Nouns (5)
type, character
n. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
oddball, geek, eccentric person
n. a person with an unusual or odd personality
Verbs (0)
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (6)
nonconcentric
adj. not having a common center; not concentric; "eccentric circles"
strange, bizarre, outlandish, outre, weird
adj. 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"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"
Fuzzynyms (117)
fiber, fibre, character
n. the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer
identity, individuality
n. the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you join the army"
eccentric, oddball, geek, eccentric person
n. a person with an unusual or odd personality
shape, form, figure, anatomy, chassis, frame, physique, build, soma, bod, human body, physical body, material body
n. alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
maverick, rebel
n. someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
independent, mugwump
n. a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
deserter, defector, apostate, renegade, recreant, turncoat
n. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
type, character, eccentric
n. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
dropout
n. someone who quits school before graduation
dropout
n. someone who withdraws from a social group or environment
loner, solitudinarian
n. a person who avoids the company or assistance of others
castaway, outcast, pariah
n. a person who is rejected (from society or home)
daredevil, madcap, hothead, swashbuckler, lunatic, harum-scarum
n. a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
changeling, idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, half-wit, retard
n. a person of subnormal intelligence
simpleton, simple
n. a person lacking intelligence or common sense
lunatic, madman, maniac
n. an insane person
alien, strange, exotic
adj. being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"
chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shuddery
adj. so scary as to cause chills and shudders; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
spooky, eerie, eery
adj. suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious; "an eerie feeling of deja vu"
rummy, rum, singular, queer, strange, curious, funny, peculiar
adj. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"
maverick, irregular, unorthodox
adj. independent in behavior or thought; "she led a somewhat irregular private life"; "maverick politicians"
special, unusual, extraordinary
adj. not usual or common or ordinary; "a scene of unusual beauty"; "a man of unusual ability"; "cruel and unusual punishment"; "an unusual meteorite"
extreme
adj. beyond a norm in views or actions; "an extreme conservative"; "an extreme liberal"; "extreme views on integration"; "extreme opinions"
drastic
adj. forceful and extreme and rigorous; "drastic measures"
foreign
adj. relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"
antic, grotesque, fantastic, fantastical
adj. ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror"
ridiculous, ludicrous, absurd, nonsensical, preposterous
adj. incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
comic, funny, comical, laughable, risible
adj. arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics"
incredible, unbelievable
adj. beyond belief or understanding; "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible"
odd, unco
adj. not easily explained; "it is odd that his name is never mentioned"
quaint
adj. strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities"
improbable, marvelous, marvellous, tall
adj. too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story"
extreme, utmost, last
adj. highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually"
immoderate
adj. not within reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending"
radical, revolutionary
adj. markedly new or introducing radical change; "a revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views"
Synonyms (9)
alternative
adj. pertaining to unconventional choices; "an alternative life style"
devil-may-care, raffish, rakish
adj. marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore
far-out, kinky, offbeat, quirky, way-out
adj. informal terms; strikingly unconventional
Antonyms (5)
concentric, concentrical, homocentric
adj. having a common center; "concentric rings"
conventional
adj. unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"
conventional
adj. following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"
eccentric
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