more eccentric

ADJECTIVE

bizarre, unusual

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bizarre curious erratic funny idiosyncratic kooky nutty odd offbeat outlandish peculiar quirky strange unconventional weird whimsical

STRONG

aberrant beat bent characteristic crazy freak irregular oddball singular wild

WEAK

abnormal anomalous capricious cockeyed droll far out flaky freakish funky off the wall off-center out in left field quaint quizzical uncommon unnatural way out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

common conventional familiar normal ordinary reasonable regular standard usual

WEAK

boring dull plain unexciting

Example Sentences

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Many more eccentric characters appear, such as Tristram’s Uncle Toby, a wounded veteran who loses himself by re-creating former battles with miniatures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

In recent years Grant has traded his romantic lead persona for more eccentric character roles.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023

There is one cadet, though, who seems inclined to help Augustus, and he’s a bit different, daresay more eccentric, than his classmates.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2022

She insisted on retaining her autonomy, aware that a big corporation might try to tame her more eccentric impulses.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2022

But whatsoever is whimsical, whatsoever is eccentric and angular, in Borrow’s writings is the natural, the inevitable growth of a nature more whimsical, more eccentric, more angular still.

From Old Familiar Faces by Watts-Dunton, Theodore