity, |
| definition | : | (geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis (noun.shape) |
10. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual (adj.all)
| derivation | : | abnormality, freakishness, |
| definition | : | marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | eccentricity, |
| definition | : | strange and unconventional behavior (noun.attribute) |
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