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| Main Entry: | eccentric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bizarre, unusual |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, beat*, bent*, bizarre, capricious, characteristic, cockeyed, crazy, curious, droll, erratic, far out, flaky, freak, freakish, funky*, funny, idiosyncratic, irregular, nutty, odd, oddball, off the wall, off-center, offbeat, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, quizzical, singular, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unnatural, way out, weird, whimsical, wild, kooky, out in left field |
| Antonyms: | boring, common, dull, normal, ordinary, plain, regular, standard, unexciting, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eccentric |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is bizarre, unusual |
| Synonyms: | beatnik, character, freak, hippie, kook, loner, maverick, nonconformist, nut*, oddball, oddity, original, rare bird*, weirdo, odd person, queer duck, three-dollar bill |
| Antonyms: | normal, standard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abnormal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different from standard or norm |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, anomalous, atypical, bizarre, curious, deviant, deviate, deviating, divergent, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, funny, gross, heterodox, irregular, odd, off-color, peculiar, preternatural, queer, screwy*, strange, uncommon, unexpected, unnatural, unorthodox, unusual, weird, anomalistic, grody, heteroclite, heteromorphic, off-base, out of line, spastic |
| Notes: | abnormal means 'not normal, different from normal' while subnormal means 'below normal' |
| Antonyms: | customary, normal, standard, straight, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | anomalous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deviating from normal, usual |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, atypical, bizarre, divergent, eccentric, exceptional, foreign, incongruous, inconsistent, irregular, odd, peculiar, preternatural, prodigious, rare, strange, unnatural, unorthodox, untypical, unusual, heteroclite, unrepresentative |
| Antonyms: | conforming, normal, regular, standard, usual |
| Main Entry: | bizarre |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strange, wild |
| Synonyms: | camp*, comical, curious, eccentric, extraordinary, fantastic, far-out*, freakish, grotesque, ludicrous, odd, oddball, off the wall, offbeat, outlandish, peculiar, queer, ridiculous, singular, unusual, way-out, weird, bugged out, grody, kooky, outré |
| Antonyms: | normal, reasonable, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | centrifugal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | radiating from a central point |
| Synonyms: | deviating, divergent, eccentric, outward, radial, spiral, spreading, diffusive, diverging, efferent |
| Antonyms: | centripetal |
| Main Entry: | crotchety |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritable, often due to old age |
| Synonyms: | awkward, bad-tempered, cantankerous, contrary, crabby*, cranky, cross, crusty, difficult, disagreeable, eccentric, fractious, grouchy, grumpy, irritable, obstinate, obstreperous, odd, ornery*, peevish, queer, surly, testy, unusual, waspish, bearish, cross-grained, curmudgeonly, vinegary, waspy |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy, pleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ditsy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly |
| Synonyms: | daffy*, dizzy*, dopey, eccentric, empty, giddy, goofy*, inane, scatterbrained, airbrained, airheaded, dippy, dipsy, kooky, rattlebrained |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dotty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy |
| Synonyms: | absurd, daft, demented, disturbed, eccentric, foolish, goofy*, loony*, nuts*, nutty, odd, peculiar, queer, ridiculous, strange, twisted, unconventional, weird, mentally unbalanced |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | droll |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing, farcical |
| Synonyms: | absurd, camp, comic, comical, eccentric, entertaining, funny, humorous, jocular, laughable, ludicrous, odd, preposterous, quaint, queer, quizzical, ridiculous, riot, risible, waggish, whimsical, campy, clownish, crack-up, diverting, for grins, gagged up, gelastic, joshing, laffer |
| Antonyms: | dramatic, serious, traumatic, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | enthusiast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person active in interest |
| Synonyms: | addict, admirer, aficionado, believer, buff, bug*, bum*, devotee, eccentric, fan, fanatic, follower, freak, habitué, lover, maniac, nut*, optimist, participant, partisan, supporter, votary, worshiper, zealot, monomaniac, rooter |
| Antonyms: | critic, detractor, pessimist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | erratic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unpredictable; wandering |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, arbitrary, bizarre, capricious, changeable, desultory, devious, dicey, dubious, eccentric, fitful, flaky*, idiosyncratic, iffy*, incalculable, inconsistent, inconstant, irregular, meandering, mercurial, nomadic, oddball*, peculiar, planetary, rambling, roving, spasmodic, strange, stray, uncertain, unnatural, unreliable, unstable, unusual, variable, volatile, wayward, weird, whimsical, directionless, fluctuant, shifting, undirected, vagarious |
| Antonyms: | certain, consistent, definite, dependable, predictable, regular, reliable, steady, sure, unchanging |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | far-fetched |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard to believe |
| Synonyms: | bizarre, doubtful, dubious, eccentric, fantastic, fishy*, forced, illogical, implausible, improbable, incoherent, inconsequential, incredible, labored, preposterous, queer, recondite, strained, strange, suspicious, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely, unnatural, unrealistic, hard to swallow |
| Antonyms: | believable, natural, plausible, realistic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | free spirit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonconformist |
| Synonyms: | Bohemian, beatnik, bohemian, dissenter, eccentric, flower child, gonzo, hippie, maverick, nonconformist, original, radical, New Ager, free thinker |
| Main Entry: | laughable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easily made fun of |
| Synonyms: | absurd, amusing, asinine, bizarre, camp, comic, comical, derisive, droll, eccentric, entertaining, facetious, fantastic, farcical, funny, hilarious, humorous, inane, jocose, jocular, ludicrous, mirthful, mocking, nonsensical, preposterous, rich, ridiculous, riot, risible, scream, unusual, witty, campy, derisory, diverting, gelastic, har-har, jokey, joshing |
| Antonyms: | grave, serious |
| Main Entry: | misfit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonconformist |
| Synonyms: | beatnik*, bohemian*, dissenter, dissident, dropout, eccentric, fish out of water*, freak*, individualist, lone wolf, loser, oddball, offbeat, outsider, weirdo*, different breed, odd man out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nonconformist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who goes against normal behavior, beliefs |
| Synonyms: | beatnik*, bohemian*, demonstrator, dissenter, dissident, dropout, eccentric, fish out of water*, freak*, heretic, iconoclast, individualist, liberal, malcontent, maverick, oddball, offbeat, original, protester, radical, rebel, weirdo*, different breed, dissentient, misbeliever, night person, sectary, separatist, swinger |
| Antonyms: | conformist, orthodox |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nuts/nutty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally deranged |
| Synonyms: | absurd, batty*, bedlamite, cracked*, crazy, daffy, daft, demented, eccentric, enthusiastic, foolish, gung ho*, harebrained*, insane, irrational, keen, kooky, loony, lunatic, mad, out of one's mind, ridiculous, touched, unusual, wacky*, warm, zealous |
| Antonyms: | balanced, calm, sane, well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | offbeat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strange, very different |
| Synonyms: | bizarre, bohemian*, eccentric, far-out, fresh, idiosyncratic, novel, oddball, uncommon, unconventional, unique, unorthodox, unusual, way-out, weird, freaky, outré |
| Antonyms: | expected, normal, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outlandish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bizarre, strange |
| Synonyms: | alien, awkward, barbaric, barbarous, boorish, clumsy, curious, droll, eccentric, erratic, exotic, extravagant, fantastic, far-out*, foreign, freakish, gauche, graceless, grotesque, kinky*, odd, outrageous, peculiar, preposterous, quaint, queer, ridiculous, rude, singular, tasteless, ultra, unconventional, uncouth, unheard-of*, unorthodox, unusual, weird, whimsical, wild, outré |
| Antonyms: | common, familiar, normal, ordinary, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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