SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
eccentric
adjective
Unconventional or noticeably different from ordinary behavior or style.
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Noticeably unconventional
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Usage distinction
Return to topBizarre and outlandish are stronger; eccentric can describe harmless individuality.
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See eccentric in use
The eccentric inventor used an old piano as a desk.
One idiosyncrasy of Niko's design notebooks was that every project began with a question written upside down at the bottom of the page. Colleagues found the habit eccentric, though he said it reminded him to turn the first assumption around before drawing.
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